[TowerTalk] Tower Replacement - what would you do?

[Andre VanWyk]

Mickey,

I have had great luck using Uship.com on moving several towers and large 
antennas from all over the United States.

In fact, I am moving two large Crank-up towers, (one being a Skyneedle that 
is 27' long retracted!) with a bunch of antennas etc from AZ to MN for less 
than what you are mentioning.

You list your item, and carriers running empty in your direction will bid on 
your load. They are all insured and I have had great success over the years 
getting larger items to me.

..and no, I am not affiliated with Uship. I am simply passing a good 
experience over to fellow hams.

73
NJ0F


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From: "Mickey Baker" <fishflorida at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 10:13 AM
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower Replacement - what would you do?

> As many of you know, my LM-354HD broke a cable and crashed recently from a
> fully extended position. The reason for the crash is that the previous
> owner had provided the wrong replacement cable for the tower. I was luck 
> in
> that my beam was not on the tower at the time, but the tower is a mess.
>
> I've been looking for a replacement that would fit on the current base -
> RCB-70 in a robust base as specified for the LM-470 and the LM-354HD. No
> towers in good shape have popped up.
>
> A while back, I reached out to Tashjian and learned that freight from 
> their
> factory to my place is about $3,000 - more than half the cost of the
> replacement tower itself.
>
> My questions for the group:
>
> 1. Has anyone engineered a way to use the Tri-Ex/Tashjian base for another
> tower? Aluma tower is relatively close by and, if I could make the current
> base work, I would save shipping and have a lighter "temporary
> installation" tower that is light enough to easily move.
>
> 2. Has anyone worked out a way to save shipping costs from Tashjian? For
> example, if two or more people from the same geographical region (or on 
> the
> path to Tashjian's facility?) ordered towers, they could hire or take 
> their
> own truck and trailer.
>
> I'd appreciate the group's thoughts on the above.
> -- 
> Mickey Baker, N4MB
> Fort Lauderdale, FL
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