To point out the obvious:
Sometimes temporary guys are attached to temporary anchors and they may be
a lot closer to the tower than the recommended 80% figure for permanent
guys.
This reduces the guy angle and guy length as well as placing more tension
on the guy for a given load. It doesn't have to stretch as much under these
conditions to let a tower lay over.
Might as well use Bungy cords huh?
73,
Gerald K5GW
In a message dated 3/31/2011 8:41:33 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
K7LXC@aol.com writes:
In a message dated 3/30/2011 8:00:53 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
> I am curious how temporary guys could stretch so much to lay a tower
on
its
side, perhaps the guy anchors were very far away? The Trucker's Hitch
is
great advice, I have used this knot to for securing tower or reels of
hardline when transporting them home.
The problem is that you can only stretch rope so much by pulling
on it and then you get a 200# climber on the tower and that can be enough
to
stretch them some more. That's why the trucker's hitch is so helpful
because it puts a bunch more tension on the rope.
I've also used a Klein Haven rope grip and comealong in the past
to tension rope but hardly anyone has one of those. The trucker's hitch
can
be used by anyone.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
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