Franson, Paul D. [NCS] writes:
>I'm putting up a Glen Martin 1850 - 18 inches on a side, 50 feet high.
>It comes with earth screw guy anchors, they recommend 150-175 lbs
>of tension.
>What's a good alternate if you have a bed of shale where the guys should
>go.
>I could use a tree and the well head pipe, but they are slightly off the
>correct
>alignment. The third guy isn't near anything to attach it to.
>Thanks, 73, W2HCA
As far as screw anchors go you might want to check
the summary that was written up by N6ZZ a few years ago.
It can be found on the KA9FOX WEB page.
www.QTH.com/ka9fox
You want to go to the mail summaries page.
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