[TowerTalk] Concrete prices

[Jim Brown]

On 12/24/2013 6:29 AM, Mike Reublin NF4L wrote:
> Did hole by hand,

Both of my towers are in a dense redwood forest, at least 250 ft from a 
road or driveway. No possibility of mechanized digging or delivered 
concrete. I paid friends (who make their livings doing landscaping and 
gardening) to dig the holes, another ham helped me lay the gravel base 
in the bottom of the hole and build the rebar cage, we all used a 
wheelbarrow to drag the sand and dry concrete (bought  from the local 
building supply yard) to the site, and mixed using their small portable 
mixer that we rolled through the woods to the tower base. The mixer was 
powered by a long AC cable run from the house, and water came from a 
very long garden hose.

So my cost was nearly all labor, plus a couple of six-packs.

73, Jim K9YC