[TowerTalk] Winch for US Tower Horizontal to Vertical

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 8/26/2017 11:08 AM, WK1W-Ivan Shapiro wrote:
> I love it when a plan actually works J.
> 
> Today, after doing much work on antennas, coax etc., I brought US Tower
> HDX589 from near-horizontal to vertical, using a winch instead of THE
> ARMSTRONG METHOD.  Thanks to W7QR for his kind advice and and assistance and
> pictures, and to W4ABC for his input and encouragement.  The winch is a
> BADLANDS 12,000 pound winch from Harbor Freight, part number 61256. The

The critical test of that type of winch is not raising the tower to
vertical, but rather lowering the tower to horizontal.  That class of
winch is designed to pull a jeep out of a rut, not to slowly lower a 
jeep into a rut.  It is unclear from the instructions how you control
the rate at which that winch pays out the cable when you are going down. 
  After you have tested the winch going down, can you explain the 
results to us?

Rick N6RK