[TowerTalk] Cable on winch drum

[Don]

 From the Fulton K2550 winch instructions. Useful for other how to's too.

‡ "Always maintain a minimum of three (3) complete wraps of cable or 
rope on the drum"

This supports Ron's note. This is cable wraps, not layers.

Don W7WLL

On 4/15/2019 7:30 PM, Don Moman VE6JY wrote:
> 2 or maybe 3 wraps (nice and snug) not layers is what you want...
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> On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 2:23 AM Ron Young W8RJL via TowerTalk <
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>> Somewhere I read that there should be a minimum of 2 layers of steel cable
>> on a hand winch drum before the winch starts to pick up the load. Can any
>> one confirm. I will be raising a US Tower MA40 mast from horizontal to
>> vertical. Thanks & 73 Ron W8RJL
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