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.
John KK9A
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Temporary guys
From: K7LXC@aol.com
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:33:09 EDT
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Howdy, TowerTalkians --
I just read a portion of the ARRL tower book where the author recounts
an episode where the temporary rope guys holding the bottom sections of
the tower stretched so much that he found himself laying on the ground with
the tower laying on top of him. Similarly, W2GD had the same thing happen
to
him. In neither case was the climber terribly injured but they were lucky
to fall onto soft ground.
If you're going to do something like this (the use of temporary guys
has its applications) and use rope, the best thing to do is to use a
'trucker's hitch' which gives you a 2:1 mechanical advantage and provides
much
more tension on the rope to minimize any stretch or failure.
In the book, the author says he only uses steel temporary guys now -
lesson learned. But using a trucker's hitch will make using rope guys
viable
and safe.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH
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