[TowerTalk] Tower installation costs

[Gary - N3JPU]

Within this past year I re-installed my 61' Heights tower with a SteppIR 3L
w/30-40M DE plus a 5L Directive Systems 6M beam. I did all the work myself
except the excavating. The tower is 110' from the house.  Below are the
costs I incurred:

Ground wire, 400' #2		$350.00
Hole 4' diameter x 9' deep		$500.00
Concrete		$850.00
Permit		$65.00
Stone		$170.00
Ground rods and Cadweld		$791.98
Conduit		$150.00
Trench		$186.00
Feedline, LDF4		$600.00
SPG box		$200.00
Tower box		$56.00
ICE arrestors		$275.00
Feedline misc		$79.43
Rotor cable		$120.00

Total		$4,393.41

Gary Mitchelson
N3JPU Davidsonville, MD   FM18
http://www.mitchelson.org/ 




-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 09:20
To: TowerTalk
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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