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1. Topband: WTB: Guy wire stuff (score: 1)
Author: "Carl" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 11:31:51 -0400
Ive been spending a lot of time trimming and removing trees around my shorty 60' tower which was the first one up when I moved here in 89. It is amazing how fast they seemed to overtake "my space" in
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00042.html (9,119 bytes)

2. Re: Topband: WTB: Guy wire stuff (score: 1)
Author: Bill Wichers <billw@waveform.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 17:31:07 +0000
If you only need a few like this, try calling some of the utility contractors in your area. They will always have the dead ends and the guys that also do the power work will also have the insulators.
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00044.html (10,294 bytes)

3. Re: Topband: WTB: Guy wire stuff (score: 1)
Author: donovanf@starpower.net
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 13:40:02 -0400 (EDT)
Tower guys should use Big Grips, not the performs used by electric utilities. You can purchase Big Grips from Texas Towers and many other suppliers 73 Frank W3LPL If you only need a few like this, tr
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00045.html (10,242 bytes)

4. Re: Topband: WTB: Guy wire stuff (score: 1)
Author: "Carl" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 14:14:00 -0400
Not according to the folks that invented them Frank. The Big Grip is a Guy Grip for serious towers. http://www.preformed.com/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_phocadownload%26view%3Dcategory%26download%3D44:p
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00047.html (12,330 bytes)

5. Re: Topband: WTB: Guy wire stuff (score: 1)
Author: Bill Wichers <billw@waveform.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 18:37:30 +0000
The "Big Grips" are just the ones for the larger diameter cables. I think they start at 1/2" and go up from there. It's rare to see utilities use larger than 3/8", and 1/4" is by far the most common
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00049.html (9,440 bytes)

6. Re: Topband: WTB: Guy wire stuff (score: 1)
Author: Billy Cox <aa4nu@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 18:52:23 +0000 (UTC)
IIRC, the 'grips' used by power companies are NOT the same as used by tower installers? Seems like this was discussed on TowerTalk several years ago. Seems like the overall length of the 'grip' was d
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00050.html (9,850 bytes)

7. Re: Topband: WTB: Guy wire stuff (score: 1)
Author: donovanf@starpower.net
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 15:34:15 -0400 (EDT)
Hi Greg, I've never seen a rated holding strength for Guy-Grips (the type used on wood poles). Big Grips are rated at 6650 pounds holding strength. Big Grips are two inches longer than Guy Grips. "Gu
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00052.html (9,925 bytes)

8. Re: Topband: WTB: Guy wire stuff (score: 1)
Author: donovanf@starpower.net
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 15:43:28 -0400 (EDT)
Hi Carl, BG-2144 is the correct part number Big Grips for 1/4 inch guy wire attached to a tower. They're two inches longer than the Guy Grips for wood poles. See the Preformed Line Products Tower and
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00053.html (13,171 bytes)

9. Re: Topband: WTB: Guy wire stuff (score: 1)
Author: Bill Wichers <billw@waveform.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 20:07:51 +0000
The guy-grips ("regular" / utility style) are supposed to be (according to catalog data) be of the same strength as the cable they are designed to grip. In that industry, the line tension is part of
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00054.html (10,199 bytes)

10. Re: Topband: WTB: Guy wire stuff (score: 1)
Author: donovanf@starpower.net
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 16:13:55 -0400 (EDT)
Hi Carl, Preformed Line Products says: ""Guy-Grip Dead-ends are intended for use on single wood poles associated with distribution construction." If you examine the Rohn tower hardware catalog, they
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00055.html (12,975 bytes)

11. Re: Topband: WTB: Guy wire stuff (score: 1)
Author: Cecil <chacuff@cableone.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 21:44:27 -0500
Have been for the last 7 years...no issues at all. The tower products are just an adaptation of products used in the power distribution business for years. I work for an electric utility, one of the
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00056.html (15,168 bytes)

12. Re: Topband: WTB: Guy wire stuff (score: 1)
Author: Cecil <chacuff@cableone.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 21:55:47 -0500
As a follow up...check the PLP product catalog...they make the "Big Grip" product for communications tower guy installations.... Like I said Rohn is just using an existing product made by others. Can
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00057.html (14,408 bytes)

13. Re: Topband: WTB: Guy wire stuff (score: 1)
Author: "Tom W8JI" <w8ji@w8ji.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 07:25:43 -0400
Preform comes from the name of a major grip manufacturer, not from "tower apes". http://www.preformed.com/ Dead end is the termination style of grip. http://www.preformed.com/index.php?option=com_pho
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00060.html (9,711 bytes)

14. Re: Topband: WTB: Guy wire stuff (score: 1)
Author: "Carl" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 10:46:37 -0400
Preform comes from the name of a major grip manufacturer, not from "tower apes". http://www.preformed.com/ ** Which has never been denied by anyone in this discussion. OTOH linemen and other strand i
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00062.html (11,711 bytes)

15. Re: Topband: WTB: Guy wire stuff (score: 1)
Author: Wayne Kline <w3ea@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 13:16:35 -0400
Just my .02 Some call them Tomatoes some call them Tomottos but even those fruits come in different size and texture . When I built my station @ this QTH 4 guyed towers with broken up guys 502 insula
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00063.html (13,765 bytes)

16. Re: Topband: WTB: Guy wire stuff (score: 1)
Author: "Tom W8JI" <w8ji@w8ji.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 14:22:41 -0400
I would expect the regular grip to not fail, as you tested, because it is rated at 100% of 1/4 inch EHS breaking strength. Normally companies will not rate it that way without a huge safety margin. T
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00064.html (14,684 bytes)

17. Re: Topband: WTB: Guy wire stuff (score: 1)
Author: Wayne Kline <w3ea@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 16:46:24 -0400
the installer/Ham did not use any thimbles in the torque arm eyelets or on the top triangular flat plate.... IT's unnerving when you adjust your lanyard over a set of torque arms and see only HALF o
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00065.html (9,156 bytes)

18. Re: Topband: WTB: Guy wire stuff (score: 1)
Author: "Carl" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 10:30:43 -0400
Thanks for that nice report Wayne. Those are the same Grips Im using here. I dont know about these days but when I was installing the 4 towers here I was informed that Rohn EHS was made in Korea as w
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00066.html (14,451 bytes)

19. Re: Topband: WTB: Guy wire stuff (score: 1)
Author: Wayne Kline <w3ea@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 18:00:56 -0400
Hi Carl Yes it seems that we stumbles across the same Crew :) . No not really but the same experience. The " Strand" what they called it ran from pole to pole or was used as down guy pole wires when
/archives//html/Topband/2014-09/msg00067.html (9,903 bytes)

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