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Re: [TowerTalk] Tower installation costs

To: "Steve" <steve65@suddenlink.net>, "TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower installation costs
From: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:44:31 -0400
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Steve:

      I posted this 
http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2006-03/msg00168.html 
regarding my own 2001 tower project.  The costs I listed were for materials 
at that time (plus and estimate of renting a crane to stand the tower on its 
foundation, which I didn't use.)

     Labot might run as follows:
o   Excavation - half-day (at $x/hr?)
o   Framing of the cap (above ground piece of concrete) two hours
o   Placement of concrete - usually included in price of concrete, provided 
it doesn't take more than an hour for the driver to reach your excavation 
and dump his load.)

     Erecton of tower, placement of guys were not part of my self-supporting 
tower project, so I have no comment.

     Installation of antenna might require a crew of three: one as a ground 
crew member and two on the tower.  You might get away with two crew if they 
had worked together previously and know the job.

     Feedline might require two, one at each end of a conduit run, then one 
on the tower and one on the ground.

     Hope that helps.


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve" <steve65@suddenlink.net>
To: "TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 9:20 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower installation costs


> I'm considering installation of a tower and would like to develop a
> reasonably good estimate of cost. I can probably work through the
> materials part of the cost and feel comfortable with that part of the
> estimate.
>
> I don't think I can do much of the work myself and so need to get a
> sense of the cost to have others do the installation.
>
> Are there any rules of thumb that might be useful in estimating mandays
> needed to install foundations and erect a guyed tower? To install a yagi
> with feedline?
>
> Other ways to estimate mandays and dollars?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Steve K8JQ
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