Julio,
There's a good chance that's what this is.......I live in Largo, FL
(literally within sight of Tampa!) and the A frame was precisely what it
took to pull the base out of the ground. And a good sized trailer to put it
on. The tough part was due to the weight......they were NOT lightweight
construction and it was a major task to pull that base out of the ground.
Mine was a purchase from an estate of a silent key. I'd love to see some of
the pages from that catalog...do you have a scanner? At the time I took
possession of that tower, I simply didn't have a lot of confidence in that
base to keep the tower upright with the sandy soil and Florida's gale force
winds.
Bill KC9CS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julio" <jperalta@tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Bill Otten" <res0958z@verizon.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 9:41 pm
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Universial Freestanding Tower
> That finned mount sounds like the Wonder Post that was made by a company
> here in Tampa, Fl. by the name of EZ Way Towers. I've had occasion to
> install and remove several of those towers over the years. The only way
one
> of those Wonder Posts would come out of the ground was with an A frame and
a
> block and tackle. You have to dig around the base and pull straight up to
> move them.
>
> I've never seen or heard of one of them failing and causing a tower to
fall.
> I'll bet there are still hundreds of them around the Florida area. In fact
I
> still have one of their catalogs from a 60 footer I owned 10 or 15 years
> ago.
>
> Julio
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