[TowerTalk] Tilt winch article

[Jon Pearl - W4ABC]

Hi Jim,



One of the better manufacturer sites giving some insight into the 
choices available to you for a given job at hand is the Dutton-Lainson 
Company <http://www.dutton-lainson.com/categories.php?cat=15>.  They 
offer electric, brake, worm-gear & pulling winches, along with a host of 
spare parts and a 5 year warranty on most winches.  If you click on a 
given winch at the site, a comparison table is available to you.  The 
table can and will change, given the type of winch selected for comparison.

http://www.dutton-lainson.com/categories.php?cat=15




73,


Jon Pearl - W4ABC
www.w4abc.com




On 2/3/2014 10:47 AM, Jim Lux wrote:
>
> 'XK makes a very important point.. most winches do not have a brake, 
> since they're used for dragging something horizontally. If power fails 
> or you turn off the winch or the gears break, the load just sits there 
> and the cable goes a bit slack.
>
> Hoists usually have an internal brake or are geared such that they can 
> hold the load with no power. (although I have had some, shall we say, 
> exciting moments with a set of 110VAC hoists that didn't hoist all at 
> the same rate, so the loads didn't distribute evenly)
>



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