[TowerTalk] LM470 Winch

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

I think I posted something similar last fall, or Summer, but didn't have 
the Dayton rebuilt.  I was a bit surprised to find that instead of 
bronze bushings, they are simple steel bushings.

I've rebuilt the Dayton winch and it works well, but I don't think it's 
quite up to the task of raising and lowering the tower initially and it 
takes too much physical effort to turn the crank even with a snatch 
block attached to the tower providing a 2:1 reduction.

Whats a good winch to replace it that is considerably easier to turn?  I 
can purchase commercial, 2 stage worm gear reducers, but in that range 
they are expensive.

Either manual, or 120VAC. No battery powered and no huge, heavy winches, 
but it needs to lift (or pull) about a ton and remain out in the 
weather..  That eliminates about everything I could find.

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73

Roger (K8RI)


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