[TowerTalk] 2 guys, one anchor?

[Lux, Jim]

On 5/2/22 9:17 PM, Steve Maki wrote:
> Yes.
>
> But an equalizer plate makes a much nicer install; in the end you'll 
> be glad you did it that way. It's not to "equalize" tensions, it's to 
> provide nice easy turnbuckle terminations. It should be called a 
> termination plate.

No kidding,  We rigged a tower with two guys terminating at the eye of a 
screw in anchor, and were stupid enough to have the turnbuckles side by 
side. When they got some tension on them, you couldn't turn them, 
because the bodies hit each other. That was tedious.

You could probably improvise some sort of spacer. Maybe a short length 
of pipe or square tubing crossways between the cables to the bottom end 
of the turnbuckles. Or mount the turnbuckles far enough from the common 
anchor that they don't hit each other.

But a piece of plate with 3 holes in it is pretty easy and effective.