I was wondering about that myself. I am not real
comfortable with what I saw.....
----- Original Message -----
From: <K7LXC@aol.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>; <rfcdma@spinn.net>; <ccrum@dot11net.com>
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] recommended winch
> In a message dated 9/9/2005 7:35:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
>
>
>>I haven't used it yet but we obtained a capstan winch that attaches to
>> our chainsaws. We are going to try it Saturday to raise sections of
>> Rohn 55. I'll let you know how it works after we try it.
>
> While a capstan winch is incredibly handy for tower work, I'm wondering
> what you're going to attach your aforementioned chainsaw capstan to when
> using
> it. It needs to be mounted very securely on something and not hand-held.
>
> How are you going to lift a 100# section when there's going to be 200#
> of
> tension on your haul line? Hmm?
>
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