Call a couple towing companies that do Heavy work, they will be able to
provide a Rollback and a Skidsteer to complete the job. Find one that
charges an hourly rate. It's not a big deal. If you were in my area we
would have you taken care of quick and easy. Ron, WV4P
On Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 11:33 AM Lou Laderman <lladerman@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I've taken delivery of 3 towers over the last 40 years or so, A Heights 60'
> crank-up, a Tri-Ex TM358 Sky Needle, and a US Tower HDX555. The Heights and
> Sky Needle were brought into freight terminals by the trucking companies
> and
> to my house by a local cartage company. The UST arrived on a flatbed
> directly from the UST facility in Lincoln, NE, so scheduling was perhaps a
> bit easier. But any local delivery truck driver will contact you at least a
> day in advance to set-up a time for delivery. Otherwise, you could have it
> shipped to a rigger's or local cartage company's facility where they can
> offload it and schedule a delivery for you.
>
> The Heights tower was aluminum, and relatively light compared to a steel
> tower. So my "crew" of local hams offloaded the sections and carried it to
> the installation site. The Sky Needle was offloaded from the local delivery
> truck by a crane that swung it into place for installation. The UST was
> offloaded by a backhoe loader my contractor used to dig the hole for the
> tower. Since we had a scheduled delivery time, getting him over was pretty
> easy. He used a sling to lift the tower on the front bucket and drove the
> loader to the slab for installation. A loader works just fine as long as
> the
> loader's large enough to carry the weight of the tower. They're typically
> smaller than a tow truck, and can probably get through your gate if it's
> not
> too narrow. You could also disassemble your fence in that area to create a
> temporary opening.
>
> Good luck!
>
> 73
>
> Lou, W0FK
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 19:08:56 -0400
> From: "Art Greenberg" <art@artg.tv>
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Receiving a crank-up tower
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> I'm in the research & planning stages of a crank-up (telescoping) tower
> purchase. It would be my first such tower. I'm looking at "small" towers
> (for < 12 square feet of antenna) in the vicinity of 50 feet height.
> Considering both steel and aluminum, but at the moment the steel tower
> seems
> to be in the lead. I'll probably post questions during the selection
> process. But for now, I have some questions that pertain whatever the
> choice.
>
> The manufacturer of the steel tower told me that the shipping weight of the
> tower is around 1,000 pounds, and that it will be shipped fully assembled
> and crated in an enclosed truck (probably a tractor-trailer, going cross
> country). The length of the assembled and crated tower as-shipped will be
> about 25 feet.
>
> I live on a narrow street, and there is zero chance that the delivery
> driver
> will be able to bring his truck (assuming a tractor-trailer) onto my
> driveway. My property is fenced with a lot of trees, meaning the best route
> onto the property is though the gate at the end of the driveway and then
> following the not-at-all-straight driveway to its closest approach to the
> tower installation location. But to do that, the tower would have to travel
> down the driveway lengthwise - crosswise on a forklift won't work too well
> due to the trees along the driveway.
>
> My questions:
>
> 1. How the heck do I get a 25-foot long 1,000 pound crated tower off of the
> truck? A reach forklift? Something else?
>
> 1a. I'm not a forklift operator. Any suggestion as to where to look for one
> for hire? Do such people provide their own equipment, rigging and tools?
>
> 1b. What (other) tools/rigging am I likely to need?
>
> 1c. I'm twisting myself into a pretzel obsessing over how to coordinate the
> forklift with truck arrival. Is it really as difficult as I imagine?
>
> 2. How do I get the tower through my gate and to a suitable spot on my
> property to await installation?
>
> Thanks in advance for your suggestions and advice!
>
> --
> Art Greenberg
> WA2LLN
> art@artg.tv
>
>
>
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