[TowerTalk] Tower trailers?

[Grant Saviers]

Here are some alternatives, depending on the antenna loads, height, vehicle.

- used boom truck (maybe <$10k if you shop around) check ebay, 
craigslist and bidadoo auctions
- commercial tower trailer ($10k and up, saw a 100 footer (guyed) at 
auction that had collapsed - ugly) google tower trailers
- push up mast on a truck hitch or guyed in the bed (a friend does this 
for VHF contest roving, 20' Al flag pole from Harbor Freight, $50 plus 
some fabrication)
- winch up mast on truck hitch (I built a 37', 2 sections x 20' that 
tilts over forward on my 3/4 ton GMC, about $600 in materials plus 
fabrication)
- DIY tower on a trailer (designed for Field Day but not built for 
HDD433 on a 20' flatbed trailer - have both, and it needs outriggers for 
stability)
- rental fold up towable boom lift (about $300/day), but I doubt it 
would trailer well off road, 500# lift capacity and needs very flat 
ground for outriggers or the computer keeps you grounded. check local 
rental yards.
- used TV/video van with 35' compressed air Wil-Burt mast (worked on one 
donated to a non profit club, KABC obsoleted it when they moved to HD)

Grant KZ1W



On 1/30/2013 5:05 PM, Mike Lyon wrote:
> Howdy!
>
> Anyone have any idea how much tower trailers cost? Looking for something
> that erects to about 40 foot and is not on a huge trailer. Need it for
> doing site surveys in the hills so it may see a little bit of off-road use.
>
> Or, if you have one for sale, ping me!
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
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