[TowerTalk] Tower guy anchors

[Paul Staupe]

I entered into a contract for deed deal for this home five years ago for a
home on 3/4 acre, so I put a 76' stick of Rohn 45G up with 4 ft of the
first section buried in the concrete.

In case we decided to move, I chose to use screw in guy anchors instead of
the standard concrete based guy anchors.  When I did the research, it was
clear that Chance had a superior product to Rohn in a helical round shaft
8' rod.  Cost about $30 each and I have two sets of guys at 35' and 75'
attached to each of the three anchors here:

http://www.abchance.com/products/helical-piles-anchors/

The soil at this location close to the Mississippi River is about 1 foot of
topsoil and then a deep clay formation.  It was tough to screw in the
Chance anchors,  but they haven't moved an inch in five years with several
major windstorms.  My stick of 45G supports a 2L 40M W6NL Moxon at 95' (20'
of mast) and a 4L SteppIR at 77'  turned by a prop pitch so there's a lot
of windload.

73,

Paul W0AD