[TowerTalk] Real numbers for Rohn BX-64 Re: guying

[Steve Maki]

I wrote:

> And yet you said just above that the moment would be the same in a 
> pin/pin support.
> 
> If I had three bathroom scales I'd go do a little experiment, but
> I don't. So let me ask you what I'd find if I did this:
> 
> Take a 10' three legged tripod, and put a scale under each leg.
> 
> Back guy the tripod using a 45º guy angle.
> 
> Pull on the top of the tripod horizontally away from the guy.
> 
> If the tripod face width at the base is 3', and you pull with
> 10 pounds of force, what do you read on the three scales?

BTW, I realize you would need a little more info to
give actual numbers - what I'm really interested in
is whether all three scales would read the same or
not. I would expect them to read the same, if the
guy was adjusted to keep the tripod vertical.

Steve K8LX