[TowerTalk] Motorize a "Hazer"

[Joe - WDØM]

I use a nifty home-made adapter to raise my entire tower (TX-455 with a 
Fulton K-2550 winch I substituted for the K1550) with my 110 VAC 1/2 
inch electric drill.

http://www.wd0m.com/

Click on "Ham Radio", then "Use Your Drill to Raise/Lower Your Tower".

73

-- 
Joe Hannigan - WDØM
Pagosa Springs, CO

http://www.WD0M.com
http://www.pagosarocks.com
http://www.quiltqueen.net



Jim Walker wrote:
> I motorized my Hazer with a 110 volt electric winch from Harbor Freight.
>
> They have several to choose from with the capacity and that run on 110
> volts.
>
>
> Jim
> KBØX
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Winkis
> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 1:33 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Cc: kc4pe at bellsouth.net
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Motorize a "Hazer"
>
> I have a 60 foot Rohn 25 with a Trolley Hazer on it ...been in use as a
> test/build-it tower for over 10 years.... It's nice to build antennas at
> waist level, then crank'em up and test etc...you get the picture...
>
> But now the arms and knees are saying no more hand cranking so why not
> motorize it....???
>
> Right now its got a 1500 pound 5:1 Fulton on it and no problems, it pulls a
> 5/16 cable up 60 feet and down 55 feet with 8 turns still on the drum...
> I figure the greatest weight including Hazer/rotor/antenna would be less
> than 150 pounds, so at this point the 1500 pound Fulton hasn't grunted
> yet...
>
> Now the Hazer folks sell a 12 volt winch for a 48 foot tower and its got a
> 1500 pound 12v horizontal winch  and nobody wants to talk about a vertical
> pull figures...
>
> Superwinch has a new 8400 pound horizontal pull that will handle the 120
> feet of cable and is positive up and down with brake etc...and its only
> $400.00 The gear ratio is 235:1 .... if this is a workable item I would put
> a programmable ampmeter in the DC line and set alarm points in it so if
> something
>   gets stuck and the amperage goes up/spikes, the alarm will sound etc....
>
> The only thing I don't like is the 12 volts.....I would have to run it off
> the truck in order to get the DC amperage necessary ....
>
> Or maybe the way to go would be to buy a 4500 pound Fulton put a pulley on
> and 50:1 gear reduction ... a 1HP motor wire for up/down and be done with
> it..???
> Of course the costs going this route would be around 6-700 dollars...
>
> Here are the specs on the Superwinch:
>
> http://www.superwinch.com/LP8500_8_500_lbs.html
>
> Idea's...???
>
> -Bill
> kc4pe at mindspring.com
>
>