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> On Dec 21, 2020, at 22:41, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm a little surprised he can put a tower so close to the neighbor's > property. > > In some places aren't you required to have it the height of the tower away, > so if the tower falls, it falls entirely on your own land? Not sure if that's > a zoning or insurance requirement. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Adam Moffett > Sent: Monday, December 21, 2020 10:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] stabilizing an Unguyed tower > > Three feet is about how far sidewalk guys go. Literally across a sidewalk. > > On 12/21/2020 10:54 PM, Craig House wrote: > > Its pretty much right in the corner of the yard. Maybe 2-3' at best. > > The pic I sent was not the tower. This pic is of a 55g that is in a > > concrete base. I chose it to try to draw the guy wire idea on because > > it is on my computer already and I dont have a pic of the actual tower > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chris Fabien" <[email protected]> > > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, December 21, 2020 9:50:45 PM > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] stabilizing an Unguyed tower > > > > How many feet of space do you actually have on the closest side of the > > tower. And what's the deal with that large base plate? > > > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 10:49 PM Craig House <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Its not about comfort on the tower as much as it is trying to keep the > >> link stable. Plus it is a pain to align since turning a wrench moves the > >> tower. So AF24 and and MM wave gear is near impossible to align. I'm > >> always about trying to figure out a way to resolve something like this. I > >> like the engineering challenge but this one has me a bit baffled. > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Chris Fabien" <[email protected]> > >> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2020 9:42:12 PM > >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] stabilizing an Unguyed tower > >> > >> Just make him rent a lift when you need to service it. Not your fault > >> he build a sketchy tower. I think your proposed guy wires would do > >> little improve climber comfort and zero to improve actual safety. > >> > >> On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 10:20 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 > > -- > 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
