[Towertalk] Guy Anchor Question

[Jerry Keller]

Mike... your mention of wooden bases interests me greatly... could you
describe them more fully? Jerry K3BZ

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-admin@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Mike Wetzel
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 12:39 AM
To: Jon Ogden; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: RE: [Towertalk] Guy Anchor Question


Jon,

I have a couple Rohn 25 towers, one of 110' and one of 160' and both are
guyed with hand installed screw anchors.  The taller tower has 2 sets.  The
anchors I used have a screw of about 4" in diameter.  Both towers have only
wood bases also, no concrete. YMMV

Mike W9RE

> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Jon Ogden
> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 11:23 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [Towertalk] Guy Anchor Question
>
>
> Howdy all,
>
> I am shortly going to be putting up my first real tower - 5
> sections of Rohn
> 25.
>
> I plan on guying the tower with two sets of guys per Rohn specs.  My
> question is about anchoring them.  I have purchased Rohn GA5604 screw
> anchors.  The specs on these say that they have 2500 pounds worth
> of holding
> power.  I was actually surprised when I received them at how
> small the screw
> portion was.
>
> My question is this:  Are these sufficient for my tower
> installation or do I
> need to think about digging a hole and putting these anchors in
> concrete?  I
> was originally planning on doing this but now I am wondering if I
> need to go
> through all that extra work.
>
> Thanks es 73,
>
> Jon
> NA9D
>
> -------------------------------------
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