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1. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: k9ot@mhtc.net (Paul DeWitte K9OT); Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 00:49:39 -0500; After reading some of the pros and cons of screw in anchors, you might look at your local utility company poles. Around here (SW Wisconsin) they use screw in anchors to guy utility poles when going a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00277.html (7,913 bytes)
2. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: na9d@speakeasy.net (Jon Ogden); Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 07:09:20 -0500; Since I am the guy that started this thread, I'll comment and give an update! First of all, I think the utility company anchors have much wider "threads" on their anchors than the ones I got from Roh; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00278.html (9,758 bytes)
3. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: n4kg@juno.com (n4kg@juno.com); Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 07:00:06 -0600; SNIP The BEST time to install screw-in anchors is after a good soaking rain :-) Rocks are a bummer. If the anchor is only partially in the ground, it may be necessary to try remove it and try a sligh; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00279.html (8,912 bytes)
4. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith); Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 09:05:49 -0400; One thing I haven't heard mentioned in the current thread is that the standard Rohn concrete anchor design weighs about 1900 lb. Even if all the soil above the anchor and toward the tower were remove; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00280.html (8,277 bytes)
5. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com); Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 09:47:36 EDT; are Apples and oranges, guys. The forces and materials used for tower guying and utility pole applications are TOTALLY different and non-interchangeable. Piece of mind resulting from proper design an; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00281.html (9,575 bytes)
6. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: k3bz@arrl.net (Jerry Keller); Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 10:39:07 -0400; If trees can be used as masts or towers, what about using them as guy anchors? Has anyone had any experience with doing that? Jerry K3BZ SNIP The BEST time to install screw-in anchors is after a good; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00282.html (10,027 bytes)
7. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: n4gi@tampabay.rr.com (Blake Meinecke); Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 11:45:28 -0400; When the tree falls it'll bring your tower along for the ride. Unless, of course you guy the tree too....... Blake N4GI; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00283.html (8,431 bytes)
8. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com (Cqtestk4xs@aol.com); Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 11:57:14 EDT; I am constantly amazed with the amount of guys who use trees as guy anchors. One installation recently seen was a 70 foot Rohn 25 with a KT 34XA on top anchored to three trees. I may be overly causti; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00284.html (8,724 bytes)
9. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: jon.zaimes@dol.net (Jon Zaimes AA1K); Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 13:08:13 -0400; To: <towertalk@contesting.com> of Rohn 25 to large hardwoods, perhaps 2 feet diameter. I wrapped several turns of EHS guy cable around the tree and secured with cable clamps. I used large nails to ke; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00286.html (13,664 bytes)
10. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: jon.zaimes@dol.net (Jon Zaimes AA1K); Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 13:07:54 -0400; Jerry, A long time ago in a call area not too far from Delaware, I guyed 70 feet of Rohn 25 to large hardwoods, perhaps 2 feet diameter. I wrapped several turns of EHS guy cable around the tree and s; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00287.html (12,751 bytes)
11. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: k3bz@arrl.net (Jerry Keller); Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 13:51:12 -0400; Yes, that's what I was thinking. If one put the guy to the base of the tree, there's virtually no movement... except a slow movement upwards as the tree grows. If a large deeprooted tree (oak or what; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00288.html (13,440 bytes)
12. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: w2up@mindspring.com (Barry ); Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 18:47:26 -0000; While I'm no botanist, as far as I know, trees get taller from the tips of their branches. The base doesn't rise. So, if you put at anchor at the 5 ft level, it will always be at the 5 ft level. It w; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00290.html (15,570 bytes)
13. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com); Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 14:56:15 EDT; ft You're right! Cheers, Steve K7LXC TOWER TECH; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00291.html (8,691 bytes)
14. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: SavageBR@aol.com (SavageBR@aol.com); Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 16:31:03 EDT; Correct. If you want to do it right. Start with the AB Chance catalog. There you will find specifications on different kinds of screw anchors in various kinds of soil. You can usually find a catalog/; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00294.html (8,560 bytes)
15. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: n4kg@juno.com (n4kg@juno.com); Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 14:08:33 -0600; Makes sense to me... I notice that damaged places on my trees do NOT rise with age... the bark eventually grows over the damaged place. BTW, sometime ago, a knowledgable tree person posted on TowerTa; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00300.html (17,809 bytes)
16. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: Mark <AA6DX@pacbell.net> (Mark); Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 15:55:58 -0700; And the drill-through part makes every good sense to me .. although, I did not do that in the past., I used chain around the boles .. never never never had a prob with that .. Mark 6dx -- Original Me; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00301.html (19,775 bytes)
17. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: n8de@thepoint.net (Don Havlicek); Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 18:29:11 -0500; Jon, Look below: <snip> <snip> They are at the SAME height as when installed. Trees grow from the top [ends of growth] .. a nail driven in a tree one foot above the ground when the tree is five feet; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00303.html (9,118 bytes)
18. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: ve7hcb@rac.ca (Chris BONDE); Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 17:14:09 -0700; This is my understanding also. The only upward movement would be from the roots pushing slightly. The trees that most of us know are not reeds or grasses that grow from the roots. Trees grow from the; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00308.html (9,347 bytes)
19. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: SavageBR@aol.com (SavageBR@aol.com); Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 20:47:32 EDT; This is all very interesting, but I cannot think of any valid reason to guy to a tree. Bruce; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00309.html (7,676 bytes)
20. [Towertalk] screw in anchors (score: 1): Author: ve7hcb@rac.ca (Chris BONDE); Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 20:42:57 -0700; The one thing that I would like to ask about drilling through and putting a bolt through the tree is, if the bolt is coated with a metal could the metal be toxic to the tree? Copper nails can do grea; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00314.html (8,768 bytes)

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