Many years ago I shared a picture of tower in San Angelo Texas done exactly that way...it's been up for many years
On Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 8:46 PM Craig House <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought about using uni strut and trying this out just to see if it > helps. A 10' piece of strut and a cable running from the top to the bottom > over the end of the strut or through a ring. I'm willing to try it since > I've got a bucket truck and this would only take a few hours at most to > do. Just wondering mostly if anyone else has tried it and if I'm wasting > my time. I realize the weak point is still the base just between my lower > attachment point and the concrete but otherwise ...........? > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Steve Jones" <[email protected]> > *To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Monday, December 21, 2020 9:40:53 PM > *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 <[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 >> > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > 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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