Mobile tower for transportation and remote deployment

A method of erecting a mobile tower at a remote site on a ground, comprising the steps of:

• providing a remotely deployable mobile tower for transportation to and rapid deployment at remote sites where the mobile tower is configured and arranged to be engaged with the ground, the mobile tower including:
• an extendable and retractable tower secured to a mobile support structure including a frame and a plurality of deployable outriggers for ground engagement;
• wherein the outriggers are configured and arranged to be compactly secured to the frame during transportation to such remote sites and deployed to stabilize the extendable and retractable tower at such remote sites;
• wherein the extendable and retractable tower includes three series of pivotally interconnected tower segments;
• wherein tower segments in each of the respective series of pivotally interconnected tower segments engage with tower segments in each of the other two of the three series of pivotally interconnected tower segments when the extendable and retractable tower is assembled such that one tower segment from each of the three series of tower segments will be engaged with one tower segment of each of the other two series of pivotally interconnected tower segments to form one of a series of tower stories, each including three tower segments;
• the mobile tower further including a plurality of guy wires, wherein the each of the plurality of guy wires has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of each respective guy wire attaches to the extendable and retractable tower and the second end of each respective guy wire attaches to one of the respective plurality of outriggers to stabilize the extendable and retractable tower when the extendable and retractable tower is assembled;
• wherein the plurality of guy wires includes first and second guy wires, each of which is secured to the same one of the plurality of outriggers, and each of which is also secured to the extendable and retractable tower in first and second spaced apart positions proximate a first tower story;
• transporting the mobile tower to a desired location;
• deploying the plurality of outriggers;
• and
• extending the extendable and retractable tower.