It is only one guy that needs to be lifted and I just need about 2' more
headroom for vehicle clearance.
The guy anchors are at 75% of height. Yes, the next higher guy will have
twice the load for that short length. However the guy is 1/4" EHS and the
turnbuckle is an industrial grade made in the USA 1/2" unit. The standard
45G uses 3/16" EHS and a 3/8" turnbuckle.
The tower is no longer stressed as in the past when it had 4/4 for 40M and
4/4/4/4 on 40' booms for 20M. It has been up for 17 years and will now get
much lighter loading; less work for me also. I aint gettin' any younger!
Gut feeling says that moving that guy will be OK.
Carl
KM1H
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
To: "jeremy-ca" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Odd guying problem, a question for the engineers
>
>
>
>> One lower 1/4" EHS guy on my 180' 45G needs to be raised a few feet to
>> give
>> clearance to trucks going to the rear of my property.
>>
>> I was thinking of attaching it to the next higher guy about 4' up from
>> the
>> guy anchor turnbuckle. Since the 1/2" turnbuckle and 1/4" EHS are over
>> spec
>> for the tower Im hoping that this wont be a problem. I propose to attach
>> the
>> lower turnbuckle to the upper guy wire with a Big Grip or a piece of EHS
>> and
>> clamps if the angle is a problem. I want this to be a permanent solution.
>
> One addition to an earlier post I made, I would definately not join the
> lower guy through a turnbuckle to one of the upper guys. That short piece
> of
> the upper guy between the attach point and the anchor point is going to be
> carrying as much as twice the load it would normally carry as it will have
> the tension of the lower guy added to it's regular working tension.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>>
>> Comments?
>>
>> Carl
>> KM1H
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