[TowerTalk] Tower Sections - Shipping methods ?

[Tom Anderson]

Ed:

My tower was "supposed" to be encased in wood, but apparently a forklift 
operator took care of all of it as there was no wood to be seen.  The 
new tower I received was encased in wood.  

Tom, WW5L



K4SB wrote:

>Tom Anderson wrote:
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>>Don't sign the delivery ticket until you thoroughly inspect any tower
>>shipped to your home or business.
>>Tom, WW5L
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>When I ordered my big 89' crankup about 6 years ago, it cost over
>$1400 for shipment.
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>US Tower said they had so much damage on so many shipments that they
>were 
>"threatened" by the shippers to refuse any more.
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>They came up with a box frame, made of 2x4s, and 1/2" plywood around
>the whole thing.
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>( about 23+ feet long )
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>Took me almost as long to get the thing out of the box as it did to
>get it up. On items enclosed in boxes or such, I always write
>"accepted pending visual inspection".
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>73
>Ed
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