> How do people install them wrong?
They screw them in at the wrong angle, ranging from vertical to
pointed away from the tower.
I took down a 45 that was guyed that way. The anchors were
angled AWAY from the tower. I had a friend help me put a tower
up, and he did that with the anchor he installed...and I saw one last
week with vertical anchors. It must be common, like upside-down
saddle clamps.
People also dig or bore holes and bury the anchors, so they don't
have to screw them in. Then the anchor in a "plug" of uncompacted
soil.
Where there is a way to mess up, it will happen.
73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com
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