Any estimates on how much 18 teepads would cost? 5'x12'x4" I need a price to bring to the township tomorrow!!

-Travis

Depending on who's constructing them and where the tee pads are located (as in how difficult it is to get to the site) $325-$400 each. Alot of times if it's the city that's installing the pads they won't have an issue with the cost since they already have all the materials on hand.

http://www.discgolfassoc.com/discgolf-course-design/economic-summary.html


5'x10'x4" Tee Pads:

* Concrete (Approximately 34, 60 lb. bags): $68.00 x 18 = $1,224.00
* Forms: $12.00 x 18 = $216.00
* Total Tee Pad Costs: $1,440.00

Does anyone have recent experience to verify if these costs are currently accurate?

I would guess that currently a 60 lb bag is more than $2 right now, altho you can ask for the torn bags and they'll sell them to you super cheap. Also the cost per pad ($80) that DGA states doesn't include labor.

I've only ever seen bags of concrete used to pour around sleeves for polehole positions or for tee signs. I can't imagine using bags to make concrete for 18 or 36 tee pads.

Most parks will arrange for a concrete truck to pour teepads, which is far easier and I would assume cheaper. You can use a wheelbarrow or Gator to ferry the concrete to remote teepads which the truck can't access:




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We have had to use both methods, bags and a truck. In the cases where we could not get a heavy concrete truck into the course we rented a cement mixer and towed it behind a gator and mixed the concrete in bags at each hole. It definitely takes more time when the mix comes in bags.

Thanks for the help everyone. For now we are using 4'x8' rubber pieces, 1/2" thick. We found a bunch at the junk yard, and the are way nicer than natural tees (until they get sandy..) Anyway, for $30 we got 60' and the work. We may also get some 5' x 8' truck bed liners ($5 apiece from a scrap yard) until we can raise enough money to get actual cement.

http://www.discgolfassoc.com/discgolf-course-design/economic-summary.html


5'x10'x4" Tee Pads:

* Concrete (Approximately 34, 60 lb. bags): $68.00 x 18 = $1,224.00
* Forms: $12.00 x 18 = $216.00
* Total Tee Pad Costs: $1,440.00


The above is if you have good club support and decide to do it all yourselves, which takes a very long time. Estimates I got for doing 35 pads with a concrete contractor using a mixing truck and front loading tractor for hard-to-get-to spots were $7,400, $11,375, and $17,385. This was in 2006. We went with the low bid since the government was paying for it, and frankly, we got what we paid for. The middle bid probably would have been better quality work. In each bid, my presence on site as foreman to insure correct placement was factored into the bid.

what about a stone base? anyone up north not using a stone base?

We're putting in a new course and are trying to eliminate the mess that develops at the end of tee pads from people stepping off during follow through.

We're talking about extending the pad and putting a line through it toward the end that would effectively be the "fault line". Thus giving space for the follow through that would keep you from going off the end of the pad. Has anyone had any experience with this, or have an opinion of how this might/might not work?

Thanks.

We're putting in a new course and are trying to eliminate the mess that develops at the end of tee pads from people stepping off during follow through.

We're talking about extending the pad and putting a line through it toward the end that would effectively be the "fault line". Thus giving space for the follow through that would keep you from going off the end of the pad. Has anyone had any experience with this, or have an opinion of how this might/might not work?

Thanks.

yes. i was able to get some pads poured with a rounded front from the city when bicentennial park in provo was put in. they gave me a gallon of fire hydrant red paint which i then put on the rounded part and also painted a line between the red paint and the rest of the teepad (5x10).
well, the advanced and pro players automatically know what the red means. the beginner and intermediate players dont have a clue. its all huge tee pad to them, and treat it like that. what i didnt do and should have, was spray paint/stencil something like foot-fault on the red part too. that would have helped with the follow through erosion issues. we dont have too many erosion issues here in provo because the ground is too rocky and hard, but i understand what you are trying to accomplish.