I've always done 80% of the height for the farthest distance of the guy wires.
Regards, Chuck On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 9:55 PM, TJ Trout <t...@voltbb.com> wrote: > So you guys convinced me to build on the dirt, much easier. Now what is > the smallest span of guys I can get away with? I want to do 12 sections of > 25G and I can guy it 3 or 4 times, I'm assuming 4 is better. I really want > to keep the guys in as close as possible to save the valuable farming space > I have, so what is the guy span from the tower base that would be > recommended ? "how low can i go?" (without making any safety issues, this > tower will only have 4 sectors and a 2ft dish at 40ft). > > Thanks, > > TJ > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 3:32 AM, Lewis Bergman <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I would tell you that you are waisting money. 2 sections are going to >> cost you a lot less and be a better long term solution than mounting a >> tower on a building. You can use a house bracket near the top depending on >> your building design and start your guy calculations from that point. >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 9:22 PM TJ Trout <t...@voltbb.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm building a 40x40 or possibly 50x60 steel building. I would like to >>> install a guyed 25g on the peak (about 20ft peak from ground level with >>> 16ft walls) >>> >>> If I guy off 4 times how high can I go? >>> >>> Any way to do 100ft or ten sections ? I'm assuming my guy span isn't far >>> out enough..... >>> >>> I know what's on the drawings but I am looking for some real world >>> feedback.... >>> >>> Thank you very much >>> >>> TJ >>> >> >