Thanks Grant.
Very comprehensive answer...full of "been-there-done-that" wisdom!
:-]
On Wed, Feb 17, 2016, at 11:37 AM, Grant Saviers wrote:
> Used prices are all over the map - from "free, you take it down and
> away, and btw it is hidden in the rear of the house and needs a crane to
> remove it", to estate sales $500 to $1000 for a 54' or 70' manual
> crankup, to $5k+ for motorized like a UST 589, accessible and on the
> ground. Then, how do you pick it up and move it? Is it 500# or 3000#?
> What equipment can you rent, borrow, and will work on the site? Who can
> operate the equipment safely and rig the tower for travel? Then
> questions about what needs fixed - frozen bearings in the sheaves (I
> paid $30 ea on ebay for NOS as no longer made), new cables needed, new
> winch, might need regalvanized, is there a base with it ($500 if still
> made plus shipping), is the manufacturing outfit still in business and
> will they supply wet stamp drawings if a permit is needed, will a local
> weld shop make a base, etc?
>
> All of this adds up, so sometimes cheap is not inexpensive. However,
> there are often very good deals if you have the resources to manage the
> logistics and know what problems need solved.
>
> Remember also, that a new tower arrives on a long haul flatbed truck
> which you must unload, so those challenges are the same for "new".
>
> Grant KZ1W
>
> On 2/17/2016 7:58 AM, dw wrote:
> > Whats a common selling price for a used crank up or tilt over tower?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 16, 2016, at 01:28 PM, Ken K6MR wrote:
> >> I bought a used TH354 as my first tower in 1967. This was one of a series
> >> of guyed crankups that Tri-Ex made in the 60s and a little into the
> >> 1970s. The series was the T, TH, H, and HS, in heights from 37 feet
> >> (-237) to 122 feet (-7122). Each version used combinations of the same
> >> tower sections depending on how tall and what section widths you wanted.
> >> I was in the tower business in the early 1970s and saw a number of them.
> >> They were much cheaper than the self supporting models. But not nearly as
> >> strong.
>
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