I have a motorized crankup tiltover Tristao tower of 3 20 ft sections that extends to 54 feet. The tiltover pivots at the TOP of the base section at about 7 or 8 feet so it is nearly balanced on tilt
I believe a previous post was incorrect. It is my understanding that Tristao became Tri-Ex, not US Tower. Tri-Ex was later sold to Karl Tashjian who currently makes towers under the name of Tashjian
Wrong. Lou Tristao worked for Tri-Ex way back (50-60's?) in Tulare, CA. They parted ways and Tri-Ex moved to Visalia and Tristao started his own tower company. He sold out to Palmer Industries in the
Great history, Skip. Didn't Tri-Ex originally stand for "Tristao Extendable?" I seem to recall that... Steve WB2WIK Wrong. Lou Tristao worked for Tri-Ex way back (50-60's?) in Tulare, CA. They parted
Interesting--I purchased two "Tri-Ex LM470" towers in 2002. These were sold by First Call Communications, Inc. in New York ran by Joel. I heard Joel tell me a lot of things that turned out not to be