And btw: an 80' pole is 70' AGL. The bottom 10ft goes in the dirt.
-----Original Message----- From: Adam Moffett <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2022 8:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Musco Towers My last outfit did a whole bunch of 80' fiberglass poles like that. With step bolts, safety climb systems, and mounting hardware at the top. 80' was about the biggest pole you could put in with a normal size digger derrick truck. You can call any utility line contractor for that. We had them put in for around $2500 each. Bore hole, assemble pole sections, drop in hole, back fill, and hydraulic compaction. I'm positive we can't get that price today, but I'd imagine $3000-$4000 for installation. Obviously it's different if it's your own derrick truck. We did one that was 96' and called in a crane for that one. The derrick truck could lift it, but wasn't tall enough to pick it above the center of gravity so couldn't tip it into the hole. Even so, crane service for a few hours was only an extra $500 or so. -Adam On 12/23/2021 12:14 PM, Nate Burke wrote: > https://www.musco.com/wireless-structures/ > > Anybody used these or know about pricing? We seem to have a growing > need for 60-100' towers, but the concrete cost is always the killer. > Seems like this would need a smaller concrete base, and doesn't need > all the forming and curing time. Years ago we did a project for a > municipality, and they put in a 50' light pole for us to attach a > single SM to, but they just backfilled the precast base with aggregate > and did start to finish in a couple hours. It was just a normal > streetlight pole though, no pegs or anything. > -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
