VERY Useful! I am going to make a sign and go visit my local landfill lady real soon.
Thanks for a great idea. Mike At 10:35 AM 10/21/2009, Robert West wrote: >Scottie, > >I've had some minor success by talking to a local metal scrap yard. It's a >pretty good sized one, they put up a small sign at the pay window saying >that if they get any tower sections to not crush or bend them. If they get >a get sections they call and I go over. It's usually old American Tower 8 >foot sections, like TV tower, but some are pretty useful. They charge >usually 30 cents per pound and I pay a few cents over that for good sections >in exchange for the sign next to the pay window. A month or so ago they >called and I had to go out to a field to look at some that were too big for >the metal collector guy to take into the yard. 2 80 foot heavy duty free >standing towers in good shape laying in the field all overgrown with weeds. >150 bucks for the pair. Didn't know how much they weighed so I just offered >the 150. > >They will also hold old DirectTV dishs and the J arm mounts for them if the >sorters remember. Those are handy to have at 2 bucks each. As long as I >pay more than scrap value, they are all over it. They usually have more >stuff than I need though. > > >Bob- > > >-----Original Message----- >From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >Behalf Of Scottie Arnett >Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 9:25 PM >To: wireless@wispa.org >Cc: motoro...@wispa.org >Subject: [WISPA] OT: Used Tower Pricing. > >What is a good price to give for a standard Rohn SSV tower, 100' with >sections 7N, 6N, 5N, 4N, and 3WN in real good shape, each section still >assembled, already down and ready for loading. I priced it new at around >$8500. I have looked at www.usedtowers.com, but those are way higher than >what I got this one for. I already won it at auction, but just checking to >make sure I didn't screw up. > >Do any of you know where to find used towers besides qth.com, eham.net, >ebay, and usedtowers.com? I have a few local places, but I am looking to >expand my searches beyond those mentioned and local. > >TIA, >Scottie > >Wireless High Speed Broadband service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as >$30.00/mth. >Check out www.info-ed.com/wireless.html for information. > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- >WISPA Wants You! Join today! >http://signup.wispa.org/ >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- > >WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >WISPA Wants You! Join today! >http://signup.wispa.org/ >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
