Hey Guys, I'm sure this has been covered at some point in the past, but would you folks be so kind as to advise me on a good grade of rope, cable, etc. to use for temporary guys while assembling towe
Synthetic Textiles makes some nice double braided Dacron rope that would work. Rohn 25 is not much fun to stack but 45 or 55 is pretty solid. Better yet hire a crane if you can. CC Packet Cluster W0M
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:16:00 -0400
<Better yet hire a crane if you can. > Even better, buy Steve's (K7LXC@ aol.com> new book, UP THE TOWER, ref. all things needed & known to man about tower/ant/etc. installations. www.championradio.co
Accidents happen with temporary or permanent guys. I use 3/16" wire rope on 45G at least to 100 feet. "Every section" is guyed until I reach a permanent guy point. I then install the permanent guys a
Rohn 55 is a little different in several respects. First, at 100 lbs per section, it's a lot harder for two people to lift two or three sections onto a pier pin. Second, after the first set of perman
YMMV. This is only what I did, not a recommendation for what you should do. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Talking about your milage may vary and Rohn 55. I
If in doubt, STOP...... Get more experienced people involved or hire a professional. Falling from or having something fall on you from 20 or 30 ft can be fatal. You can do it by the book and still ha
I didn't think much about it. He didn't think much of An Old saying comes to mind.... There are BOLD tower Climbers There arere OLD tower climbes But there are NO.. OLD BOLD tower climbers Wayne W3EA