[TowerTalk] Insurance for my tower??

[Andre VanWyk]

I got that feeling too when I talked to them. My estimation below excluded a new concrete base.  I am sure Tash Towers will gain from potential crank up tower buyers. 
Shipping remains a challenge. 
73
NJ0F


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> On Apr 3, 2018, at 8:39 PM, <john at kk9a.com> <john at kk9a.com> wrote:
> 
> Well US Towers apparently do not want to sell to hams.  Tashtowers is
> significantly less expensive and the original poster installed a 20 year old
> tower. It is highly unlikely that the concrete base would become damaged in
> a storm.
> 
> John KK9A 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andre VanWyk [mailto:nj0f at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2018 5:47 PM
> To: john at kk9a.com; towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Insurance for my tower??
> 
> I can tell you this. If it is a US Tower, you can probably budget on $28K to
> get a new 72ft HDX motorized tower in place on your existing slab. I was
> about to pull the trigger on buying two used HDX589 towers and both needed
> new cabling and one needed a T-base.
> 1 new T-Base, 2 re-cabling kits without shipping (or labor) = $7,500. 
> Insane!
> I would say insure it for $30K and sleep good at night....
> 73
> NJ0F
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: john at kk9a.com
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2018 1:56 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Insurance for my tower??
> 
> You can increase your home owner's accessory structure insured amounts.
> $50k for a 20 year old 72' crankup seems excessive.
> 
> John KK9A
> 
> Dick Blumenstein WroteL
> 
> I have just completed a tower build which took me a good part of a year to
> do.
> 
> Last October a rare tornado came through the area and devastated a lot of
> homes, trees and property. I started wondering if my house insurance would
> have covered the tower and antennas if it was up at that time. I found
> out.... mostly not; i.e. Actual Cash Value (ACV) not Replacement Cost, and
> then only up to 10% of my house insurance limit. They also couldn't tell me
> exactly how an adjuster would calculate the ACV.
> 
> The 72' US Tower I bought and installed was in fairly good shape and about
> 20 years old. I realized that one of the scenarios in a downed tower would
> be the ability to find the _exact_ same replacement tower to exactly fit
> over the embedded 1" bolts sticking up through the concrete base. I don't
> even want to think about that issue!
> 
> I checked with the ARRL tower insurance folks (Risk Strategies Company) and
> their limit is only $15K and hence I was told they couldn't insure it.
> 
> Since a replacement value on the tower, motorized winch systems, prop pitch
> motor, mast and antennae if totaled (plus labor to haul away the broken
> pieces and INSTALL all the replacement parts) could cost $50K or more (for
> new), I was wondering if any other company insures ham radio towers?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dick, K0CAT
> 
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