First of all, thanks to the many who replied. I am about to start ordering replacement parts and have decided to go with the bolt down mounting base rather than a pier pin or trying to bolt to the re
I have always used the Klein grip for guy wire tensioning...the little "pork chop" has always worked well....one time we had a crew of three guys all setting guy wires but only two Klein Pork Chops (
The SIMPLE way to pull up your guy wires is to wrap a few turns of a Guy Grip around the guy and pull it with a come along. Tom N4KG ________________________________________________________________ G
The easiest thing is to use one PreForm as a temporary and then just throw it away when you're done. Just hook the comealong to it - you don't have to wrap it the whole way. The aforementioned Klein
When I use preforms (generally 3 at a time) as temporary grips, I paint = them with day-glo orange so I know never to use them for permanent = installations, but they can be used several times effect
We use Chicago style grips from Klien to hang onto the guy wires while tensioning them -- Original Message -- From: <K7LXC@aol.com> To: <weightdn@adelphia.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com> Sent: Satur
Credit this one to W9LT, at my first tower-raising -- since we're talking temporary, he just put a single cable clamp on the guy wire and then tied a rope "above" the cable clamp with a slip knot. Si
What I have done for tensioning 1/4" EHS is to make a loop out of a short length the same cable and cable-clamp it to the guy wire. I then hook a comealong into that loop and into another loop attach