>Stan wrote:
>I specfically remember reading in the Official Rohn Book that
>when you use guy grips, you MUST always use end sleeves (NOT tie wraps) with
>them. They don't say why but if you can install a guy grip with your hands
>and nothing more than a screw driver, then it stands to reason that you (or
>any kid or vandal) can remove one the same way. If any guy grips are
>accessable from the ground, I would strongly recommend installing end
>sleeves to discourage, or at least slow down, a vandal or an irrate
>neighbor. See page HA101 in your Rohn Book for installation procedure.
Rohn isn't necessarily the last word on guy grips, of course, not like
PLP. However, I was told (with straight face, I think), that water sliding
down guy wires and freezing inside the ends of guy grips could cause them
to unravel gradually. I drove what are locally called "ice sleeves" on all
my upward-facing grips with a hammer and vise grips, and there they've
stayed. I didn't think about the vandalism case then, but am doubly glad I
did it now.
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