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Re: [TowerTalk] Guy Anchors

To: Wilson <infomet@embarqmail.com>, towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Guy Anchors
From: dw <bw_dw@fastmail.fm>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:57:23 -0700
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I have a 30 foot mini tower with a hex-beam on it.
My property is pretty much all solid ledge which is exposed or covered
by a few feet of dirt.
For the base of the mini-tower, I drilled down a couple of feet and put
in threaded rods with a washer and nut inside.
I set these in place with expanding cement.
Its been strong for over 5 years with no problems.

On Tue, Oct 27, 2015, at 04:36 PM, Wilson wrote:
> If you really have “bedrock”, or even very large boulders, why not just
> drill in and epoxy in place some big bolts, or rebar.
> If you tilt the hole away from the tower, making it perpendicular to the
> guy line, then you won’t even be depending on the epoxy to do anything.
> Of course it doesn’t have to be rebar.  Check the scrap yards for 2-3”
> barstock.  Stainless would be  neat.
> At that size, you could just take a turn of cable and clamp it off! Of
> course I’ve never done this, but I’d sure do it if I had the rock!
> You wouldn’t even need turnbuckles.  Just use a gripper  and come a long
> to tension up anytime needed. 
> https://www.kleintools.com/catalog/curved-jaw-grips-ehs-cable/chicago-grip-curved-jaw-grip-ehs-cable
> Wilson
> W4BOH
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