Hi guys -
Who guys a crank-up? Unless specifically called for by the manufacturer
(generally with puny aluminum towers), you should NEVER add guys to a
crank-up tower. Guying will add tremendous downward forces to the structure
which were never intended by the manufacturer, and can cause your cables and
pulleys to collapse!
73 de Jeff K2KV
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
> [mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Tom Osborne
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 1998 12:56 AM
> To: K7LXC@aol.com
> Cc: kg5u@hal-pc.org; towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Beam Stuck*&%^*#@*
>
>
>
> K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>
> >Then the tower is gently lowered until the weight is on the
> blocking >materials. Then you have the weight on the tower
> sections and not the >cables (mostly) plus in case of a cable failure,
>
> Hi Steve.
> If the tower is lowered, doesn't that loosen the guylines?? Don't say
> you climb an unguyed crank-up. When I lower mine just a little, the
> guys get awfully slack. 73
> Tom W7WHY
>
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