Thanks, Wilson.
Good idea.
73, Mike NF4L
On Dec 24, 2013, at 1:38 PM, Wilson <infomet@embarqmail.com> wrote:
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> Les's cost seems over the top to me, but then he has a 2 call...
>
> Les has about 8 yd, or around $1200 for concrete.
> How they got that to $4200, I'd like to hear.
>
> Mike's hole is about 4 yd, or $600 for concrete.
> So $900 for all that digging and lugging is at least within imagination.
> Two guys will do it easily in a day, so they pay $100 or so for the wagon and
> make $400 each, or $50/hr.
> Not bad for manual labor.
> But a backhoe and operator are about $75/hr and he'll do that hole in an
> hour, easily, so I'd look at that too.
>
> Call the ready mix plant to find the cost of concrete. There's no telling
> what the contractor is adding.
>
> I'm always optimistic, so maybe low on this, but you gotta shop around.
> Bids on staining my house ran from $2000-3850 and the $2000 guys did a very
> good job.
>
> There are web based sites for getting bids and generating estimates.
> If you have different local costs, please post them for us all to see.
>
> Wilson
> W4BOH
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