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From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 8:14 AM
> I replaced the K2550 on my TRX-100HD with a W3000. It decreased the
> cranking effort from extremely difficult to difficult. (With the K2550,
> raising the tower was truly an athletic event.) The drill has
> enough torque (rated 410 inch lbs) to lower the tower, but it cannot
> raise the tower from a horizontal position. Of course, once the
> tower is tilted up a ways, then the drill can take over.
>
I replaced the k1550 winch with a k2550 winch but it was still pretty
difficult to crank so I modified the raising (layover) pulley arrangement by
adding two more pulleys to get the mechanical advantage. Now it is much
easier to crank but takes a lot of crank turns which means that I am lifing
my arm weight much more. I have been using a 1/2 drill that works fine
(after I manually get the tower lifted up a bit) and of course it is easier
to lower the tower. I have never seen smoke from the brake pads or heard
any squeal protest.
I am curious as to whether the pressure on the brakepads ( hence less squeal
and smoke) is decreased if the weight that the winch is lifting is reduced.
Perhaps a mechanical engineer can answer this (or other qualified person!)?
k7puc
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