Well, I will always remember being at the 60-foot level on my Rohn 25
(first guy set at 31 feet) and trying to wrestle the next section ito
place while the tower swayed slowly back and forth. I weigh about 195
and it felt like it was going far enough that something might fail. I
almost climbed down and quit right there. I think I would compromise -
go 20 feet above the last set of permanent guys and then attach
temporaries before you go up any more.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 1/6/2010 6:13 PM, Dick NY1E wrote:
> I've never used temporary guys except for the first sections of a tower on a
> pier pin. 30' of 25G is fine as long as the gin pole rope goes through a
> snatch block at the base of the tower. I've worked with alot of hams and no
> one has ever suggested temp guys....
>
>
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] More Rohn
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>>> Assembly question:
>>> Does everyone work above the guywires to stack higher sections?
>>> Rohn says point blank that 25 is not self supporting "at any height" and
>>> that temporary guys should be attached as one goes up. But I know lots
>>> of
>>> people stack all the way to the next guypoint without temporaries.
>>> What do YOU do?
>>>
>>>
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