Congratulations on your new tower. But be careful how you use that forklift.
When my first HDX-555 was delivered, it had been severely bent when someone in
a freight depot had used a forklift to move the tower from one truck to
another. I rejected that shipment and an undamaged replacement tower arrived a
couple of months later.
If the trucker has an enclosed trailer, your best bet might be to hire a tow
truck with an extendable hydraulic boom that can reach into the trailer and
then, using a strap, pick up the tower at its horizontal balance point. Worked
great for me.
Gud luk!
73,
Mike K0MYW
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From: "res1q6fs" <roger.white@verizon.net>
>
> We have had clear and no rain weather here in North Texas for more than a
> month.
> So far, I have been fortunate to be able to dig the hole, order the rebar and
> get it bent, get hole with rebar cage inspected, pour the concrete the next
> day
> (9 yards...Yea, I know, we dug the hole too big. But, it only hurt the
> pocketbook!) and have it curing in anticipation of an early delivery in
> December
> (Dec. 12 was the initial delivery date).
>
> Well to my surprise, UST called yesterday and said the tower was complete and
> they would schedule a trucker to pick it up. To my surprise, the trucker
> called
> me a few hours ago and said he would be at my house between 8 AM and 12 noon
> tomorrow!. Boy, I had to get on the cell phone fast and get my son to go rent
> a
> fork lift to have it here this evening. The concrete will not be cured until
> early December, so things are really moving. I would never had guessed when I
> strolled into Texas Towers a little over a month ago and placed the order
> that I
> could have the tower delivered in about 6 weeks.
>
> I even got fortunate last weekend and picked up a used CL-33, a Ham IV
> rotator,
> two lengths of coax and the rotator cable. Found this on the qth.com
> classified
> website and although the ham lived 200 miles south of here, he just happened
> to
> be coming up here with a trailer. I met him south of here and picked the
> goodies
> up.
>
> So, should be back on HF after a 25 year span of being QRT!
>
> Roger W5RD
> Murphy, Texas
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