Whats the windloading on these towers? On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 9:35 AM, Nate Burke<[email protected]> wrote: Would that be true even on these that bolt onto a concrete base? I would think that a 80' pole would be 80' if it's bolting on a base.
Install of $3-4k, what was the actual pole cost? On 1/5/2022 7:43 AM, [email protected] wrote: > 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
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