[TowerTalk] Trucking/shipping towers and antennas

[k6xyz]

I shipped my big yagis and several 20' masts on the same van that moved the
rest of the household stuff. These vans have a 'belly pack' and the guys
just slid the aluminum in there and that was all there was to it....no extra
charge.

Regards

Dave Harmon
NSRCA 586
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barkey, Patrick M.
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 7:55 AM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Trucking/shipping towers and antennas

I need to move a lot of tower and antennas (many 24 foot pieces )
2000 miles west.  I have some limited experience doing this with

much smaller amounts of material.  I looked into a lot of options,

but finally went with commercial trucking companies and paid

big bucks.

 

I'd like to hear from others with experience doing this.  I know

there are web sites where you can advertise loads, but much of

the terminology is foreign to me, and I didn't have much luck
with them in the past.

 

I am talking about shipping about 450 feet of tower (most hand
load-able) and perhaps 1500-2000 lbs of aluminum, with many

other pieces of assorted hardware.

 

I will try to summarize answers back here.  Thanks.

 

  - Pat
    N9RV

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