[TowerTalk] Source for 2" OD Mast

Mike Lyon mike.lyon at gmail.com
Fri Jan 4 17:30:53 EST 2013


My apologies.

I meant this place is on the Peninsula....

https://plus.google.com/101102587570788380732/about?gl=us&hl=en

Alan Steel in Redwood City.

-Mike


On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Mike Lyon <mike.lyon at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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