[TowerTalk] Harbor Freight Winch

[David Gilbert]

I know full well the differences between a winch and a hoist, none of 
which matter if the gearing of either one disintegrates under less than 
20% of rated load.

Dave   AB7E


On 12/19/2011 3:51 PM, Richard Solomon wrote:
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> Finally, one must look at the difference between a winch and a hoist.
>
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
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> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 4:29 PM, David Gilbert<xdavid at cis-broadband.com>wrote:
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>>> I can't speak for all Harbor Freight winches, but the manual worm gear
>>> winch (rated at 2,000 pounds) I bought for occasional duty to lift my
>>> mast/antennas (total weight about 300 pounds) out of the rotator
>>> literally chewed the toothed gear to pieces in a matter of minutes.  I
>>> had to sit there and liberally grease it with high quality lithium
>>> grease every revolution of the gear in order to just finish the job
>>> before the teeth totally disappeared.  The worm gear apparently was made
>>> from hardened steel but the toothed gear might as well have been
>>> copper.  I replaced it with a Thern model 465 (similar dimensions, rated
>>> at 750 pounds) and have had no problems since.
>>>
>>> In my opinion, Harbor Freight tools should be considered disposable
>>> items.  I once bought a medium sized crowbar there that literally bent
>>> from my non-leveraged arm strength alone.
>>>
>>> Friends don't let friends buy Harbor Freight tools.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Dave   AB7E
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/19/2011 1:42 PM, Michael Goins wrote:
>>>> Has anyone used the Harbor Freight winches? They have a 2000 lb electric
>>>> that is priced nicely at the moment on sale.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mike, k5wmg
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