[TowerTalk] Cost of installing a tower.

[ersmar at comcast.net]

Ricky:

     Numbers based mainly on my Trylon tower experience in 2001:

1.   Concrete, delivered and emplaced:  $75/cuyd.
2.   Rebar, appr. 200 lbs, plus tie wire: $100
3.   Framing lumber for concrete cap: $20-$60 (depends on slope of tower site)
4.   Crane rental to erect tower (I stick-built mine, though):  $300-$500
5.   Chrome-moly mast, 2 inch OD, 1/4 inch walls:  $5-$10/ft length plus shipping
6.   Top mast bearing: $50-$75
7.   Antennas:  X x $? (X = no. of antennas) 
8.   Coax cable and connectors:  $1/ft x X
9.   Rotator and controller plus control cabling: ($350-$600) 
10.  Lightning arrestors:  $50 x X
11.  Grounding system (rods + conductor + clamps + Cadwelds shots):  $400
12.  Misc hardware, connectors, etc:  $100
13.  Liquid refreshments/lunch for ground crew: $25-$50. 

Having a top-notch crop of aluminum and steel in the back yard:  Priceless!  

GL es 73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F
P.S.  Don't forget to consider a remote antenna switch, enclosure and shunt-feed capacitor(s) for loading the tower/antennas on 160/80M.  

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Ricky Scott" <rickw7psk at gmail.com>
> Ok, Hypothedical situation.
> 
> Ham Station A is going to install a T500 40Ft Trylon tower,
>   Thats 1150 plus 625 shipping.
> 
> Assuming 200 bucks for 1 day digging with a rented back hoe for the hole.
> 
> How does one estitmate total cost from there.
> 
> Im swimming in numbers.
> 
> 
> BTW Local Concrete is 75 a yard and 85 with fibre.
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