I suppose you are right. I had planned to order from Champion and save a few
dollars... along with giving business to one of the "small guys". The point of
all this questioning is because of my time constraints.
I'll be stopping by West Marine today to buy one. (and no, this isn't intended
as sarcasm or flame bait. I'll be giving Champion my biz in the future)
Thanks to all that responded.
Rusty
K0FE
----- Original Message ----
From: "K7LXC@aol.com" <K7LXC@aol.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com; rusty_atkins@yahoo.com
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 10:32:15 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Guy wire tensioning.. here's my idea
In a message dated 7/11/2007 10:49:31 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
> I've been thinking about this and believe I have a way...
there is of course some additional drag with the pulleys, rope stretch won't
be that much of an issue. It goes like this..
> come-along
clamped to guy wire on one end, rope on the other end. rope runs through
pulley on anchor (10,000lb rating in dirt, concrete top-filled, so the side
load shouldn't hurt it), out to a pulley on the nearest available tree, then
straight down to a platform of some sort (pallet?) with 400 lbs on it. When
the weight/platform/pallet come off the ground about 1/4", tension is about
right. Tighten with turnbuckle until weight is back on
ground.
> What do you think?
Nobody said that hams weren't ingenious.
Sounds like an awful lot of work when all you
have to do is make one toll-free phone call and then you can do the job
accurately in a couple of minutes.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH and
Champion Radio Products
Cell: 206-890-4188
www.championradio.com
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