[TowerTalk] Building a Tower Trailer

[Hector Garcia XE2K]

Kelly:
 
I read all the post  around your request , I'm interested in the same thing , build a portable tower in a trailer, I own a 37ft steel Hygain tower and i get from a uncle a 17ft boat trailer, single axle, but my uncle is sure will be no problem to install the tower on it , he recomend to use a factory trailer  and not to build one , he say something abouth the law and the responsability for damages that can be produced by this trailer in an accident., i follow his advice.

The trailers you say , maybe looks like this ones
 http://da.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/search.do?keyword=TRAILER
 
other option is like me , find a cheap used , with licence plates   boat trailer, also with electric or hydraulic brakes , strongly recomended,  the brakes in the trailer help when your towing vehicle is small or medium  or very lite  like the small trucks.
 
The tower from F12 can fit in a very small tower, also very lite to install and remove from trailer .
 
Also i have several photos of diferents trailers with tower, i have several from the US towers used in Visalia, also some others from meteorological equipment,  etc.
 
Good Luck
 
Hector Garcia XE2K / XF1K 
Mexicali B.C DM22fp
 
http://www.dxxe.org 


----- Original Message ----
From: Kelly Johnson <n6kj.kelly at gmail.com>
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 12:22:30 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Building a Tower Trailer


I started this thread.  I've put a bit of thought into it and have a
proposal.  Any big holes in the following idea?

I found some small ATV/Utility trailers on EBay that fold up when not
in use.  They fit into a 5'x2' slot.  That solves my problem of
getting the trailer into my back/side yard.  The LPT-1242 only weighs
145 lbs so it shouldn't be hard to move it on/off the trailer each
time I need to use the trailer.  With a winch tied over a tree or
something I can probably even do it by myself.

This leaves me with the task of designing a tower mount for this
trailer: a tower mount that needs to also "fold up" or be removable.
Any thoughts?
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