[TowerTalk] stretched EHS

[Steve Maki]

I have a question for the materials crew here. I'm writing up a job report.

Our crew went to a site where a huge tree had fallen on the two lower 
guys of a 360' tower. We carefully (well as carefully as we could) 
slacked off & disconnected one wire at a time, threw it over the tree, 
and reconnected it. At that point the site was ready for the tree crew 
to come.

It was obvious that one of the wires (3/8" EHS) had stretched a few 
inches. There were enough unused threads in the turnbuckle to enable a 
good snug wire again.

I'm recommending that the guy wire be replaced, but was wondering how 
much strength in roundabout numbers is lost in this scenario?

TIA

-Steve K8LX