[TowerTalk] Guy Anchor Advise

Jim Lux jimlux at earthlink.net
Fri Jun 24 09:01:21 EDT 2005


At 12:59 AM 6/24/2005, Ian White GM3SEK wrote:
>Jim Lux wrote:
> >
>
>Jim is right about chemical anchors - they're excellent - but the big
>unknown is: what size of rock are you anchoring into? The strongest
>anchor in the world will be useless if the boulder is too small... and
>that's very hard to tell.

Which is why local knowledge is important.  If construction folks are in a 
habit of using bolted anchors in an area, the local design pros 
(architects/engineers) will know that the geology supports it, and where. 



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