Comment by burntsushi

I don't know. I didn't do it. I just know how much money came out of my wallet and how long the trench was. :-)

So that means I paid for labor. But presumably some part of that $30K will be going to labor as well.

Another possibility is that when you get to the scale of 0.5 miles, you start using different tactics or machines than the small little backhoe loader that the guy used in our yard. So, more capital required but overall more efficient.

Anyway, I don't mean to try and offer an accurate accounting of all of this. I mostly just meant to provide a counter-expectation.