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I am about to hire a large local construction company to drive in some
wooden pilings for me, to build a new dock. The work includes providing
the piles and driving them in. There are 8 piles @ 20 feet each and there
are 2 piles at 30 feet each.
The contract is for the pilings only, I will build the dock myself later.
The contract includes providing the actual pilings. They are 10 inch
diameter, they look like half length telephone poles.
It will be done from land using a very tall crane and a vibration hammer.
They quoted a price of $ 32,600.- I'm choking on the sticker shock here,
can anyone tell me if this is even remotely reasonable?
Fred
Tug 44
For that amount I got an 8 pile 40,000 lift, cradle, finger pier and wiring.
Dave
Monk 36 ELIZABETH
Belhaven, NC
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On Dec 13, 2012, at 12:16 PM, "fred@tug44.org" fred@tug44.org wrote:
I am about to hire a large local construction company to drive in some
wooden pilings for me, to build a new dock. The work includes providing
the piles and driving them in. There are 8 piles @ 20 feet each and there
are 2 piles at 30 feet each.
The contract is for the pilings only, I will build the dock myself later.
The contract includes providing the actual pilings. They are 10 inch
diameter, they look like half length telephone poles.
It will be done from land using a very tall crane and a vibration hammer.
They quoted a price of $ 32,600.- I'm choking on the sticker shock here,
can anyone tell me if this is even remotely reasonable?
Fred
Tug 44
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Fred
You have to get at LEAST 3 estimates to find out what the going rate is in
your area. I paid far less than that last year but that is not relevant to
where you need the job done. I paid $1300 for four 12-inch piling at the end
of our dock to tie the trawler up. That also included running stringers
between them and some existing piling. My dock was built without any cross
stringers. Here are the pictures
http://www.alphacompservices.com/Boat/Dock%20Improvements/index.html
(the last one is a separate job of the electrical installation).
We are in the process of replacing our air conditioner and duct system here
at the house in Cape Coral FL......... I got SEVEN estimates !!
I strongly suggest you have the piling crew run the cross stringers to your
piling, bolted of course. Then you have a platform to which you can easily
build your dock right across the stringers.
R.
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Subject: GL: New Dock Pilings
I am about to hire a large local construction company to drive in some
wooden pilings for me, to build a new dock. The work includes providing the
piles and driving them in. There are 8 piles @ 20 feet each and there are 2
piles at 30 feet each.
The contract is for the pilings only, I will build the dock myself later.
The contract includes providing the actual pilings. They are 10 inch
diameter, they look like half length telephone poles.
It will be done from land using a very tall crane and a vibration hammer.
They quoted a price of $ 32,600.- I'm choking on the sticker shock here,
can anyone tell me if this is even remotely reasonable?
Fred
Tug 44
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Fred, et.al.,
Here in Rochester, NY the going price is as follows....
Remonve old pile - $200
Replace new pile - $600
12" x 30' pile - $600
This is based on water based equipment. The kicker is that the contractor
we like to use is 35 miles away in Sodus Bay. Hence mobilization runs $3300
to $5000. We try to coordinate any pile/dock repair with dredging so the
mobilization costs becomes a small part of the overall operation.
One way we saved some $ several years ago was to use 6"x6" galvanized
highway guardrail posts. At the time they were more readily available to
the contractor. We covered them with wood and they have been working out
very well.
In our case, our wooden piles are exposed year long to water and ice. Most
of our replacements have been because of disintegration at the waterline due
to ice damage. OK, maybe one of the members might have misjudged the slip
opening and had contact of the third kind with a pile, cracking it. But
that is very infrequent. Obviously, the galvanized steel does not have that
issue.
Terry
----- Original Message -----
From: fred@tug44.org
I am about to hire a large local construction company to drive in some
wooden pilings for me, to build a new dock. The work includes providing
the piles and driving them in. There are 8 piles @ 20 feet each and there
are 2 piles at 30 feet each.
The contract is for the pilings only, I will build the dock myself later.
The contract includes providing the actual pilings. They are 10 inch
diameter, they look like half length telephone poles.
It will be done from land using a very tall crane and a vibration hammer.
They quoted a price of $ 32,600.- I'm choking on the sticker shock here,
can anyone tell me if this is even remotely reasonable?
Fred
Tug 44
Fred,
Dave's note was interesting. For that same price, can you get them to throw in
the lift to get Tug 44 up out of the water? :-)
Kevin
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For that amount I got an 8 pile 40,000 lift, cradle, finger pier and wiring.