This pole is actually 80’ above ground. I misstated my question. I meant what is the wind load capacity of the pole to determine how many antennas I can put on it.
Rory From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Gray Sent: Monday, June 5, 2017 4:24 PM To: af@afmug.com 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<mailto: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<mailto:ericm...@gmail.com>> wrote: 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<mailto:r...@triadwireless.net>> wrote: Rory Conaway • Triad Wireless • CEO 4226 S. 37th Street • Phoenix • AZ 85040 602-426-0542<tel:(602)%20426-0542> r...@triadwireless.net<mailto:r...@triadwireless.net> www.triadwireless.net<http://www.triadwireless.net/> “"Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet." — Scott Adams
