[TowerTalk] tower painting, etc

[Richard Boyd]

The Polygon guy rod some of us have been using as an alternative to
Phillystran is shipped in an 8' coil by truck, not UPS.  It is considerably
more inconvenient, must be uncoiled when it arrives, etc., but is also less
expensive than Phillystran.

If the N4ZR message you refer to is the one I'm thinking of (because I
didn't note who it was from)....that is...someone mentioned utility company
type (short) guy rods.  I've seen these locally in lengths from a foot or
two up to 20' or so.  I have these on three of four guy levels on my 160'
10M tower, just because I had them in the shed and thought I'd put them into
service, thinking they might serve some torque arm purpose.  They're over an
inch in diameter, compared to the typical quarter or 3/8"
Polygon/Phillystran type diameter.  They're something totally different than
Polygon or Phillystran.  All the guys on that tower are, in fact, used (I
think military surplus originally) Phillystran.  I got them off the K6XE
tower in Maryland...the tower became N3RR's ringrotator-loaded main tower,
the Phillystran stayed with me.

I'm told the utility pole insulator rods are not rated/recommended whatsover
for other than axial (in-line) loads.  If you're already using
non-conducting guys, I don't think they "buy" you anything.  Their
mechanical effect may just as well be negative as positive, I think.  73 -
Rich, KE3Q
-----Original Message-----
From: TexasRF@aol.com <TexasRF@aol.com>
To: n4zr@contesting.com <n4zr@contesting.com>
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 29, 1998 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] tower painting, etc


>
>Pete, N4ZR mentioned fiberglas guy insulators in a recent post.
>
>The $50 price (three years ago) is actually very close to current
Phillystran
>pricing for a similar setup. 21ft of 6700 lb phillystran, 2 end grips,  2
>thimbles and 2 end caps total $51.05 from our current price sheet. The
>Phillystran is probably easier to work with as it will coil up into a 6
inch
>diameter. I am not sure if the fiberglas will coil up enough to ship via
UPS,
>does anyone know about this?
>
>Just in case anyone wanted to know.
>
>Tnx/73 de Gerald, K5GW, Owner/General Mzanager,
>Texas Towers 1 800 272 3467
>
>
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