[Towertalk] Grips vs clamps?

[Zac Smith]

2 rules when tightning preforms (grips) #1 dont bend then too hard or youll
kink then then theyre no good,
#2 wrap the short leg first

advice on doing it, ise a sleever bar or a long screwdriver to wrap then it
makes it easier to do and harder to kink em, and to finish off the wraping
use a pair of channel locks, pushing the preform around the cable, thats the
best advice i can give ya and we just stacked a 300' guyed tower in conway
arkansas, with 7/8" guy wire, BIG preforms

Zac
----- Original Message -----
From: <brewerj@squared.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 10:25 AM
Subject: [Towertalk] Grips vs clamps?


> Any sage advice as to whether to use grips or clamps to secure
> guy wire to tower/turnbuckle/guy anchors? If grips are the way to
> go, are there instructions on the web?
>
> Also, is there any good place on the web to buy guy wire? ( I was
> hoping a local like Graybar might carry it, but havent found it yet!)
>
> 73
> john
>
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