Hi All,
What you need to use is a Milwaukee hole hog, this is
a two speed unit 300/1200 RPM right angle drill, an
alternative to that is to make a lever about 3'long. I
have used a worm gear to tilt over my 72' tri-ex for
about 18 years, used to use an old low speed heavy
duty drill motor and recently upgraded to the hole
hog.
Joe K1NCO
PS make sure that the towe is nested befors tilting
over.
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Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 15:24:10 -0700
From: "Al Williams" <alwilliams@olywa.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Winch Criteria [Was: Winch
for LM 354]
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From: <k2qmf@juno.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 1:53 PM
> Gee that KW3000 looks very interesting.
> The worm gear ratio is so high that you could
> probably connect a drill to it and the drill would
> turn the winch!!
> The original winch on the LM-354 is a K-1550.
> About 5 to 1 ratio. The K-2550 is about 15 to 1.
> the KW-3000 is about 50 to 1. It would probably
> take forever to crank by hand but by drill!!
> I may get one of those KW-3000's for my LM-354!!
> Also, a worm gear will not turn either way until you
> turn it. No need for a break!!
>
About 3 years ago when I was looking for a bigger
replacement for the
Fulton
k1550 winch to be used with the LM470 motorized
crankup, I called
Fulton for
their advice. I was thinking about one their worm
gear drive winches
but
the sales rep (?) at Fulton recommended against worm
gear drive winches
and
instead recommended the k2550 which I purchased.
As I recall this sales rep said the worm gear drive
winch wouldn't hold
(my
words). Unfortunately I didn't pursue this and have
often wondered if
the
sales rep was correct. Especially after a recent
incident with the
k2550
being in a "free spool" mode when I began lowering the
tower. I
noticed
that the winch handle was turning by itself because of
the load (yet
nearly
vertical). Fortunately it was turning slowly so I
grabbed the handle
to
stop it.
It appears that the k2550 brake mechanism has
something in it that
requires
"setting" to be sure that the brake is activated. I
would
sure appreciate if Jim Lux or another expert will
describe how brake
winches
work.
k7puc
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