[TowerTalk] Source for Unistrut

[Jim Lux]

At 12:54 AM 9/24/2005, Michael Tope wrote:
>Anybody know of a good source for Unistrut products
>(1 5/8" slotted channel) in the Los Angeles area. I need
>some for a tubing rack (for storing antennas) as well
>as a tower project. Mc Master Carr has it but the $$$
>are adding up a bit fast on the bill of materials and I am
>hoping that there are better prices to be had somewhere
>else.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mike, W4EF.....................


There are other brands that have the same dimensions. ( I just noticed this 
the other day, and there was some brand name other than Unistrut stamped 
into the extrusion in a chunk I was using.) Cooper Industries has "B-Line" 
(http://www.b-line.com/)

Electrical places catering to the electrical trades (Graybar, Royal 
Electric, All-Phase) carry the stuff.  Graybar has places all over (There 
used to be one near the 405 in Van Nuys)
ALL PHASE ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO. 2101 EMPIRE AVENUE BURBANK, CA 91510


There's some company in North Hollywood (just north of Chandler, on 
Satsuma, I think, but I'll have to check) that sells used racking and 
shelving. Everything from those big orange racks like at Home Depot on 
down.  I'm thinking it's R.L.Spears, but that's an auction company.

  Are you looking for the steel or the aluminum kind?

The 1-5/8 x 1-5/8 inch size (the standard one) should run around 
$2/ft.  McMasterCarr is a bit more ($3/ft?)

The "local" distributor for this stuff appears to be:

Lord & Sons
9056 Rosecrans Ave
Bellflower, CA

Coverage Area: Southern California

Contact: Bonnie Robinson
Email: BonnieR at lordandsons.com

Phone (toll free): 800-468-3791
Fax: 866-777-9599
Website: http://www.lordandsons.com