[TowerTalk] Rohn 25 Guying

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We did the same with a 50 foot and later 100 foot repeater tower, 
except our trees were a little smaller and anchors just above ground 
level. I never like it but it was our only option at the time. 
Happily it has since been converted to a tower guyed straight out of 
current Rohn specifications, with a bit of overkill on the size of 
the anchor blocks.

Paul



On 12/25/2015 07:04 PM, Wayne Kline wrote:
> Tom
>
> the  "TREE" guy anchor is no where in any ROHN  installation book
> I am aware of. With that said. YES we hams do some unorthodox
> things. I my self have two 100' lay over Rohn towers ,  will not
> find a " Rohn falling Deric design" in any book. As for tree guy
> anchor points. When Our club had it's  2 meter  repeater it was
> 120' of Rohn 25 guyed to THREE  36 " diameter  oak trees/ the guy
> point was 100' out and 7 foot up from the ground. They drilled a
> through hole  and used a threaded power line  guy anchor . and on
> the back side a 4" square plate and two nut's one to tighten and
> one to lock. lasted 30 plus yeas till a  cell tower site replaced
> it !!!   Only problem was at the end  the tree  was getting close
> to the 4 way equalizer plate eye/bolt  1/2 left  ,soon minimizing
> any movement .
>
> YMMV
>
> Wayne W3EA