[TowerTalk] guy wire "ice sleeves"

[GALE STEWARD]

I installed some guy wire cable clamps a foot or so
above the upper end of the guy grips on my 3/16 EHS
guys. I figured that if ice slid down the the guy, it
would hit the clamp and stop or would break off and
fall. I don't know that they have ever actually helped
but I figure it can't hurt.

73, Stew...


--- Dick Green WC1M <wc1m at msn.com> wrote:

> Hill Radio supplied an ice sleeve for each of the
> 1/4" EHS Rohn Big-Grips I
> ordered for the leaders at the bottom of my
> Phillystran guys. Texas Towers
> supplied UV-resistant cable ties for the guy grips I
> ordered for the 6700-lb
> Phillystran. 
> 
> Although it's probably not necessary, I put ice
> sleeves on the
> downward-facing EHS grips because they couldn't be
> easily added later
> (they're out of reach.) But I haven't gotten around
> to putting ice sleeves
> on the upward-facing EHS grips at the anchors
> because I wanted to wait until
> I was sure they didn't need to be re-wrapped.
> Planning on doing that this
> winter. 
> 
> The cable ties on the Philly grips don't stay tight
> as the grip flexes, and
> a couple of them slid off when I moved the cables
> from the garage to the
> tower. I installed new ties in those cases and
> tightened them as best I
> could. It's not clear if the ties really help with
> the ice situation, and it
> won't be a simple matter to replace them when they
> finally disintegrate --
> the upward-facing grips are 10+ feet off the ground,
> which slopes steeply.
> 
> Just for reference, a local friend has had EHS big
> grips with no sleeves or
> ties on his tower for 20 years here in snowy, icy
> Western New Hampshire, and
> I've seen no evidence of the grips unwrapping.
> 
> 73, Dick WC1M
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bill rubin [mailto:brubin2010 at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 4:16 PM
> > To: towertalk at contesting.com
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] guy wire "ice sleeves"
> > 
> > I was reading
> http://k7nv.com/notebook/topics/TowerTips.pdf
> > regarding the
> > use of "ice sleeves" or "ice knockers" on the guy
> grips.  Any resource
> > for
> > this item ?  should i just use tape ?  any
> thoughts ?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 73's Bill N1HWC
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> TowerTalk mailing list
> TowerTalk at contesting.com
>
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
> 


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com