[TowerTalk] Electric foldover winch

[Larry stowell]

This has been around for quite awhile, Jerry K3BZ has one with a Steppir on it

73 Larry K1ZW

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From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike
N1TA
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 5:47 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Electric foldover winch

Interesting that they say "tower climbing is risky and expensive". I don't
know, other than the belt, climbing my tower doesn't cost anything.

As for that motor, is anyone out here using one of these?

N1TA



On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Mike <nf4l at att.net> wrote:

> Interesting scheme for a foldover.
>
> http://heightstowers.com/fold_over_kits.htm
>
> 73, Mike NF4L
>
> On 12/7/2011 12:46 PM, Jon Pearl - W4ABC wrote:
> > Hi Joe.
> >
> > While a few of us have removed and totally replaced our up/dn hand winch
> > with an electric but I'm not sure I've ever cataloged anyone replacing
> > their fold over winch.  I'm sure that there's one or two out there,
> > though.  Joe, WD0M shows how he folds his tower over with an electric
> > drill on his page at http://www.wd0m.com/winchadapter.html
> >
> > I can attest to the fact that this does in-fact work as I've done it
> > myself with a 1/2" Milwaukee hammer drill and socket drive adapter on my
> > TX-455.  Folding the tower over is a one hand operation.  Getting it
> > back up in the air takes a bit more ooomph to hold onto the drill.
> > Switching to a worm-gear drive would probably make this affair a bit
> > more palatable for the electric drill -
> >
> http://www.amazon.com/Dutton-Lainson-WG2000-Worm-Gear-Winch/dp/B002YNLUYG
> >
> > I can only imagine that utilizing this method with a TX-472 would be
> > large undertaking when going from horizontal, back up to vertical.
> >
> > In the event that you are interested in something of a more permanent
> > nature there may be an idea or two for you here:
> > http://www.w4abc.com/drive.html
> >
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> >
> > Jon Pearl - W4ABC
> > http://www.w4abc.com/
> >
> >
> > On 12/7/2011 10:06 AM, KC2TN wrote:
> >> Has anyone replaced the hand crank on their foldover tower with an
> electric version?
> >>
> >> I have a new TX472MDP from US Tower and am thinking of replacing the
> stock "Foldover Raising" winch.
> >>
> >> Thanks, Joe KC2TN
> >>
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >> On Dec 7, 2011, at 12:48 AM, Jon Pearl - W4ABC<jonpearl at tampabay.rr.com>
>   wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Mike.
> >>>
> >>> The Fulton K1550 will probably work nicely in your 'tilt' application.
> >>> Some folks have been known to swap out their weather beat and worn
> K1550
> >>> with the heftier K2550 for hoisting the larger 'plus' sized towers in
> >>> the 'up/down' application:
> >>>
> http://www.fultonperformance.com/content/products.aspx?lvl=2&parentid=7900&catID=7940&part=0
> >>>
> >>> As to a pulley for the top of your post, a good source for off the
> shelf
> >>> configurations that might work for you can probably be had from any of
> >>> the boat hoist manufactures such as the 560X depicted on this page:
> >>>
> http://www.lunmarboatlifts.com/index.cfm?currentpage=2&fuseaction=category.display&category_id=15
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 73,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Jon Pearl - W4ABC
> >>> http://www.w4abc.com/drive.html
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 12/6/2011 10:26 PM, Michael Goins wrote:
> >>>> Have a HG-52-SS here destined to have a two el quad on it soon. When
> fully
> >>>> nested, it is about 22 feet tall and if I remember correctly, the
> weight is
> >>>> around 450 pounds (plus rotor and quad).
> >>>>
> >>>> I want to be able to tip it over by removing the top bolts on two
> legs and
> >>>> both on the remaining one, thus using the remaining two lower front
> bolts
> >>>> as a pivot (this is the factory recommended base and it solid at 5
> feet
> >>>> deep.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have a solid power pole I plan to use as the winch pole and it will
> be
> >>>> located about 6 feet behind the tower. I'm trying to determine the
> cut-off
> >>>> (out of ground) height I need for the tiltover pole (about 6-10 feet
> is a
> >>>> guess) and more especially, the rating of a winch/suggested type to
> handle
> >>>> the lowering of the tower. Also looking for a pully to mount on top
> of the
> >>>> pole for the winch to ride over going to the tower.
> >>>>
> >>>> At 62, I don't plan to do a lot of climbing any more and I'm trying
> to set
> >>>> this up so that the quad can be maintained fairly easily. If anyone
> has
> >>>> done something similar, I sure would like to hear from you off list.
> Thanks.
> >>>>
> >>>> Mike, k5wmg
> >>>>
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