Author: Mpridesti via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 08:19:33 -0400
Anyone here have experience using the heavy duty Mastrant rope and all the necessary accessories for guying a Rohn tower to 100 ft? Looking at the M-type rope perhaps 8-10-12 mm size. Regards, Mark,
MarkThe Rohn book specifies guying at 3 levels for 100' of R45. Top guy called out at 1/4" EHS, and other two at 3/16" EHS. I think you could safely assume that if you used Mastrant product equal in
On 7/31/23 10:01 AM, Tom Hellem wrote: MarkThe Rohn book specifies guying at 3 levels for 100' of R45. Top guy called out at 1/4" EHS, and other two at 3/16" EHS. I think you could safely assume that
Why not just stick with the tried and proven Phillystran? Steve NA5C Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTa
Unless I'm reading the Mastrant info wrong, for the ~6k lb. working strength material, Phillystran is cheaper per foot. 73 de Lee, AA4GA _______________________________________________ ______________
re Mastrant: have experience in the smaller sizes. Installed 5mm on two 25G towers at 65 ft 5 years ago. I haven't needed to re-tension them, creep has been minimal. No visible wear or degradation of
As you suggest, Jim, all the old material (including the guy stretch study is available via the internet archive): https://web.archive.org/web/20160515164110fw_/http://k7nv.com/index.htm 73, Mike W4E
My experience with Mastrant ropes has been great. I have a set of 3 guy wires Mastrant-M on my 70ft tower holding a SteppIR DB42... They have survived in Spanish sun for a decade with no degradation