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Tower Shipment
Unless otherwise specified, NC towers ship by truck (on flat bed trailers),
which lets you receive, hoist, and install the tower in one continuous operation.
Single-cell towers ship on one truck. Multicell towers, depending on their size,
may require more than one truck.
Responsibility for the condition of the tower upon its arrival belongs to the
trucker—as does the coordination of multiple shipments, if required.
Receiving Tower
Prior to unloading the tower from the delivering carrier, inspect the shipment
for evidence of damage in transit. If damage is apparent, note the freight bill
accordingly. This will support your future recovery claim.
Find and remove the installation instruction drawings and bills of material
located in a plastic tote in the cold water basin. This information should be
kept for future reference and maintenance purposes.
Hoisting Tower
NC8411 through NC8414 models consist of two modules per cell. The upper
module includes hoisting clips at the top of the module. The hoisting clips on
the lower module are located near the bottom on the sides of the cold water
basin. All other models ship in a single module.
NC upper and lower modules must be hoisted and set separately.
Do not preassemble modules prior to hoisting.
The hoisting clips for NC8409 are located near the bottom of the tower on
the cold water basin sides. The hoisting clips for all other models are located
at the top of the tower. A Hoisting-Installation label which has hoisting
dimensional information is located on the side casing near the tower cen-
terline. Remove tower from the carrier and hoist into place according to the
instructions on the label.
Hoisting clips are provided for ease of unloading and positioning
tower. For overhead lifts or where additional safety is required,
safety slings should also be placed under the tower. Under no
circumstances should you combine the top and bottom modules
of modular models and attempt to hoist them at the same time by
utilizing the hoisting clips alone!
Warning
receiving and hoisting
Caution