Yea the rohn design is probably overkill for most sites. They design it with worst possible soil in mind. If you want to change it the "right answer" is get a PE to design it for you. On May 12, 2015 10:18 AM, "Brandon Yuchasz" <[email protected]> wrote:
> So I am planning the replacement on one guy wire anchor next week. The > anchor rod that goes into the concrete and other parts are on the way. I am > lining up the small excavator concrete and so on. Rohn calls for a 6’x 4’x > 1.5’ slab of concrete buried 4 feet under the surface of the ground. This > is a 100’ Rohn 45. I am all for doing things right but that seems huge to > me. We have a very rocky soil up here and at one site actually anchored > into bed rock. This site we won’t have that option but I suspect we will be > digging through broken rock and dirt the entire way. Its an old mining area > and this site sits where they pilled the “poor rock” that came out of the > mine shafts. Its all over up here . They have not mined in this area in 100 > years so the soil is quite stable im not concerned about that. Just wanted > to get your thoughts on the size of this anchor. We will have to mix the > concrete on site no way to get a truck in. > > > > > > Best regards, > > Brandon Yuchasz > > GogebicRange.net > > www.gogebicrange.net > > >
