[TowerTalk] Next Question on the TX-472 - Winches

[k2qmf at juno.com]

Dan,

I have a TX-472 and I changed to the K2550
for tilting to horizontal and back to vertical.

Works much, much better.  In fact the old K1550
was much too under rated for this operation...

73,
Ted  K2QMF



 
On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:36:27 -0700 (PDT) Dan Bookwalter <n8dcj at yahoo.com>
writes:
> Ok , I just unpacked the raising fixture i received from Dick W4ETO , 
> everything 
> is in great shape , i noticed that the winch on the raising fixture 
> is a K2550 , 
> when i got my TX-472 about 8 years ago it had a K1550 , i was 
> wondering if i can 
> swap the two  ? i have read that the tower is much nicer to crank up 
> with the 
> 2550 vs the 1550 , can the 1550 handle the loads of lifting the 
> tower from horiz 
> to vert ? i would assume so...
> 
> Dan N8DCJ
> 
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