[TowerTalk] Ordered a HDX555 Oct. 3 from Texas Towers. It willbe here tomorrow morning.....!!!!!!!

[Larry WA9VRH]

Hi all,

Don't forget your local well driller. Mine had a trailer that my HDX555 
would fit on so I had the trucking company hold it at the dock about 20 
miles from here. It saved me about $250.00 on shipping as a semi could come 
in here but it would be tough to back out all the way. My well driller who 
lives about 30 miles from me met me at the truck dock loaded the tower on 
his trailer. Got to my place and with the boom on his 1 ton pickup picked up 
the tower and gently placed it on the base and then raised it up for me. He 
had quoted me a price of $125.00 (this was 12 years ago) so I paid him that 
and 6 cases of his favorite beer.
We both were very happy.
Just another source to look at for help.
73 Larry WA9VRH


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <k0myw at att.net>
To: "res1q6fs" <roger.white at verizon.net>; "towertalk" 
<towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ordered a HDX555 Oct. 3 from Texas Towers. It 
willbe here tomorrow morning.....!!!!!!!


> Congratulations on your new tower. But be careful how you use that 
> forklift.
>
> When my first HDX-555 was delivered, it had been severely bent when 
> someone in a freight depot had used a forklift to move the tower from one 
> truck to another. I rejected that shipment and an undamaged replacement 
> tower arrived a couple of months later.
>
> If the trucker has an enclosed trailer, your best bet might be to hire a 
> tow truck with an extendable hydraulic boom that can reach into the 
> trailer and then, using a strap, pick up the tower at its horizontal 
> balance point. Worked great for me.
>
> Gud luk!
>
> 73,
> Mike K0MYW
>
>
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "res1q6fs" <roger.white at verizon.net>
>>
>> We have had clear and no rain weather here in North Texas for more than a 
>> month.
>> So far, I have been fortunate to be able to dig the hole, order the rebar 
>> and
>> get it bent, get hole with rebar cage inspected, pour the concrete the 
>> next day
>> (9 yards...Yea, I know, we dug the hole too big. But, it only hurt the
>> pocketbook!) and have it curing in anticipation of an early delivery in 
>> December
>> (Dec. 12 was the initial delivery date).
>>
>> Well to my surprise, UST called yesterday and said the tower was complete 
>> and
>> they would schedule a trucker to pick it up. To my surprise, the trucker 
>> called
>> me a few hours ago and said he would be at my house between 8 AM and 12 
>> noon
>> tomorrow!. Boy, I had to get on the cell phone fast and get my son to go 
>> rent a
>> fork lift to have it here this evening. The concrete will not be cured 
>> until
>> early December, so things are really moving. I would never had guessed 
>> when I
>> strolled into Texas Towers a little over a month ago and placed the order 
>> that I
>> could have the tower delivered in about 6 weeks.
>>
>> I even got fortunate last weekend and picked up a used CL-33, a Ham IV 
>> rotator,
>> two lengths of coax and the rotator cable. Found this on the qth.com 
>> classified
>> website and although the ham lived 200 miles south of here, he just 
>> happened to
>> be coming up here with a trailer. I met him south of here and picked the 
>> goodies
>> up.
>>
>> So, should be back on HF after a 25 year span of being QRT!
>>
>> Roger W5RD
>> Murphy, Texas
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