[TowerTalk] Anyone Using a Fulton KW3000 Winch with Powerful 1/2 inch Pistol Drill for tower tilting ?

[Alan NV8A]

Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:

>> How heavy is that tower? Is it any heavier than the HDX555? I replaced 
>> the original K1550 on my HDX555 by a K2550 and don't find tilting it up 
>> or down by hand too bad at all. I have a 3-el. SteppIR near the top of a 
>> 20ft mast with about 3ft down in the tower.

> It's all in the weight.  My HDX5106 with MonstIR is much heavier than
> your tower.  The K2550 brake overheated on the way down.  Also,
> raising/lowering by hand is an athletic event.

Yes, but Dennis was talking about a 40ft tower, not a 106ft tower.

73

Alan Nv8A