[TowerTalk] 2 guys, one anchor?

[Steve Maki]

Shackles - they are your friend. Any place they make a job easier, use 
em. I rarely use a preform that's not connected via a shackle (with 
thimble).

-Steve K8LX

On 5/3/2022 5:00 PM, Tyler Stewart via TowerTalk wrote:
> Since we are chatting about guy termination.  Is it Ok to use a 3/8” Big Grip on a single guy anchor rod without using a shackle or thimble?  It was suggested that I needed a thimble at the rod end, but that’s not even possible without an intermediate shackle of some sort.
> Ty K3MM
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> On Tuesday, May 3, 2022, 11:47 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> 
> A Big-Grip would go though the eye of the turnbuckle on the tower side
> regardless if an equalizing plate was used or not.  Connecting the
> turnbuckle to the anchor rod may be an issue, depending on the jaw opening.
> This is another reason to purchase the proper plates.
> 
> John KK9A
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> Steve Maki K8LX wrote:
> Good point Tim.
> 
> But he said nothing about preforms.
> 
> I was assuming the anchor rods were the kind with the 'fist" ends, which
> are made to have multiple wires wrapped through them. I thought he was
> going to use cable clamps or compression sleeves, not big grips. That
> sort of install is fine for a 60' tower.
> 
> But yes, you know what they say about assumptions...
> 
> -Steve K8LX
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> On 5/3/2022 10:34 AM, Tim Duffy wrote:
>> Do you think it is safe to have two preforms with proper guy wire
> galvanized
>> thimbles (connected to guy wires via turnbuckles) at the end of a single
>> anchor rod? Without EQ plates?
>>
>> Why is no one suggesting asking Rohn what they recommend?
>>
>> There was a tower a few years ago that fell - because the wrong thimbles
>> were used and it caused the preform to fail.
>>
>> I would never climb a tower that did not have the proper Rohn
> installation.
>>
>> 73
>> Tim K3LR
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