On 8/31/20 1:08 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
Before worrying about these issues, I would want to be
sure that the soil will support the load of the guy.
I went to a lot of trouble to build 12x12 inch "beams"
consisting of four 2x12's screwed together. They
were buried 4 feet deep. 40 meter verticals (30 feet
long) were mounted on them. During the rainy season,
the wind pushed them over at a 45 degree angle. The
"beams" didn't fail, the soil did.
Rick N6RK
I suspect that's the most common failure mode for a post with no
backstay. All the force is pushing on the top edge of the "hole". just
like when you shove a shovel into the dirt and push the handle to bust
loose the next shovel full. You'd need a really deep burial to resist
this, so that most of the force is resisted deep down.
On 8/31/2020 12:14 PM, Rick Harrington wrote:
Given these 2 choices and everything else being equal, which would be the
strongest choice for a wooden post to attach a guy wire?
a) 2- 4x4 posts bolted together to make a single 4" x 8" post with the
eyebolt on a 4" face
b) a 6" x 6" post
Rick WR0H
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