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Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Sections - Shipping methods ?

To: K4SB <k4sb@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Sections - Shipping methods ?
From: Tom Anderson <WW5L@gte.net>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 23:10:51 -0500
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Ed:

My tower was "supposed" to be encased in wood, but apparently a forklift 
operator took care of all of it as there was no wood to be seen.  The 
new tower I received was encased in wood.  

Tom, WW5L



K4SB wrote:

>Tom Anderson wrote:
>  
>
>>Don't sign the delivery ticket until you thoroughly inspect any tower
>>shipped to your home or business.
>>Tom, WW5L
>>    
>>
>
>When I ordered my big 89' crankup about 6 years ago, it cost over
>$1400 for shipment.
>
>US Tower said they had so much damage on so many shipments that they
>were 
>"threatened" by the shippers to refuse any more.
>
>They came up with a box frame, made of 2x4s, and 1/2" plywood around
>the whole thing.
>
>( about 23+ feet long )
>
>Took me almost as long to get the thing out of the box as it did to
>get it up. On items enclosed in boxes or such, I always write
>"accepted pending visual inspection".
>
>73
>Ed
>
>
>  
>



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