[TowerTalk] Equalizer plates - a PC conspiracy?

[Dick Flanagan]

>At the posited high wind force, the 5/16" guy
>will put, say, 10,000 pounds of tension on the equalizer plate, which will
>rotate to "equalize".  Since the holes in the plate are equally spaced about
>the pivot (anchor) hole, equal force will be exerted on the 3/16" guy, far
>exceeding its rated capacity.

It would seem to me that the rotational force applied to the smaller guy
would be far less than the direct force applied to the anchor.

I am obviously missing something somewhere.

73, Dick

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