[TowerTalk] Tram Pulley

Pete Smith n4zr at contesting.com
Wed Sep 24 02:25:01 EDT 2008


Guys, he's talking about a pulley for tramming, not for extended use on top 
of a tower.  Such pulleys are overkill.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 09:19 PM 9/23/2008, Tearlach Sinclair wrote:
>Jason,
>try a marine supply store if there is one near  you. Sailboats use all 
>weather stainless pulleys for raising lines and sheets. As sailboats come 
>in all sizes, so do the pulleys. I've had one up on top of a mast for the 
>last three years and it still works just as when it was new.
>73,
>Tearlach de w8sco
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>Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:12:48 -0500
>From: Jason Dugas <kb5urq at hotmail.com>
>Subject: [TowerTalk] Tram Pulley
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>I
>am looking for a pulley (available online?) that I could use for a
>tram.  I'm going to use it to raise a couple of medium-sized yagis up
>to the top of my tower.  I haven't been able to find much around my
>house at the hardware stores and was hoping someone could make a good
>suggestion based on their experiences.
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>Thanks,
>Jason
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>There's nae man sae deif as he tha' winna hear.
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