You got a real bargain on the backhoe.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Shohet" <kq2m@earthlink.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 14:21
Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: Cost of pumping concretein my area
> Hi Guys,
>
> My property consists primarily of ledge and wetlands (I know - weird
> combination isn't it?) on the top of a hill. The towers are on ledge and
a
> concrete truck could not get to the tower site through the wetlands or by
> climbing the ledge.
>
> Solution:
>
> Rent a LARGE backhoe - same one that dug my towers, have the concrete
truck
> park at the bottom of the ledge and extend the concrete "chute" into the
> backhoe "shovel" (about 10' higher up at my QTH). The large backhoe
> receives the concrete directly into the shovel and takes it to the site
> where he dumps it in. The other concrete guy helps shovel it around
> properly into the hole.
>
> Backhoeing the concrete was a bit tricky given all the hills, ruts and
large
> rocks but was the only way to do it at my QTH. The large backhoe shovel
> took about 1 cu yard at a time and there was minimal spilling - he was
quite
> skilled.
>
> We used this method for all 6 of the tower guypoints (2 towers) and 2
tower
> bases
> and were done with the 20 cu yards of concrete in under 2 hours and within
> the time allowed by the concrete truck. Since the concrete sets within
> about 2 hours in the truck, this was also an important consideration!
>
> The backhoe guy charged me for 3 hours of time - $225 - but it was well
> worth it.
> A smaller backhoe could NEVER have done this at my qth and would have
taken
> much, much longer - I think that the smaller backhoe shovel is about 40%
the
> size of the larger one. Of course, most qth's are somewhat level and
don't
> have the topographic obstacles that I had to deal with, so that may work
> nicely. They certainly cost less per hour to rent!
>
> You are going to be pouring the concrete only once. Spare no expense to
> make sure that it is done "right" with the appropriate professionals there
> to help.
>
> GL!
>
> Bob KQ2M
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan" <dhearn@ix.netcom.com>
> To: <N8DCJ@yahoo.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 9:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lifting a TX472 off a semi & cost of pumping
> concretein my area
>
>
> > Dan: I have read of people using several 55 gal drums as rollers under a
> > crankup to move it off a truck and to the install location. It seems
that
> > this would cause a minimum amount of damage to a lawn. The subject of
> > getting concrete to a location where a truck cannot go has been
discussed
> at
> > length on TT recently. You can do a search of TT archives at
> Contesting.com
> > and probably find a mountain of info on the topic. 73, Dan, N5AR
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: dan bookwalter <n8dcj@yahoo.com>
> > To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 5:07 AM
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] Lifting a TX472 off a semi & cost of pumping
concrete
> > in my area
> >
> >
> > > Hello All
> > >
> > > i will be receiving my TX472 shortly from US Towers ,
> > > their recomendation is to use a wrecker (which is much
> > > more cost effective than the alternatives) does anyone
> > > have any experience/hints ??
> > >
> > > following a thread concerning hauling/pumping concrete
> > > from a week or two ago i checked into it in my area
> > > and discovered that it isnt really feasible here.... i
> > > have to go 250' plus... the pumping guys charge
> > > $165/hr with 4 hour minumum.... $2.50 per/yd of
> > > concrete... since its over 140' run they have to bring
> > > in a second truck with a one time fee of $100, which
> > > is roughly $780 just for the pumper plus the $450 for
> > > concrete...so i guess i am going to have to get
> > > permission from the neighbors to let me rut up their
> > > yard since the septic system is between the road and
> > > the tower base....
> > >
> > > Dan N8DCJ
> > >
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