Hi Julio and all! Well the widow doesn't remember much! She thinks a fork lift
was involved. I'm reading all the comments now! I can't get to the base of the
tower with a truck. It does have the fold over attachment attached and ready
for action. I was thinking of putting some kind of lift (back hoe or fork) on
the motor end and a heavy duty dolly on the other end and pulling it the 75
feet or so through the gate (may have to take down one post - widow does recall
a post having to come down to get it through the gate). Then with the truck at
a lower grade and the ramp somewhat flat, push the dolly using the fork over
the ramp. Comments? Jim
------Original Message------
From: Julio Peralta
To: 'James Nail'
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] HDX 572MDPL
Sent: May 11, 2009 7:18 AM
I'm not trying to be a smart ass here but how did you get it to where it is
presently, is that method not available to you at this point in time?
Assuming you can't get an auto wrecker or a rough terrain folk lift in the
area the only way I know would be to use some 6" or larger pipe cut into
pieces, maybe 6 of them, that will fit though the gate opening. Lay them on
the ground every couple of feet grease them up and slide or roll the tower
on the pipe pulling the ones at the back out ad placing them in the
direction of travel until you reach where you want to be.
Julio, W4HY
-----Original Message-----
From: James Nail [mailto:james.nail@att.net]
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 5:36 AM
To: TowerTalk@contesting.com; 'secc'
Subject: [TowerTalk] HDX 572MDPL
Hi,
I'm planning to take down and transport this tower (about 2000 lbs) about 14
miles to its new home in suburban Atlanta. Once the tower is unbolted from
its current base, does anyone have any recommendations for moving (about 75
feet - over or through a chain link fence gate) and transporting this tower?
Thanks
Jim WA2MBP
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