[TowerTalk] Shipping Companies

[Scott Ingram]

About three years ago I moved my father's HDX555 from the coast of Oregon
down here to Louisiana.  I used a tandem axel boat trailer (thanks to the
suggestion of someone on this list).  Worked like a charm.  Steve is correct
about getting it on and off the trailer - that is the hard part but is
doable.  A bucket loader or fork lift will lift it.  You just have to be
careful.

Good luck! and 73's
Scott W5LSU

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 4:55 PM, <K7LXC at aol.com> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 12/2/2010 12:01:13 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
>
> >  I am in the process of purchasing the HDX589MDPL from  K0FF. I will be
> picking it up in MO in March. I was wondering what the best  method of
> transportation would be to get it from Missouri to California.  Ray, N6RV,
> mentioned I should ask here to see if there is a reasonable  shipping
> company. Skip, KJ6Y, said I could use a large U Haul flatbed. I  figure
> about
> two days travel.
>
>
>    Hauling it yourself can pencil out. Several years  ago I moved the same
> type tower from San Jose, CA, to the Seattle area. A  trucking company
> quoted me about $2k - I rented a flatbed truck and did it for  about 1/2
> that.
>
>    There's a reason why UST uses a trucking company  that picks it up at
> the factory and delivers it directly to the customer - too  much handling
> and
> damage otherwise. If you consign it to a shipping company,  there's that
> damage potential.
>
>    The trick is that you need handling on both ends  - I think the danged
> things weighs about 2000 lbs. (it might be 3000# - it was  a bunch of years
> ago) - so you'll need a backhoe, wrecker, crane or something  similar.
> Driving it's easy - it's the loading and unloading that's the crux.
>
> Cheers & GL,
> Steve     K7LXC
> TOWER TECH
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