[TowerTalk] aluminum tubing

[TexasRF at aol.com]

 Joe, that is not quite correct. You can buy 6ft or 12ft tubing from  Texas 
Towers and the price is the same per foot. 6 ft lengths can ship via UPS  
and 12 ft lengths can ship by truck freight for huge $$; typically $200 
minimum  and can be a lot more.

 

If you need an 8ft section, we can cut that from a 12ft  piece and send 
both the 8ft and 4 ft length to you. The price is still for 12  ft. UPS 
considers 8ft lengths as double oversize and charges as if the carton  weighs 70 
pounds. In addition to that, they have a $6 surcharge because the  carton is 
more than 60 inches long.
 
Even the 6 ft lengths get zinged for the more than 60  inch length but that 
is much more reasonable than the 70 pound  charge.
 
73,
Gerald Williamson K5GW
GM/Texas Towers
 
In a message dated 12/18/2009 4:25:05 P.M. Central  Standard Time, 
k2xx at swva.net writes:



When buying  six foot sections from TT, you have to buy and pay for an 8' 
section and  have it cut down to six feet.  You also have to pay a 
cutting  charge.  With ingenuity, you might find a use for the extra two  
feet.

I thought I had found a lower cost alternative in Hy-Gain  this summer.  
They will ship 8' sections via UPS.  After given  a price that I thought 
was reasonable for each section,  I ordered  five 8' sections.  The 
problem was that each section was shipped  separately in its own box.  
Therefore, I paid five separate  shipping charges.  When I called Hy-Gain 
to complain and ask why  they didn't ship all five pieces in one 
container, I was told that UPS  required each piece to be packaged 
separately.  I never called UPS  to find out if that was indeed the 
case.  I don't see why they  should have to be packaged separately as 
long as the package meets the  maximum weight requirements.

Even though I live in farm country,  getting aluminum irrigation tubing 
locally is a real problem.   Apparently, everyone has gone to PVC.  When 
this issue came up  earlier this year on the reflector, some people 
suggested alternatives  that I hadn't heard of before.  I've never 
followed up on any of  them.

73, Joe
K2XX

Larry wrote:
> Texas Towers claims  to sell 6 and 12 foot sections. The 12 foot sections 
I 
> believe  have
> to be sent by truck whereas the 6 foot sections can go UPS etc.  I have 
only 
> bought 6 foot
> sections myself.
>
>  73, Larry  W6NWS
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From:  "Joe Barnes" <n4jbk at bellsouth.net>
> To:  <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009  7:51 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] aluminum  tubing
>
>
>   
>> Does anyone know of  a place to buy .60" aluminum tubing in 9 foot or 
more 
>>  pieces?
>>
>> What I have seen at Texas towers is in  shorter sections than that.
>>
>> Thanks.
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