With a long trailer like that you have to watch the access to the gas
stations. Some forecourts are just too cramped to get a long load around. I
picked up some Rohn 45 with a 16 foot trailer. Coupling that to my extended
cab 8 foot bed Silverado, which is nearly 22 foot long, made for quite a
long rig. I learnt that it is best to go to gas stations that the RV guys
use.
Mark N1UK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim McDonald" <jim@n7us.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, 02 December, 2010 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Shipping Companies
>I moved my HDX589MDPL, including a 20' Chromalloy mast, three times when I
> relocated. It went into the moving van with furniture and other stuff and
> was "swallowed up." It was tied down inside so it couldn't move, of
> course.
>
> I had it on the two-wheel tower dolly that I had made, and a crane at each
> end of the move got it on and off the trailer. We looped two big nylon
> webs
> around the dolly and tower which were looped over the crane's hook and
> gave
> it a little shove when the cable (with a little slack) got to the back of
> the trailer. We reversed the process at the other end of the move.
>
> Getting the dolly at the center of gravity of the tower is essential, as
> is
> keeping the tower horizontal so it doesn't slide on the dolly. Reflecting
> now, attaching the tower to the dolly would be a good idea, so that
> gravity
> alone isn't doing the job.
>
> The dolly is useful to move the tower around the property and to set the
> tower in place on the base.
>
> Don't forget to take the heavy, steel T-base off the bolts in the
> concrete.
> The last time we used a long pipe as a lever with blocks as a fulcrum to
> lift it up.
>
> If you tow a trailer, be sure to get one with a brake and use a big enough
> truck. I personally wouldn't do that unless you're experienced at towing,
> and the trailer is really long.
>
> Jim N7US
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
>> In a message dated 12/2/2010 12:01:13 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>> towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
>>
>> > I am in the process of purchasing the HDX589MDPL from K0FF. I will be
>> picking it up in MO in March. I was wondering what the best method of
>> transportation would be to get it from Missouri to California. Ray,
>> N6RV,
>> mentioned I should ask here to see if there is a reasonable shipping
>> company. Skip, KJ6Y, said I could use a large U Haul flatbed. I figure
>> about
>> two days travel.
>>
>>
>> Hauling it yourself can pencil out. Several years ago I moved the
>> same
>> type tower from San Jose, CA, to the Seattle area. A trucking company
>> quoted me about $2k - I rented a flatbed truck and did it for about 1/2
>> that.
>>
>> There's a reason why UST uses a trucking company that picks it up at
>> the factory and delivers it directly to the customer - too much handling
>> and
>> damage otherwise. If you consign it to a shipping company, there's that
>> damage potential.
>>
>> The trick is that you need handling on both ends - I think the danged
>> things weighs about 2000 lbs. (it might be 3000# - it was a bunch of
> years
>> ago) - so you'll need a backhoe, wrecker, crane or something similar.
>> Driving it's easy - it's the loading and unloading that's the crux.
>>
>> Cheers & GL,
>> Steve K7LXC
>> TOWER TECH
>
>
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