After getting the runaround and malarkey from the shipper used by US Tower, I
used uship to get bids on transporting my TX-472 from Porterville, CA to
Everett, WA. It works like eBay except, the bids go DOWN. I got several bids
and finally decided on a semi-retired fellow with a light pickup and
light tandem-axle equipment trailer. Cost was about $1/mile.
The seller had access to a fork lift for loading. I hired a local wrecker to
unload it. I set up the unloading ahead of time and coordinated with the
hauler to call me when he got close. There was only a few minutes wait for the
wrecker. I fabricated simple "trucks" to move the tower after unloading.
Oodles of photos & text on my Flickr page: http://www.tinyurl.com/wa7prc-tower.
vy 73,
Bryan WA7PRC
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:12:37 -0400
From: John KK9A
This is all excellent advice. Also it is significantly less expensive to
ship to a business or pick up at the trucking terminal than to a
residence.
John KK9A
From: K7LXC
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:46:18 -0400 (EDT)
There are websites that'll give you shipping quotes - some of which
will be more reasonable.
Cheers & GL,
Steve K7LXC
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