Could the 4 person crew be 2 people at each site? On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 2:33 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> What would you add on for drive time/mobilization? > > *From:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, July 5, 2018 12:20 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Tower climbing > > This is right in line with what I was expecting/hoping for. > > I am not understanding or really believing the “legal requirement” of a 4 > person crew. > Several that have quoted this job said OSHA requires 4 people any time > there is climbing. I just don’t buy that. > If this is true, would someone please show me the reg. > > We are supplying everything plus as many extra hands are are needed. We > own the tower. It does not get much simpler than this. > > *From:* Justin Wilson > *Sent:* Thursday, July 5, 2018 12:15 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Tower climbing > > Our Daily rate varies from $600-2500 a day. $600 is pretty rare. Most of > the time it is in the $1000+ range. > > Factors in the daily rate: > > 1.Insurance. This is the biggest cost we have on the tower side. Many > companies require 3Million in liability, with some now requiring 5 million. > 2.Operating crew size. For maintenance and “little” stuff like your PTP > 550s we would send out a 2 person crew. Driving distance would be the > biggest factor. > > After that it would depend on if it is a tower where we had to do an > official closeout. Crown, American, etc. require paperwork if we are even > certified to go on their towers. We mainly stick with American these days > out of the big ones for new stuff. The amount of stuff required to bolt > stuff to a Crown tower is nutty. This could be the reason for such a high > cost is if it’s Crown or SBA and it’s a “certified construction crew” or > whatever it is called. These are the crews who do Cellular and roll a full > 3-4 person crew. We don’t touch Crown or SBA for new stuff due to many > factors. The last crew we had come in was $3500 a day for Crown Work. > > If it was a tower we would do the work on we would bid that job at > $800-1200 depending on distance. That is assuming you have the proper > mounts, you supply the cable, and things were in place ahead of time (gate > codes, keys, Notice to proceed, etc.). If everything is in place and > everything bench tested I would plan on a day to get it done at 100’ on > both ends. > > > My .02 > > Justin Wilson > [email protected] > > www.mtin.net > www.midwest-ix.com > > On Jul 2, 2018, at 9:12 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a pair of PTP550s to hang and wire. > Long away from my base of operations. About 100’ up on both ends. > > Have received two quotes to hang and aim: > $5000 > > $8000 ($14,000 if it goes to 2 days) > > Not sure why they think this needs 4 guys to do. > I am too old to do it myself, just don’t have the leg strength/endurance > to be safe. > > 10x the cost of the radios to hang and aim??? > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >
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