[TowerTalk] Temporary guys ???

[Big Don]

This plan sounds a bit scary.  With a jury-rigged gin-pole (or not?),
whatever you do, you want to have a well-thought-out serious safety plan in
place so that, however you do it, a tower section cannot accidentally fall,
if, e.g., two workers wrestling and balancing it, in the wind, lose
control, or something in the pole comes loose, before the section is
securely attached to the previous section. A ham in Oregon was killed
several years ago when a heavy 40 meter beam was dropped, took out his
STEEL GUYS, and the tower collapsed.
Don  N7EF

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Douglas Ruz (CO8DM) <co8dm at frcuba.co.cu>
wrote:

> Thanks Wayne...Yes, i am using 3 ropes per temp guy...I will the check the
> youtube video...i think i know what you mean...BTW, i have small
> turnbuckles for that ropes.
>
> 73....Douglas, CO8DM
>
> "No creo que haya alguna emoción más intensa para un inventor que ver
> alguna de sus creaciones funcionando. Esa emoción hace que uno se olvide de
> comer, de dormir, de todo." - Nikola Tesla
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Wayne Kline
>   To: Douglas Ruz CO8DM ; towertalk at contesting.com
>   Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 10:52 AM
>   Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Temporary guys ???
>
>
>   Douglas
>
>     If your using three strands per temp guy.... I see no problem  with
> that paracord .      use a truckers hitch knot  to equally tension your
> temp guys    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvgFyqFZK54
>
>   Wayne  W3EA
>
>
>
>
>   > From: co8dm at frcuba.co.cu
>   > To: towertalk at contesting.com
>   > Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 10:24:11 -0500
>   > Subject: [TowerTalk] Temporary guys ???
>   >
>   > Hi,
>   >
>   > I just started installing the tower...it is Rohn 25G clone.
>   >
>   > I have a buried base...about 3 ft deep in concrete 2 x 2 ft.
>   >
>   > I add the 2nd section and i add temporary guy ropes. I am using
> Paracord 550 ropes...single paracord ropes is 4mm diameter and handle up to
> 550 pounds, it strech a little, so i used 3 ropes per guy (12mm diameter
> and more pounds to handle)...3 + 3 + 3...
>   >
>   > Do you think it is OK to climb and add the 3rd section with permanent
> guys?
>   >
>   > A gin pole is not available, so we are TWO hams climbing the tower.
>   >
>   > Thoughts ??
>   >
>   > Thanks,
>   >
>   > 73....Douglas, CO8DM
>   >
>   > "No creo que haya alguna emoción más intensa para un inventor que ver
> alguna de sus creaciones funcionando. Esa emoción hace que uno se olvide de
> comer, de dormir, de todo." - Nikola Tesla
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