[TowerTalk] Crank Up Tower Identification Help Needed

[EZ Rhino]

Wow, that looks like a project, and I do believe it was a trailer tower. It's got the mega flanges welded up a ways on the bottom section.   Most definitely a USTower, or their predecessor Tristao.  How come all tower Mfg.'s start with letter T?  That is the perplexing thing.

Chris
KF7P



On May 20, 2013, at 18:10 , Shane Autrey KI4M wrote:

I spoke with the folks at U.S. Towers at Dayton this year and they said 
the tower that I have acquired is a Tri-Ex and not theirs. Former Tri-Ex employees say this tower is not a Tri-Ex and is more than likely a U.S. Tower. The 
dimensions are exactly the same as the current production TX-489 they 
make. The section face dimensions etc match up perfectly. That being 
said this tower has a home made folding base on it that will be disposed of as it is just pure crap. This tower has a couple of mounting points on it one for a 
motorized winch (missing when purchased) and one for what appears to be a hinge point a bit further up the tower face. I took some photos of the 
entire tower and they aren't the best quality. I should take delivery of the tower in the next few weeks. An old friend called me to let me know he had purchased it for scrap metal weight. Such a nice tower didn't 
deserve to be melted down. As photographed he said the tower weighed on 
his scales a little less than 1600 lbs. It is obviously a 5 section 
crank up and again outside face dimensions are exactly the same as the 
current production TX-489.

Anyone know what a model # for this 
thing would be? Any idea as to why it doesn't have any mounting flanges 
welded to the bottom of the three legs? They haven't been removed they 
appear to have never been there. I would like to use this tower and have
it installed properly but the lack of information is beginning to pile 
up! It will obviously need recabled and a new winch but the mounting 
base has me most perplexed. I can't help but wonder if it was on a tower
trailer but still lack of flanges is perplexing to me.

Photos at the link below:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/67862339@N02/

Shane KI4M
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