How did you find such a great deal on the foundation work? Even 10 years ago,
the best price I could find by putting out bid requests for a concrete
foundation with, rebar, digging the hole, etc. was well over $7000, although
this was for a 71-foot US Tower.
"Foundation work and rebar: $1,775"
-----Original Message-----
>From: "Cox, Norman R." <nrc@mst.edu>
>Sent: Mar 1, 2016 12:36 PM
>To: "towertalk@contesting.com" <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Subject: [TowerTalk] Cost of HDX-555MDP Tower System
>
> If anyone is considering a U.S. Towers heavy duty crank-up, this
> information might be helpful, in terms of what it might cost.
>
> I ordered the heavy duty 55 ft crank-up with the motorized winch in the
> Fall of 2014. In retrospect, I'm glad I ordered the motorized version and
> the tower raising feature. U.S. Towers told me there as a 10 week lead time
> on the tower. As it turned out, the tower was ready a week ahead of schedule.
>
> A snow storm was forecast, and we were nearing the Christmas vacation
> shut down for the manufacturing plant. One of my in-laws had a 20 ft trailer
> and made the trip with me to U.S. Tower's Kansas facility to pick up the
> tower. the personnel were very helpful in loading the tower. It was scary
> driving home in the blinding snow storm, but everything went smoothly.
>
> I hired an experienced contractor to do the cement work. I was amazed
> that he was able to dig the 5 x 5 x 7 hole so perfectly. The amount of
> cement ordered was exactly enough! I'm glad I did not try to do this myself
> and hired a pro.
>
> I hit a rock layer when installing the ground rods, so some had to be cut
> off at 4 ft. The others were 8 ft in length. The rotary hammer was very
> much worth the rental fee. I was surprised that the grounding system with
> arrestors was as much as it was. Anyway, here's the breakdown:
>
>Tower and raising fixture $8,500
>shipping for base plate 75
>Gas for hauling __ 200
> $8,775
>
>Foundation work and rebar: $1,775
>
>Grounding system (8 8ft rods, 7 4ft rods, copper conductors, arrestors for
>rotator and 3 coax inputs)
> $1,300
>
>Total cost (a year ago) was $11,850.
>
>There were other expenses for a new rotator, coax, mast, bearing and tree
>trimmer services, but the basic cost of the tower installation as $11,850.
>
> In short, I'm very pleased with the workmanship on the tower and it's
> performance. Also, the neighbors were fine with the installation. In it's
> nested position, the antenna is below the forest canopy and no one even knows
> it's there.
>
>Norm
>KE0ZT
>Rolla, MO
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