[TowerTalk] Source for 2" OD Mast

[Mike Lyon]

Buddy of mine just shared this with me. They are on the Peninsula side of
the bay...

http://www.speedymetals.com/

-Mike


On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Jon Pearl - W4ABC
<jonpearl at tampabay.rr.com>wrote:

> Hi Jerry.
>
> I ran into the very same thing, recently.  Even the suppliers get
> aggravated at the shippers because the cost to ship is often as much or
> more than the tubing itself and it turns buyers off.
>
> I recently bought a 2" O.D. x .250" wall x 21' long stick of 1026 DOM
> (Drawn Over Mandrel) from Alro Metals, just a few miles from my home.  I
> paid about $345 out the door plus another $50 to a friend to bring it home
> on his race car trailer.  The only downside - it's not galvanized.  I'm
> deciding on coatings, now.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
> Jon Pearl - W4ABC
>
>
>
> On 1/4/2013 3:26 PM, Jerry Gardner wrote:
>
>> Anyone know of a source for a 2" OD 5 to 20 foot steel mast  in the
>> vicinity of the S.F. Bay Area? Something with around 87 k psi yield
>> strength would be ideal.
>>
>> Lots of on-line places sell these, but the shipping cost is greater than
>> the cost of the mast itself. If there's someplace close to me that stocks
>> something suitable, I'll rent a U-Haul truck and go pick it up.
>>
>> 73, Jerry
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