I've handled this situation a couple different ways. I usually like to
keep the equalizer plate(s) a little higher off the ground, so use a
couple of 3' long parallel angles or plates, attached with a single
large bolt in the anchor head, and a single large bolt with appropriate
spacers to a single equalizer plate, to which the jaw end of turnbuckles
are attached.
-Steve K8LX
On 2/22/2018 5:51 PM, Byron Tatum wrote:
Just a note- The reason I used a bolt through the triple eye, versus a clevis or shackle, is the fact that due to size of shackle
body (enlargements where bolt threads in) the shackle (and bolt) would be a couple of sizes smaller. So, by using method
of passing a bolt through triple eye and equalizer plates I could use a larger bolt and have the strength I wanted. The hole size through
triple eye is limiting for larger shackle sizes. The shackle would make for a little neater looking assembly as the equalizer
plates would not be spread so much, but I could not get a 1" shackle through the triple eye. Byron W5FH
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