[TowerTalk] fiberglass guys...

[Phil Camera]

 in my opinion it is "cheaping out" that has people going to non-steel. It is the desire to save TIME 
 on cutting and installing insulators on the EHS steel cable and instead going to 
 inferior guying (inferior due to stretch and ease of cutting) to save this time. 


I'm sorry but excuse me.  Installing insulators on EHS is more troublesome and do all you with those peridically inspect the clamps on either side of the insulator?   To do this you'd have to drop the guy and physically inspect and/or retighten these clamps every so many years or so.

My Fiberglass Polygon guys cost much more than EHS but also less than Phillystran and work just fine.  I installed 15 ft of EHS at the bottoms for physical protection and my dog will make sure no one starts climbing the tower with a hacksaw.

Personally, my guyed tower is right next to my four square and one set of guys actually traverses through a corner of the four square area.  I wasn't about to install any kind of metal, regardless of length and resonance, in the four square.  And, I have no clamps as I used Preformed Products grips.  My installation is top notch and no money was spared to do it the right way (everything designed to meet or exceed the Rohn specs for 130 mph design, 120 ft Rohn 45) and it's got fiberglass guys.  Definitely not cheap charlied.  Bad statement to make sir.   Phil  KB9CRY