That could be a possability. Gary KB2YAA
-----Original Message-----
From: Howard, W A 9 Y B W
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 8:03 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: US Tower TX-489
Did the cable snap because of a failure of the limit switches?
If not, there needs to be a back-up system for the back-up system!!
How would a safety lock have prevented this? Maybe, I don't understand what
the safety lock is or how it works.
Howard #3, W A 9 Y B W
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Tillinghast" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 6:49 AM
Subject: Re: US Tower TX-489
> Hi, A friend of mine put up the electric model, with limit switches. He
> raises and lowers it when he is not on the air. He thought that he had
> years before he would have to give the tower any attention. Murphy bit
> him. One day when he was raising it, it got near the top and the cable
> broke. Down came the tower and busted the limit switches and other
> componets. He wasn't pleased in the least. He submitted a bill to his
> homeowners policy and got reembursed. To replace the tower it is going to
> cost $19,000. Insurance only wanted to give him $12.000. He had
> replacement cost insurance. They settled for $18.000. After all of this,
> I
> asked him if he had invested in a safety lock for the tower. He hadn't
> thought of it. He is going to add it to his next one now...Life Lessons
> are
> priceless. Gary KB2YAA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan R. Downing
> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2014 8:32 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: US Tower TX-489
>
> Does anyone on the list have a TX-489 tower by US Towers? If so, I'd like
> to know if you use a manual winch, or the optional motorized winch. I
> plan
> to put this tower up when the WX turns cooler, but I need to decide now
> whether to buy the motorized winch for it or not. I don't raise and lower
> my tower very often, so I am not concerned about how long it takes to
> fully
> lower or raise it, just how much work it takes.
>
>
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
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> Alan
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> Alan R. Downing
>
> Phoenix, AZ
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