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> From: akozak@hourglass.com
> To: w6nws@arrl.net; towertalk@contesting.com
> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 12:04:28 -0400
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How Do I Schedule a Freight Pick-Up?
>
> There are two ways to do this that I know of:
>
> Hire a light specialty trucking company. Often they also do local household
> moves. Probably the most expensive option.
>
> Call one of the many LTL* carriers - Con-Way, Old Dominion, Yellow, Estes -
> there are a million of them. Rates are based on weight and distance. As
> long as the manufacturer can load the tower and you can figure out a way to
> unload it, you shouldn't need any special services.
>
> Al
> AB2ZY
>
> * - Less Than a Load
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Larry
> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 11:22 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How Do I Schedule a Freight Pick-Up?
>
> I did this several years ago (1984?). I assume the situation is the same now
> that when the truck shows up at your door with your tower YOU have to unload
> it. I was somewhat lucky and tied the tower (75 footer weighing about 800
> lbs) to a tree and drove the truck out from underneath the tower. Part way
> through I hooked the tower balance point to an engine hoist and was able to
> move it around (I was on smooth concrete).
>
> 73, Larry W6NWS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Gaines
> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 8:21 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] How Do I Schedule a Freight Pick-Up?
>
> On June 29 my LM-470d was destroyed in a wind storm. I immediately started
> looking here and elsewhere for a suitable replacement. I found a couple but
> both were on the left coast and both indicated the buyer would have to
> arrange shipping. I have since found others closer to me but still the same
> thing about me doing the leg work on locating a shipper. I finally decided to
> replace the old tower with a new one also being shipped from the west coast.
> My reasoning was that since they do this full time they must have shippers
> waiting at their door to pick things up and haul away. I am told by the
> manufacturer that the tower is completed and is awaiting pick up by a
> trucking company. I have been told this story several times now....waiting on
> a company to come to pick it up. My question is this. Where do I go to find a
> flat-bed truck that will pick this tower up in California and bring it to me
> in Ohio?
>
> There simply must be a reasonably quick way to get this done.
>
> Bill AD8P
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