[TowerTalk] Building a Tower Trailer

[Dino Darling]

Sure Kelly, That would be easy.

To give you some ideas, head down to your local US Rentals and look at a
"light tower".  I used to build these as well as other traffic control
trailers.  Our club owns a home built tower trailer and my experience
with it has taught me what NOT to do.

You first need to decide how much money you want to spend and if you are
going to build one from scratch or convert an old watercraft trailer.

Also, do you want the tower easily removable or more of a permanent
fixture.

So many options!  I recommend installing 6" PVC with Weather Guard
covers to transport antenna elements.
http://www.toolup.com/productinfo_froogle.asp?pid=%7B6C97E045-7B2C-41C1-B7C4-A0EB298413EE%7D&AdCamp=Froogle

You got questions, I've got answers...about trailers anyway...

Dino  -  K6RIX
dino at k6rix.com


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Building a Tower Trailer
> From: "Kelly Johnson" <n6kj.kelly at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, June 26, 2006 12:32 pm
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
>
> I would like to mount a Force12 LPT tower on a trailer.  Anyone have
> any experience building a trailer for a tower (or otherwise)?  I am
> looking for design/construction tips.  In particular, I need a trailer
> that is small and reasonably inexpensive.  In particular, I would like
> the trailer to be as narrow as possible yet still stable enough for
> towing.  I'm thinking something with retractable/removable struts.
>
> My LPT1242 worked out extremely well for FD this past weekend.  I'm
> hoping to make it even more convenient by mounting it on a trailer.
> Unfortunately, I have limited space at my home for a trailer and thus
> need it to be small, narrow, and light enough that I can push it along
> the side of my house into the back yard.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
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