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Re: [TowerTalk] $500 30' EZ-Tower

To: "Stuart Browne" <stuartpbrowne@gmail.com>, "Mike Fatchett W0MU" <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] $500 30' EZ-Tower
From: "Steve Katz" <stevek@jmr.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:43:18 -0700
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Why not buy it from U.S. Tower, which is in California...?

When I've bought stuff from them, I rented a trailer and visited the
plant near Fresno, and picked them up myself.  "Shipping cost" was a
tank of gasoline and a $39 rental.

WB2WIK



-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Browne
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 9:37 AM
To: Mike Fatchett W0MU
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] $500 30' EZ-Tower

I got a quote from Texas Towers on a US Towers MA-40 telescoping mast.
The
price $1,480.  The shipping to Tampa from California...$1,998 !!!
Innnnnsane
shipping costs.

WH6H/4

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Mike Fatchett W0MU <w0mu@w0mu.com>
wrote:

> That is very pricey.  You can get suplus fiberglass poles from
millions
> of people on Ebay etc that will do the same thing for much less.  I
paid
> more for shipping than I did the poles.
>
> W0MU
>
> On 9/20/2011 9:55 AM, AA6DX - Mark wrote:
> >
>
http://www.harborfreight.com/clearance/30-ft-wind-generator-tower-kit-94
712.html
> >
> > Anybody tried this yet?  Looks pricey to me, for what you get... but
> great for carrying around, eh?
> > 73-- Mark  AA6DX
> > CU CQP --Humboldt County!
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