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?-- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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