"Jim" wrote in message
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Dear JB;

Don't know if you are familiar with a hinged tower base, but the only
way this one would "hinge" is to remove all 4 bolts. Try that with
a 60 foot tower on the hinge. Yes, I tried everything with two
sections and it was a total nightmare, impossible to work as
advertised. I sent digital pictures to the factory, have not heard
back a peep. I had to use a scissors jack, baseball bat and large axe
just to get the hinge pins inside the tower legs, along with lots of
heavy silicone grease, thent he holes would not line up...

Proves my point about checking things out before trying to put it up.

You bought it on Ebay from OldTowerGuy? The name says "let the
buyer beware" In that case, at least you got a "tower". Did you check
how bad the rust was before putting it up?

We have all been burned at some time in our lives. I took a 327 Chevy
block to be rebuilt, and they put me off for over a year. After much
cajoling and even hitting them with a lawsuit just to get (some) of the
parts back, I dropped the suit and they (local mob I guess) sicked
the cops on me and I was followed around and pulled over constantly
and threatened all over town until I joined the service just to get away.
I figured that if I was going to be shot at, I might as well go to war and
get paid for it.

I guess the shop was a front for political contributions or something.