[TowerTalk] Brand new and appreciate help---Glen Martin tower & more..

[Jim Smith]

Along with Steve's suggestion, what I like about through bolts or 
all-thread is that you can inspect both ends of them.  With lag bolts, 
if you get some rot around them it seems to me that you'll never know 
until they pull out.

73, Jim Smith   VE7FO

K7LXC at aol.com wrote:

>thing I do is to use all-thread thru backing 2x4's in the  attic. GME wants you 
>to use lag screws screwed into a roof joist - it's not  very practical and 
>depends on the lag screw for holding power. By using backing  plates in the 
>attic and all-thread you spread the forces over a much larger area  of your roof 
>than the lag screws. 
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