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Subject: [Towertalk] Equipment enclosures
From: rpechie@snet.net (Dick Pechie - KB1H)
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 09:03:08 -0400
Locally quite a few people have picked up surplus government communications
trailers. They use them for enclosures at the base of towers, Field Day 
trailers,
or just portable units. Not sure where to look for these but a search on the net
will produce a source I suspect.

73 Dick - KB1H

BobK8IA@aol.com wrote:

> >Hi all,
>
> I am in the market for an equipment enclosure.  I'm interested
> in one of the Rohn concrete  or steel structures.  I'm sure they are
> expensive. Just how expensive are they?   Can you find one used
> or at auction?
>
> Ideas?
>
> Ken AB5A
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>
> Ken;
>
> Somewhere here I have a spreadsheet outlining shelter costs for a project I
> am consulting on that has 185 shelters, approx 12'X20' thru 16'X28". These
> are mfr by Miller-Telecom in Indiana (Rohn has priced themselves out of the
> market in the past decade, shelters anyway).
>
> I recall numbers in the mid-$20K range depending on what you want
> prewired/installed etc inside. And they come prefab so you need a crane for
> offloading and foundation setting etc. Way more $ and bother than the
> shipping container options mentioned by others here.
>
> I'll check the prices later today.
>
> 73, Bob K8IA
> Michigan USA
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