Can anyone tell me why Rohn would advise (in their catalog) using 3/8
shackles with their torque bar guy package. I guess my pea-brain just
doesn't understand how some of this stuff is rated. Let's say you're using
1/4" EHS guy cable. This is rated at 6700#. Now if you use the 3/8 shackles
at the torque bars isn't this a "weak" link. Near as I have been able to
find out, these shackles are "rated" at 2000#! I've tried 1/2" shackles, but
the pins are too big to go thru the hole in the torque bar. The reason I
don't just slip the thimble thru the torque bar is that I'm using P-stran
which requires oversize thimbles. I really, really, really doubt that the
3/8" thimbles would ever break, but I just don't understand the rating
differentials of 6700# vs. 2000#. It just bugs me, man.
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