Might check around with local horse folks. A horse trailer is typically two
stalls, floor close to ground, and a nice tilt-out shallow-angle loading
ramp. Relatively easy to load a tower, pieces of pipe for "roller bearings"
to load.. Horse folks do insane amounts of trailering to shows or
recerational areas they want to ride.Possibly find someone going somewhere
near your destination, with an empty stall, that would detour for cheap...,
GL, Don N7EF
On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 7:02 AM, R Morris <robrk@nidhog.net> wrote:
> Google "you ship it". Truckers going part or all empty will work a deal.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 5, 2015, at 12:46, Robert Chudek - K0RC <k0rc@citlink.net> wrote:
>
> I am looking for an economical way to ship a complete tower package about
> 900 miles (one-way). I have created four "bundles" of nestled sections,
> base stubs, rotator plate, TB-3, and mast. The entire weight is slightly
> over 400 pounds of aluminum and steel.
>
> What seems out of whack is the freight classification (250 or 300) and the
> resulting freight charges in the $1,200 to $1,500 price range. I have
> called numerous freight companies and agents and this is pretty consistent.
> There are also "up-charges" for no loading dock, etc. that are added on as
> well.
>
> Short of loading the tower into a pickup and driving it there myself, how
> have you dealt with the freight industry so as not to break the bank?
>
> FWIW, these are 10 foot sections and the outside sections are 30" on a
> side, open lattice, welded aluminum.
>
> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
>
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