[TowerTalk] Tower Sections - Shipping methods ?

[Jim Jones]

Sure am glad I always take delivery at point of manufacture.  Truck and 
trailer and some diesel sounds a lot
cheaper and easier than what some of you have gone thru.  Good luck to 
all buying and shipping towers.

Jim


Tom Anderson wrote:

>Ed:
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>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.  
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>Tom, WW5L
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>K4SB wrote:
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>>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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