Is the owner willing to move the tower in from the property line enough to guy it properly?
On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 7:36 AM dave <[email protected]> wrote: > How is it unstable? > does it wobble? > or is it a sturdy /twisty kinda thing? > > Most of that can be contained by just adding braces between the legs top > middle bottom. > more if needed > > > On 12/21/20 9:46 PM, Adam Moffett wrote: > > On utility poles they sometimes use "sidewalk guys" in tight places. The > wire goes to an arm and then straight down. Lateral force on the pole > wants to pull straight up on the anchor so you get an auger in real deep. > Could you put an auger in adjacent to the pad? > > > > [image: Fig. 1- Structure Configuretion and] > On 12/21/2020 10:20 PM, Craig House 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 > -- -- *Sam Lambie* Taosnet Wireless Tech. 575-758-7598 Office www.Taosnet.com <http://www.newmex.com>
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