[Towertalk] Guy Grip Question

[n4kg@juno.com]

I think a pair of bolt cutters or hack saw would vandalize a guy wire
a lot quicker than a screwdriver applied to a taut guy grip.

BTW,  what is ICE ?  :-)

Tom  N4KG   in  sunny  ALABAMA

(OK, I've had ice...once every sunspot cycle...
Guys on the mountains tell me about it too )

On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 21:51:53 -0400 Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
writes:
> 
> >Stan wrote:
> 
> >I specfically remember reading in the Official Rohn Book that
> >when you use guy grips, you MUST always use end sleeves (NOT tie 
> wraps) with
> >them.  They don't say why but if you can install a guy grip with 
> your hands
> >and nothing more than a screw driver, then it stands to reason that 
> you (or
> >any kid or vandal) can remove one the same way.  If any guy grips 
> are
> >accessable from the ground, I would strongly recommend installing 
> end
> >sleeves to discourage, or at least slow down, a vandal or an irrate
> >neighbor.  See page HA101 in your Rohn Book for installation 
> procedure.
> 
> Rohn isn't necessarily the last word on guy grips, of course, not 
> like 
> PLP.  However, I was told (with straight face, I think), that water 
> sliding 
> down guy wires and freezing inside the ends of guy grips could cause 
> them 
> to unravel gradually.  I drove what are locally called "ice sleeves" 
> on all 
> my upward-facing grips with a hammer and vise grips, and there 
> they've 
> stayed.  I didn't think about the vandalism case then, but am doubly 
> glad I 
> did it now.
> 
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