You put a pole 10% + 2' (IIRC) into the ground, so 70'?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Gray" <cg...@graytechsoftware.com> To: af@afmug.com Sent: Monday, June 5, 2017 6:24:01 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] what is the typical wind load of an 80' telephone pole? What is the height of an installed 80' pole? On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 7:10 PM, < dmmoff...@gmail.com > wrote: I'm impressed you can 80' wooden pole in for $5500. Here it was closer to $10,000. Just the pole itself was a few $k. Transport from the yard to a worksite was $2500. It's over the length limit for NYS roads, so we have to have escort vehicles and file a plan with the DOT. Some pole contractors didn't even want to do it. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 5, 2017, at 6:35 PM, Eric Muehleisen < ericm...@gmail.com > wrote: <blockquote> Funny you mention this. I just got off the phone with the power company about the exact same thing. Around here anything higher than 65 ft is considered transmission line pole and gets expensive. $5,500 for 80 ft. $2,500 for 65 ft. $1,000 for 40 ft. that cost includes the pole and labor to plant it. Also, you can't set a meter on the pole unless they retain ownership or you lease the pole as part of the service. The cost to run lines and/or transformers is on you as well. So plant your pole close to the existing grid. On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 5:06 PM, Rory Conaway < r...@triadwireless.net > wrote: <blockquote> Rory Conaway • Triad Wireless • CEO 4226 S. 37 th Street • Phoenix • AZ 85040 602-426-0542 r...@triadwireless.net www.triadwireless.net “"Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet." — Scott Adams </blockquote> </blockquote>
