[TowerTalk] Harbor Freight WInch

EZ Rhino ezrhino at fastmovers.biz
Mon Jul 12 16:44:17 PDT 2010


DO NOT!!!!  buy the Harbor Freight version of that winch!  Total garbage, won't last a week.  The worm gear will wear the teeth right off the lousy unhardened ring gear.  Just ask AB7E if you want a second opinion.  :-)

Chris
KF7P





On Jul 12, 2010, at 16:15 , Gil Woodside wrote:

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



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