Hi Danny,
     Well, the lady said there was some surface rust but it was kept in 
storage since 2001. Previously to that it had been up for nine years. You 
are right though, I was buying it on faith.

God bless,
Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Danny Dyer" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: how to ship a tower


> And unless you had somebody reliable at the seller's site, to check out 
> the
> rust or lack of it, the "bentness" or lack of it, the fitness of the 
> joints
> to go back together, any broken or weak welds, and a whole bunch of other
> things, to keep you from ending up with nothing but a whole lot of scrap
> iron, when it arrived  at your place, you would very much be at the mercy 
> of
> the seller in a "buyer be ware world.
> Seller might be very reliable, and then again might not be.
> You might still find a company and a way to do it, but take it slow. 
> Danny.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 10:55 PM
> Subject: Re: how to ship a tower
>
>
>> Hi
>>     Well, when I read about two rohn forty foot towers for $250 I was
>> ecstatic. However to get them from Indiana to Oregon would cost some ware
>> over $450. To top that off, the company I was able to get a quote from is
>> glad to drop it off at my house but the refuse to pick it up at a private
>> residence on the other end. So, I guess that looks like the end of that.
>>
>> God bless,
>> Mark
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 4:28 PM
>> Subject: how to ship a tower
>>
>>
>>> Well, shipping might be the easy part.  It was about 35 years ago but =
>>> between digging the hole and dealing with the concrete putting one up =
>>> can be quite a job. =20
>>> Richard