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@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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