[RE-wrenches] tower lifting winches

[Kurt Albershardt]

--On Tuesday, November 25, 2008 3:07 PM -0500 Roy Butler <roy at four-winds-energy.com> wrote:
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> While I strongly recommend the use of a worm gear type winch (because of
> it's braking ability) I have to admit that they're getting harder to find.

My elevator guy turned me on to the GoLo - an AC powered hoist that has been made by the same family-owned company for 40 years <http://www.cordem.com/>  We use them for all sorts of stuff when the truck is not the power source.  Mile Marker hydraulic is our preference when vehicle mounted.



> Make sure that your winch rating is considerably higher than the load you're pulling. Winch load ratings
> are as slippery to decipher as wind turbine ratings ;-)

The magic word when you are shopping is hoist - these are industrial ratings for a deadlift with safety factor included.  Very hard to get the offroad makers to come up with a hoist rating, probably due to liability.





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