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Subject: [Towertalk] Dacron stretching
From: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 13:59:48 +0000
Hi everyone:

I have a vertical guyed with dacron.  At both ends of each guy I've got 3 or 
4 small clips and thimbles (in other words, I didn't just tie knots and 
leave it at that).  The anchors are 4' ground screws with 3" helixes in line 
with the guys.  I find that about every 6 months I have to put tension back 
into the guys.  Is this because the dacron stretches--is it supposed to 
stretch that much?  I'm using 3/16" rope & wonder if this is normal with 
this stuff--I've heard that it stretches but I figured eventually it would 
quit doing that.  Just wondered if there's a possibility of a problem 
somewhere else like it is slipping through the U clips (however I've 
tightened them as much as I can).  Tnx,

73,
Rob Atkinson
K5UJ
k5uj@hotmail.com





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