Tow Costs

What is everyone paying for a tow? At our club it's $17 to 2k and $22 to 3k.
We use a 260hp Pawnee and our club has no rental fees, only club dues.



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I am paying $35 to 2000ft

Nick

"Slick" wrote in message ...
What is everyone paying for a tow? At our club it's $17 to 2k and $22 to
3k.
We use a 260hp Pawnee and our club has no rental fees, only club dues.



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I am paying $35 to 2000ft
You should look at a winch system ,our costs are under $4 and club
charges $10 and makes more than an aerotow operation simply
because the margins are so high.
gary
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I am paying $35 to 2000ft

Nick

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What is everyone paying for a tow? At our club it's $17 to 2k and $22 to
3k.
We use a 260hp Pawnee and our club has no rental fees, only club dues.



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35.00 AUD
Australia Dollars = 26.9906 USD
United States Dollars


I am sure the jets and powered traffic are happy without the fear of being
sawn in half by winch wire.

Hi,

I am sure the jets and powered traffic are happy without the fear of being
sawn in half by winch wire.

No jets at my home field, but we get along fine with other power traffic,
including lots of helicopters (military), banner towing and even skydiving.
At peak times three winches are in operation with two wires each, each
belonging to a different club.

It really is a matter of coordination.

Two answer the original question: We pay 3EUR for about 500m AGL.

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1,000': US $13.00
2,000': US $23.00
3,000': US $33.00

Our club has about 40 members. Fees are $200 initiation
and $420/year dues. (Discounts for families and students)
Also, members pay rental on gliders.
L-13: $12/hour
L-33 and G-103: $18/hour
HpH 304C: $40/hour

Towplane is a 180 h.p. Varga Kachina.

Instruction is free.

The tow fees just increased after remaining the same
for about eight years, or longer. Old fees we
1,000': US $13.00
2,000': US $18.00
3,000': US $23.00

We operate on a public use airport where ground launching
would probably not be allowed :-(

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

At 08:00 03 April 2005, Slick wrote:
What is everyone paying for a tow? At our club it's
$17 to 2k and $22 to 3k.
We use a 260hp Pawnee and our club has no rental fees,
only club dues.



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WHat is your discounts for student?
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1,000': US $13.00
2,000': US $23.00
3,000': US $33.00

Our club has about 40 members. Fees are $200 initiation
and $420/year dues. (Discounts for families and students)
Also, members pay rental on gliders.
L-13: $12/hour
L-33 and G-103: $18/hour
HpH 304C: $40/hour

Towplane is a 180 h.p. Varga Kachina.

Instruction is free.

The tow fees just increased after remaining the same
for about eight years, or longer. Old fees we
1,000': US $13.00
2,000': US $18.00
3,000': US $23.00

We operate on a public use airport where ground launching
would probably not be allowed :-(

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

At 08:00 03 April 2005, Slick wrote:
What is everyone paying for a tow? At our club it's
$17 to 2k and $22 to 3k.
We use a 260hp Pawnee and our club has no rental fees,
only club dues.



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Out of curiousity...how much is being saved into the
engine rebuild fund? And how many hours are you forecasting
for the engine? A general maintanence fund as well?

I think I made a mistake on montly fees. Our web page,
www.ncsoaring.org, shows a monthly fee of $30, not
$35. Or, maybe they are just charging ME $35?? :-)

Discounts for students:
Initiation fee is $150 rather than $200.
If the student is a son or daughter of a 'regular'
member, the student's initiation fee is $100 rather
than $200.

Monthly fees are $15 rather than $30.

No discount on glider fee or towplane fee.

And all members must be SSA members as well.

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA



t 14:30 03 April 2005, Slick wrote:
WHat is your discounts for student?
'Ray Lovinggood' wrote in message
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1,000': US $13.00
2,000': US $23.00
3,000': US $33.00

Our club has about 40 members. Fees are $200 initiation
and $420/year dues. (Discounts for families and students)
Also, members pay rental on gliders.
L-13: $12/hour
L-33 and G-103: $18/hour
HpH 304C: $40/hour

Towplane is a 180 h.p. Varga Kachina.

Instruction is free.

The tow fees just increased after remaining the same
for about eight years, or longer. Old fees we
1,000': US $13.00
2,000': US $18.00
3,000': US $23.00

We operate on a public use airport where ground launching
would probably not be allowed :-(

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

At 08:00 03 April 2005, Slick wrote:
What is everyone paying for a tow? At our club it's
$17 to 2k and $22 to 3k.
We use a 260hp Pawnee and our club has no rental fees,
only club dues.



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"Slick" wrote in message ...
What is everyone paying for a tow? At our club it's $17 to 2k and $22 to
3k.
We use a 260hp Pawnee and our club has no rental fees, only club dues.


Then I would say your dues may be subsidizing your tows at $2-$3/tow in real
terms, but that depends on your field elevation and business model and
donated work. It's possible you are breaking even or that dues are
structured to do this based on your operating year, size of membership, mix
of private/club gliders, insurance coverage, and any number of other
factors.

The question you need to ask is whether the tow plane is paying its way,
including future repairs and maintenance and replacement, and perhaps
profiting the club. There are different strategies and philosophies for
looking at this. You may arrive a several appropriate answers for 'right'
pricing.

So, the answers may be relatively different, based on the above. FWIW, my
club rate is presently $8US hookup, $0.85US/100ft. That's $16.50US/1000ft,
$25US/2000ft, $33.50US/3000ft. Anything above 9500MSL or aerotow retrieve
is charged by tach hour at $120US/tach hour. On a soarable day locally,
releases are generally 900-1700agl. Winch launches are $8 and usually are
1400-2200agl, depending on winds and length of run used.

Frank