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WYRE tower and site for sale

How tall is this thing? I just got a quote for a 300' tower painting for $1500. Guess you get to charge government entities more...but 100 times as much? My painter would love the job...
 
Speaking as the owner of several tower sites, I can assure you that they are truly delusional, and at least 10+ years too late to the game on this one. ???
 
Perhaps the tower could need more work done to it then just painting it? If it was done right, it would be scraped, undercoated thne painted. And this tower was also lit, perhaps the electrical wiring could have been bad. It wasn't in bad shape when I was there about 20 years ago but that was 20 years ago.
 
BobOnTheJob said:
How tall is this thing? I just got a quote for a 300' tower painting for $1500. Guess you get to charge government entities more...but 100 times as much? My painter would love the job...
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The tower is 240' tall.
 
I think Dave hit on the problem. After all of these years, it probably needs more than a simple paint job. Scrape metal goes for a lot of money these days.
 
jhguthlac said:
I think Dave hit on the problem. After all of these years, it probably needs more than a simple paint job. Scrape metal goes for a lot of money these days.
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It could almost be REPLACED for $150,000. And who wants to put all of that money into something that you do not OWN?
 
That's still a self-supporting tower, not just a stick. With maintenance, it might just cost that much to get back in to shape.
But, with only a 250 watt AM on it right now, maybe the City would consider using it for their own communications needs (where are their transmitters right now?).
Isocouplers for a 250-watt station aren't that costly, so you could hang lots of stuff on the tower.
Maybe just put an outrigger at the top, and hang a wire down the side for an AM antenna ;) , and ground the rest.
 
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