[TowerTalk] winch adapter

[Wayne Crawford]

 Greetings John!

I did the same mod. I too got my info from WD0M's site. I have a TX-472 that I did the mod for the tower raising fixture and the tower as well. The TX-472 weighs too much for my DeWalt Spade Handle DW 130V I have to try and extend the tower up. It works great on the raising fixture both raising and laying the tower over because it is a variable speed drill and you can control the rate at which you raise or lower. Lowering is important because you don't want to burnish the brakes on the winch by going too fast for too long when laying the tower over.  My DeWalt however would not budge the TX-472 tower to extend it up. If you have a lighter tower you should be OK. I just invested in a Milwawkee "Hole Hog" heavy duty drill to see if it will work. The one draw back on this drill is that it is only two speeds. Low speed is 300 rpm and I will have to take precaution to brace the brace handle in such a manner to keep it manageable to see if it will extend the tower up when I need to. This drill has been known to break a wrist or arm if not used properly or when it binds up on the user. Of course this was from drilling holes in studs and concrete. I just received the drill today and need to study how I intend to do this bracing to see if it is up to the task on intermittent low speed to extend my tower back up after having been lowered. I sure hope this drill works. Not that I don't need a work out every now and then. It really is a work out lowering and extending this tower when I need to.

73 

Wayne C.
WV4L

 


Hi John go to Joe WD0M's web site http://www.wd0m.com/winchadapter.html and
here's what you need.. I've done it myself and works great..just make sure
you have a stout drill. 

John
KO4XJ

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of John Thompson
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 12:41 PM
To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Winch Adapter

Hi,

 

I have a US Tower with the Fulton winches.  Some time ago I saw a posting or
article describing how to make an adapter to use a large electric drill to
drive the winch.  I could have sworn that I saved it but I sure can't find
it...can anyone help?

 

Thanks...John  kb9tpg