[TowerTalk] Motorized Winch for US Tower

[Rich Hallman - N7TR]

With my HDX-689 I just upgraded the W2550 winch to the W3000 worm gear.  N6RK has this as well on his HDX-5106.  I bought a Harbor Freight High Torque Right Angle drill that was on sale I think for $50 last month.  With the weather out here, I haven't been able to test the new set-up.  Long term Im going to get the Milwaukee Super Hawg.  But I wanted to at least test this set-up with the W3000 winch with a less expensive drill first before investing in the better quality drill.

If all goes well, this will be my setup for the HDX-589 and 572 towers I have here.

Rich N7TR
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-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of John Thompson
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 11:23 AM
To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Motorized Winch for US Tower

Ivan,

I have used that mod (N6RK) and it works very well.  Recently I changed my winches to the 2550 model and now I think I could handle the tower with a battery powered drill in place of the large Milwaukee.  Those winches changed the gear ratio from 5:1 to 16:1 and its fantastic.

73,

John
KB9TPG

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Swadener
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 12:25 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com<mailto:towertalk at contesting.com>; WK1W at ivanshapiro.com<mailto:WK1W at ivanshapiro.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Motorized Winch for US Tower

Hi Ivan,

Rick N6RK (http://www.n6rk.com/) shows a simple & inexpensive way to modify manual winches to accept a slow speed (high torque) right-angle drill.  I use a Milwaukee Super Hawg that works great on my TX-472.  I found it as a refurb unit on eBay... about $250.

vy 73,
Bryan WA7PRC

Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 14:24:10 -0500
From: WK1W Ivan Shapiro
Subject: [TowerTalk] Motorized Winch for US Tower

Sure would like to put a motor on the winch of my US Tower. I have the raising (and lowering) heavy fixture, which I have left in place because there is always more work to do.
So.if any respondent to this reflector has done this and would share information there are two hams in New England who would be most appreciative of any pointers; motor spec/part #/source etc; gearing info; mounting solution etc.
Mine is US Tower HDX 589MDPL.  My friend's tower is US Tower HDX 5106 MDPL.
Thanks.
73
Ivan Shapiro WK1W
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