[TowerTalk] Screw Anchor to Guy Wire Attachment

[Mike Reublin NF4L]

I used pre-form grips thru the anchor eye to a short piece of strand, then another grip and thimble thru the turnbuckle eye (or jaw). Equalizer plates seemed like unnecessary complexity and expense. No problems in over 21 years.

73, Mike NF4L

On Apr 4, 2014, at 1:17 PM, N3AE <n3ae at comcast.net> wrote:

> I'm trying to find out the proper way to attach two or three guy wires to the head of a screw-in earth anchor. 
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> I'm using Hubble Power Systems (AB Chance) PS816 "Triple Eye" anchors. The top the the eye is 1 7/8" wide (edge to edge parallel to the open axis of the eye). Seems too wide to take a pair of typical equalizer plates. 
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> 1. Short loops of guy wire (with clamps or pre-forms) through the Triple Eye" with each loop going to a thimble at the turnbuckles? 
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> 2. A beefy shackle through the Triple Eye, with an equalizer plate attached by the shackle bolt. Closed-eye turnbuckles from the equalizer plate to the guys? 
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> 3. ?? 
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> The Triple Eye was clearly made to take up to three guy wires looped through the eye. In retrospect, I should have bought the oval eye or thimble eye anchor to use with an equalizer plate. 
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> Live and learn. 
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> Thanks 
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> Shawn - N3AE 
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