[TowerTalk] Spring between equalizer plate and earth anchor

[jimlux]

Drax Felton wrote:
> A local ham told me to get some heavy duty hood springs from a 1950-1960's
> car and put them between my guy wire equalizer plates and earth anchors.
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> This is to "prevent backlash" during storm force winds.
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> Any thoughts on this?  
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> I think if Rohn didn't engineer it to work that way - then don't.
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You're right.

The fact that the guys aren't straight lines (they're catenaries) means 
that as the load increases they get a bit longer, just like a spring.

Why put another device in series with the string? Just increases the 
number of things that can break.