[TowerTalk] Tower Replacement - what would you do?

[Mickey Baker]

Thanks, Andre - I've used them as well and have an active listing there.

http://www.uship.com/shipment/1-Pipe/123058987/




On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Andre VanWyk <kr5dx at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> ------------------------------**--------------------
> 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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Mickey Baker, N4MB
Fort Lauderdale, FL
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