This thread contains a lot of speculation and very little substance. I have always guyed towers - self supporting or not, and have never lost one. Has anyone ever lost a self supporting tower because
without I think the other wrench in the works is whether it's really a strength of materials question or a slender column buckling question. If you're talking about free standing Rohn 25 vs guyed Roh
-- Original Message -->> > just use the example of a very weak tube, like a cardboard paper towel If your going to build your tower out of cardboard, don't guy it? k7puc _____________________________
of Precisely... Or, if you're going to guy your self supported tower made from aluminum or fiberglass extrusions, both of which are fairly strong, but quite flexible. ________________________________
generally exists a increase in My guess "Yes". I'd guess the same. Unless you do something really stupid like use 1/2 inch EHS on a light self support and crank the tension way up. would be maximum
At one time I had the 4L 40m KLM at 132 feet on a Delhi guyed tower. At another time I had a wind come through here that broke the boom of the KLM but did no damage to the Delhi tower. That's a 42 fo
Is a single qualified mechanical engineer equal to God? Did this engineer achieve 100% on every one of his/her exams from a respected college? Can a lot of faith be placed in a single engineer's calc
This goes more to the word "qualified"... 1) acts of god and natural disasters are more in the nature of statistical outliers. Engineering generally designs for the main chance, and ensures that if i
Well said Steve. It has been reassuring to see a number of individuals, including yourself, privately and on this reflector, challenge this myth that sensible guying of a three legged self supporting
So, with respect to your sensible guying scheme.. Are you loading the tower with more load than the mfr recommended for the freestanding case? What kind of tower, what guying strategy? ______________