[TowerTalk] Guy anchor posts

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

Before worrying about these issues, I would want to be
sure that the soil will support the load of the guy.
I went to a lot of trouble to build 12x12 inch "beams"
consisting of four 2x12's screwed together.  They
were buried 4 feet deep.  40 meter verticals (30 feet
long) were mounted on them.  During the rainy season,
the wind pushed them over at a 45 degree angle.  The
"beams" didn't fail, the soil did.

Rick N6RK

On 8/31/2020 12:14 PM, Rick Harrington wrote:
> Given these 2 choices and everything else being equal, which would be the
> strongest choice for a wooden post to attach a guy wire?
> 
> a)  2- 4x4 posts bolted together to make a single 4" x 8" post with the
> eyebolt on a 4" face
> 
> b) a 6" x 6" post
> 
> Rick WR0H
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