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 ...........?
>
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> *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?--
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