[TowerTalk] Guy Effects

[Mike Gilmer]

Depends on the base...

1. Pier pin base - tower falls over immediately
2. Base embedded in concrete - tower leans toward the
remaining guys, probably stabilizes not too far from
vertical.

Mike N2MG

> -----Original Message-----

> 
> I looked in the archives, but did not see.....
> 
> Given that a properly EHS guyed 70' Rohn 25g tower
> has it's guys adjusted to 400lbs tension, what is 
> the effect on the tower when one leg set of guys
> is suddenly removed?
> 
> I've wondered and thought and worried about it -- 
> not that it might happen, but ya never know.
>