Reviewing the Rohn parts list for a 110? 55G tower @90-100MPH, I decided to go with ¼? EHS for all three levels (actually, 6700lb Phillystran with ¼? EHS leaders. Following the parts li
Just start the thimble on the eye of the turnbuckle by hand and give the thimble a couple of whacks with a hammer. The thimble should spring open and go into the eye just fine. Dwayne, KG4ADM Reviewi
Dick - Use of shackles is a good solution when a heavy-duty thimble won't fit or you need to connect an assembled thimble to another closed-loop. I ran into that problem when connecting my Phillystra
If you use a shackle with a big grip you will still have to use a thimble. Dwayne Use of shackles is a good solution when a heavy-duty thimble won't fit or you need to connect an assembled thimble to
Dick, 1/2" heavy duty thimbles are required by Preformed Line Products for use with their Big Grips for 1/4" guy wire and Phillystran. See: http://www.preformed.com/artsfest/files/AppProc/SP2049-3.pd
Clamp one side of the thimble in a bench vise. Clamp the other side with a large Crescent wrench. Bend the thimble sideways just enough to get the turnbuckle on. Bend back straight. Remove from vise.
You got it dead on Keith, There just ain't no other way Dave / NØATH Clamp one side of the thimble in a bench vise. Clamp the other side with a large Crescent wrench. Bend the thimble sideways
Nice pics. The shots of the philly terminations are helpful. So, if shackles are required to mate the specified 3/8" thimble with the specified 1/2"x12 turnbuckle, why doesn't Rohn put shackles in th
Frank, Glad you weighed in on this. I got 1/2" thimbles for the Preformed Grips I'm using with the 6700 lb Phillystran -- as specified on the Texas Towers website. So far, so good. But I ordered 3/8"
Hi Dick, It seems unlikely that Rohn makes preformed Big Grips. Preformed specifies use 1/2 inch heavy duty thimbles. The cost isn't much higher than 3/8 inch heavy duty thimbles. The only way to res
Hi All, here is a bit of clarification on the Big Grip and thimble size issues: Rohn does not make Big Grips; Preformed Line Products Co. makes them and sells them to Rohn. 1/4" EHS uses a BG2144. Al
Gerald, Thanks for the clarification on the Big Grips. Very helpful. I'm happy to stick with the Rohn/Radian spec. The Rohn 3/8" heavy-duty thimbles I have don't appear to need the legs spread to go
You recommend a 1/2" shackle, while Frank says a 3/8" shackle would be ideal. Do you see any problem with using a 3/8" shackle for my terminations? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gerald provided excellent insight into the apparent disparity between the guidance in Preformed Line Products (PLP) application notes (which specify 1/2 inch heavy duty (HD) thimbles for use with 1/4