Some of you folks are aware that I have been doing some tower work =
lately. I was cranking down the Hazer or should I say getting it into =
position to crank down. There was still some tension in the upper guys =
and I slacked them off some more. But I still had just a bit of tension =
and was able to get the release free and went to crank it down. =
Actually, since I have the standard winch with my Hazer and not the one =
with a brake, it is more of a controlled-by-hand let down. The handle =
got away from me and smacked me a good one on the top of the wrist. The =
safety catch caught with almost no movement of the Hazer. I think it =
was all still the tension in the kevlar guys. One broken wrist.
I was in a hurry! =20
I need a method of controling the descent. A brake winch or a big drill =
instead of the handle on that winch.
I need to make sure that kevlar guys are really slacked off.
I always learn things the hard way. Hopefully somebody else can learn =
something from me.
73
Greg K9ZM
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