[TowerTalk] LM-470 Installation Info Needed

[Bob Maser]

The bottom line is that you should have a 2:1 mechanical advantage pulley 
configuration so as to not put excessive strain on the cable.  I believe 
that the bracket you are saying you are missing is not necessary.  Just use 
the small cable that you say came with the tower.  The route the cable 
should take is: from the winch up over the top of the top pulley that is on 
the raising fixture, down around the pulley that is temporarily attached to 
the tower outer leg, and back up to the raising fixture where there the end 
of the cable is attached using a nut and bolt thru the 2 holes that are just 
under the pulley bracket at the top of the raising fixture.

Bob W6TR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Gaines AD8P" <ad8p at wcoil.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 9:37 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] LM-470 Installation Info Needed


>I have my "new-to-me" LM-470 bolted to the raising fixture and resting in a 
>horizontal position. I have been looking at the manual I have and it says 
>to run the raising cable up thru the upper pulley on the raising fixture 
>then down to the tower thru a 4" pulley and back to the original pulley on 
>the fixture. The drawings show a sort of bracket that is holding this 
>pulley and the bracket encompasses the pulley in such a way it would be 
>nearly impossible to bind up. I don't think I have this bracket. I have 2- 
>5" pulleys but I thought they would mount on the raising fixture. I also 
>have a few extra-but-used 3.5" pulleys and no bracket. Do I need this 
>bracket? Or can I simply put a bolt thru the pulley and use the small cable 
>assembly that came with it to loop around the tower leg to secure the 
>pulley to the tower?
>
> I just wanna do it right so I am asking.
>
> Bill AD8P
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