[TowerTalk] Winch

[Phil G]

5,000 lb winch on a 48 foot BX series works well if your winch pole is at least 10 feet tall and at least 15 feet from the tower.  (Pivot at base of tower). Don’t know about the weight of your Tristao.  

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> On Jun 8, 2023, at 1:28 PM, w6rgs <w6rgs at cox.net> wrote:
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> Bruce,You can upgrade the winch. For example, my tower (from an SK) came with a 1500lb winch.I swapped it out for a new 2500lb winch. Much, much easier to crank, although a little more cranking needed. I  asked about the fixture because the 2500lb winch will fit on the same mounting plate.  I use a 2500lb on both the tower and tiltover fixture.Bill
> -------- Original message --------From: w6rgs <w6rgs at cox.net> Date: 6/8/23  10:04  (GMT-08:00) To: BRUCE FORD <ks9u at aol.com>, TowerTalk at contesting.com Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Winch Hi Bruce.Do you have the fixture that, depending on your choice of set-up, will either tilt it at the base of the tower or about 8 feet up?Bill W6RGS -------- Original message --------From: BRUCE FORD via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com> Date: 6/8/23  09:41  (GMT-08:00) To: TowerTalk at contesting.com Subject: [TowerTalk] Winch Can a few people let me know the size of winches they are using to fold their towers over. My Tristao has the 2 way mounting fixture and I have always hand cranked over to the horizontal position to work on things but having back surgery next week that will straighten out the issues but NO strenuous  stuff for a few months so I need to ad a winch…….sorry so longBruce K9RO______________________________________________________________________________________________TowerTalk mailing listTowerTalk at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk______________________________________________________________________________________________TowerTalk mailing listTowerTalk at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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