I think a pair of bolt cutters or hack saw would vandalize a guy wire
a lot quicker than a screwdriver applied to a taut guy grip.
BTW, what is ICE ? :-)
Tom N4KG in sunny ALABAMA
(OK, I've had ice...once every sunspot cycle...
Guys on the mountains tell me about it too )
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 21:51:53 -0400 Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
writes:
>
> >Stan wrote:
>
> >I specfically remember reading in the Official Rohn Book that
> >when you use guy grips, you MUST always use end sleeves (NOT tie
> wraps) with
> >them. They don't say why but if you can install a guy grip with
> your hands
> >and nothing more than a screw driver, then it stands to reason that
> you (or
> >any kid or vandal) can remove one the same way. If any guy grips
> are
> >accessable from the ground, I would strongly recommend installing
> end
> >sleeves to discourage, or at least slow down, a vandal or an irrate
> >neighbor. See page HA101 in your Rohn Book for installation
> procedure.
>
> Rohn isn't necessarily the last word on guy grips, of course, not
> like
> PLP. However, I was told (with straight face, I think), that water
> sliding
> down guy wires and freezing inside the ends of guy grips could cause
> them
> to unravel gradually. I drove what are locally called "ice sleeves"
> on all
> my upward-facing grips with a hammer and vise grips, and there
> they've
> stayed. I didn't think about the vandalism case then, but am doubly
> glad I
> did it now.
>
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