[TowerTalk] winch adapter

[Rick Karlquist]

John Hudson wrote:
> I'm thinking about mounting a hoist on the tower and just wanted to know
> why
> you guys who bought the HOLE HOG opted for that instead of mounting a
> hoist.
> The use of the hi torque drill is not an issue but the ease of pushing a
> button up or down seems more appealing, especially if the XYL would have
> to
> lower it if I'm gone! A lot of folks use the HD harbor freight hoist but
> I'm
> thinking about the Northern Tools since it states it'll handle more weight
> and from my calculations the Harbor Freight would real close to the limit.

1.  The biggest NT hoist I see is a so called 2000 lb that turns out to
actually be 1000 lbs.  That's not enough for anything but small towers.

2.  A hoist is a lot of money dedicated to the tower.  At least a
drill is useful for other stuff.

3.  The other advantage of my drill adapter (see:
http://www.n6rk.com/drill_adapter_for_winch/drill_adapter_for_winch.html
) is that it was the first solution that allowed you to leave the hand
crank in place.  If you replace the hand winch with a motorized one, you
have no emergency hand capability.

I recently acquired a hole hawg, however, I want to get an add on
variable speed adapter for it.  They used to sell these things years
ago.  Does anyone know of an available one?

Rick N6RK