[TowerTalk] Harbor Freight WInch

Gil Woodside wa1lad at cox.net
Mon Jul 12 15:15:02 PDT 2010


Thats the winch I put on my tower. Very smooth and easy to crank. Well worth 
the $70.

73,
Gil
WA1LAD


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Wolf" <jbwolf at comcast.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Harbor Freight WInch


> You might consider a worm gear winch. It won't spin out of control if your
> hand sides off the handle.  It's also very simple to hook up a 1/2 or 3/4 
> hp
> motor.
>
> http://www.fastenal.com/web/products/detail.ex?sku=0501555&ucst=t
>
> Jim, KR9U
>
> From: "Rick Karlquist" <richard at karlquist.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Harbor Freight WInch
> To: "mcelmer1" <mcelmer1 at netecin.net>
> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
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> mcelmer1 wrote:
>> Any thoughts on using a Harbor Freight winch for a U.S. Tower 55 ft
>> crankup??
>>
>> I think the one sold by U.S. Towe is around $1200 versus $150 for the
>> Harbor Freight model.
>>
>> Mike
>> W8TRN
>
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