[TowerTalk] MA550 tubular tower

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

I built a dolly out of 4x4's and a couple of wheelbarrow
tires.  If you balance it in the middle, one person can
wheel it around on level ground.  You can use a car jack
to lift it up to get it onto the dolly.

Rick N6RK

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> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 6:54 AM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com; lopeznoel at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] MA550 tubular tower
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> In a message dated 6/17/2007 7:08:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
>
> >  Does anyone have any experience in disassembling an MA550
> tubular tower
> by US Towers?  There is a used tower for sale with a full  size
> beam on top.
> However, It is a long distance from my home and I will  not have
> access to
> large equipment unless I rent it.  Someone else's  experience
> would be very
> helpful....
>
>     I guess I'm wondering why you feel the need to  disassemble it? For
> transport? "Ease" of disassembly?
>
>     You can slide the sections out once it's  horizontal but once it is
> horizontal, you can use different techniques to move  it; e.g.
> rent a small
> trackhoe (Kubota, DitchWitch, etc.), hire a bunch of  guys to
> carry out to the street
> for a couple. Access is usually the limiting  factor in what
> options you have
> available.
>
>     If it's the motorized version, I wouldn't take it  apart at all. Umm,
> also if it's the non-motorized version, I wouldn't take it  apart either.
>
>     If you can't get it horizontal, that's another  challenge.
> Then you'll
> need a crane to extract it.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve     K7LXC
> TOWER TECH
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