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

[Steve Maki]

Tom Rauch wrote:

>>If I understand  him correctly, putting some side force
>>on the middle of my tripod will cause unequal scale
>>readings, and I don't understand why.
>>
>>Steve K8LX

> ....because the tower can deflect and the guys are at the
> top.
> 
> That will lift some leg(s) and compress others more. My
> point is it never seems to get worse than without the guys.

Yes of course, but he came up with a number WITHOUT knowing
the deflection. That was my whole point. It seems to me
that if you hold the top still, and the middle does not
bow, then you have pure shear force at the bottom, and the
three legs maintain equal compression.

Steve K8LX