[TowerTalk] Guy Wire Anchors

[K9MA]

I can't imagine climbing a tower held up by aluminum screw anchors. And 
what if one hits a rock on the way down?

A friend of mine learned the hard way in a storm last summer about 
inadequate guying.  Although the earth anchors held, one of the 
undersized guy wires and wire rope clips didn't. It was about 60 feet of 
Rohn 25 with just one set of flimsy guys. He had a hazer, so at least he 
never had to climb it. I had seen it before it came down, but what could 
I say?


73,

Scott K9MA

On 4/13/2020 22:49, Kelly Taylor wrote:
> What’s that saying called again?
>
> Do what the manufacturer says to do and don’t do something that isn’t what the manufacturer says to do.
>
> Some kind of prime directive? ;-)
>
> 73, kelly, ve4xt
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Apr 13, 2020, at 21:14, Wayne Kline <w3ea at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> Fred,
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>> Not sure of your applications for these  BUT    IMHO  I don’t think it’s an appropriate anchor for tower installation .
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>> All guys tower manufacture have speck for there hight/windload/anchor specifications.
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>> Build it to spec and you can’t go wrong
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>> Wayne W3EA ,
>> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10
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>> From: Fredrick Matos via TowerTalk<mailto:towertalk at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 3:44 PM
>> To: towertalk at contesting.com<mailto:towertalk at contesting.com>
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Guy Wire Anchors
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>> I have researched guy-wire anchors and found these made by the American Earth Anchors Co. in Rhode Island/
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>> They are pricey but the best part is that they can be easily driven into the ground with an impact wrench. They have excellent pull-out resistance specs.  Almost too good to believe, which makes me skeptical.
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>> https://americanea.americommerce.com/PE46-Guy-anchor-46-inch-Penetrator-with-guying-head.htm
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>> Their home page has a video of a 4-foot model being screwed into the ground in a few minutes.
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>> Has anyone used these types of anchors?
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>> Or do you know people who have, and what is the result?
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>> t would appreciate views and opinions.
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>> t


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Scott  K9MA

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