Yeah So sidewalk guys is kind of what I was considering but using the base of the tower with a turnbuckle instead.
From: "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2020 9:47:01 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] stabilizing an Unguyed tower For utility poles, they have what is called a sidewalk guy. Or at grain elevators, if they can’t put the guy anchor far enough out, they will sink an I-beam and attach the guy to the top of that. From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Steve Jones Sent: Monday, December 21, 2020 9:41 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] stabilizing an Unguyed tower 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 < [ mailto:[email protected] | [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 [ mailto:[email protected] | [email protected] ] [ http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com | http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com ] -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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