[TowerTalk] Can motorized crank up's be manually

[JPhillipp]

Hi Skip,

I did that.

One time the motor wasn't working on the HDX-555 and we were having 
lightning and thunder so I brought it down by turning the large pulley by 
hand. I didn't take the belt off the pulley, though, just turned the pulley 
(and turned it, and turned it, and turned it...).

It took forever, but I got the tower down.

Maybe it just seemed forever, out there in the rain with the lightning 
flashes all around.

John




At 08:45 AM 4/12/2010, you wrote:
>You can do what Steve mentions.  Tri-Ex used to supply a handle that  could
>be bolted onto the large pulley and although slow, you could lower the
>tower and even raise it.
>
>Skip,  KJ6Y
>_Communications Service  Co_ (http://www.communicationsserviceco.com/)
>22712 Califa St
>Woodland Hills, CA 91367
>818-887-3569
>_______________________________________________
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>TowerTalk mailing list
>TowerTalk at contesting.com
>http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk