Do they make tower struts? I would think rigid enough struts would probably
be massive and so heavy that the down force would exceed the base load, but
what do I know. Probably would cost less to put up a self supporting tower
at that point anyway

On Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 9:20 PM Craig House <[email protected]> wrote:

> The attached drawing is rough but I hope you get the idea.  It is not the
> tower in questions but is a photo I had I could mark up
>
> I have a customer that has a tower in the very corner of their yard  90
> degree angle corner.  Best I can get in the yard is one guy wire and the
> neighbor is not an option to put guy wires in.  25g 50' tall.  I'd like to
> make it more stable but how?   The base is in concrete and has been there
> for some time.  Heavy winds have not caused damage to the tower so it is
> not about how solid it is as much as how much it moves  Would a guy wire
> design where all three legs were guyed back to the base of the tower using
> some kind of stand off in the middle do anything?  I think it might make
> the tower more rigid but would it keep it from swaying?  Since some of the
> unstableness of the tower comes from the joints it seems like it might help
> but is it worth the effort?  I maybe could move out 3' from the base but
> that angle just doesn't do much more than attaching to the base just above
> the concrete.  Thoughts?--
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