[TowerTalk] Crank Up Tower Identification Help Needed

[David Jordan]

Doesn't look like any Tri-EX I've ever seen... I have the CT-100 and I have 
friends that hove other Tri-EX models, on is base mounted hinge plate and 
the other was self-supporting with three extended steel arms from the top of 
the base section.  The not a Tri-EX moment for me was the hokie cable 
tensioner on the exterior of the tower... never seen a Tri-EX rigged that 
way... it also looks very light weight for a 89ft. Maybe its a Hy-Gain.

Good Luck.

73,
Dave
wa3gin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EZ Rhino" <EZRhino at fastmovers.biz>
To: "Shane Autrey KI4M" <iam4thapack at yahoo.com>
Cc: "TOWERTALK at contesting.com" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Crank Up Tower Identification Help Needed


> 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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