[TowerTalk] Trees as anchors and guy dynamics

[Pete Smith]

At 01:26 AM 9/10/99 EDT, K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>
>In a message dated 99-09-09 18:05:28 EDT, w7why@harborside.com writes:
>
><< Also, I have an 160
> meter inv. "L: and 80 meter dipole up in a tree.  I had a rope
> tied around the base to tie the antenna lines off to and the bark
> completely covered the rope. >>
>
>      Warning - girdling a tree like that will kill it. A forged eye or two 
>screwed into the tree makes a much more benign anchor.

For that matter, a long threaded rod, with a big washer on the other side
of the tree and appropriate hardware on *this* side, makes a much sturdier
solution than relying on the threads of a screw-eye to hold up to 4000 lb
pull.  There are a lot of old trees in this part of the country that are
held together with bolt and cable arrangements of this sort.  They are
completely harmless to the tree.

I wouldn't rely on a screw eye to hold anything that mattered very much,
beyond maybe a hammock.

73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com 

Sometimes a tower is just a tower

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