On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:22:00 -0400 "Larry" <lknain@nc.rr.com> writes:
> I did this several years ago (1984?). I assume the situation is the
> same now
> that when the truck shows up at your door with your tower YOU have
> to unload
> it. I was somewhat lucky and tied the tower (75 footer weighing
> about 800
> lbs) to a tree and drove the truck out from underneath the tower.
> Part way
> through I hooked the tower balance point to an engine hoist and was
> able to
> move it around (I was on smooth concrete).
What a PITA to have a tower or anything else delivered that way. I've
specified, as
part of the deal, that unloading must be provided....no exceptions.
If they can't, then use another service.
73,
Charlie, N0TT
>
> 73, Larry W6NWS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Gaines
> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 8:21 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] How Do I Schedule a Freight Pick-Up?
>
> On June 29 my LM-470d was destroyed in a wind storm. I immediately
> started
> looking here and elsewhere for a suitable replacement. I found a
> couple but
> both were on the left coast and both indicated the buyer would have
> to
> arrange shipping. I have since found others closer to me but still
> the same
> thing about me doing the leg work on locating a shipper. I finally
> decided
> to replace the old tower with a new one also being shipped from the
> west
> coast. My reasoning was that since they do this full time they must
> have
> shippers waiting at their door to pick things up and haul away. I am
> told by
> the manufacturer that the tower is completed and is awaiting pick up
> by a
> trucking company. I have been told this story several times
> now....waiting
> on a company to come to pick it up. My question is this. Where do I
> go to
> find a flat-bed truck that will pick this tower up in California and
> bring
> it to me in Ohio?
>
> There simply must be a reasonably quick way to get this done.
>
> Bill AD8P
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