Jerry,
My wood bases are comprised of 2- 6" x 6" x 4' long treated pieces of wood
covered with asphalt roofing compound. The pieces are laid horizontally
together, a Rohn base plate is attached to the wood with long lag screws and
on 2 diagonal corners of the pieces I have drilled holes and drove 1" steel
pipes into the ground. That's about all I remember about them because my
dad and I did this in about 1975. Obviously you can only put one section up
before you have to guy it temporarily to add more sections. With the 4' of
surface area, I have not noticed any sinking although I'm sure there must
have been some over the last 27 years. They probably won't last forever,
but.
As I've said here before, I have no concrete on any of my guy anchors. For
the Rohn 25 towers just screw in anchors and truck driven 10" anchors on my
Rohn 45 (170') and 55 (150') towers.
Mike W9RE
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Jerry Keller
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 4:32 PM
> To: mjwetzel@comcast.net; towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [Towertalk] Guy Anchor Question
>
>
> Mike... your mention of wooden bases interests me greatly... could you
> describe them more fully? Jerry K3BZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Mike Wetzel
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 12:39 AM
> To: Jon Ogden; towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [Towertalk] Guy Anchor Question
>
>
> Jon,
>
> I have a couple Rohn 25 towers, one of 110' and one of 160' and both are
> guyed with hand installed screw anchors. The taller tower has 2
> sets. The
> anchors I used have a screw of about 4" in diameter. Both towers
> have only
> wood bases also, no concrete. YMMV
>
> Mike W9RE
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: towertalk-admin@contesting.com
> > [mailto:towertalk-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Jon Ogden
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 11:23 PM
> > To: towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: [Towertalk] Guy Anchor Question
> >
> >
> > Howdy all,
> >
> > I am shortly going to be putting up my first real tower - 5
> > sections of Rohn
> > 25.
> >
> > I plan on guying the tower with two sets of guys per Rohn specs. My
> > question is about anchoring them. I have purchased Rohn GA5604 screw
> > anchors. The specs on these say that they have 2500 pounds worth
> > of holding
> > power. I was actually surprised when I received them at how
> > small the screw
> > portion was.
> >
> > My question is this: Are these sufficient for my tower
> > installation or do I
> > need to think about digging a hole and putting these anchors in
> > concrete? I
> > was originally planning on doing this but now I am wondering if I
> > need to go
> > through all that extra work.
> >
> > Thanks es 73,
> >
> > Jon
> > NA9D
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> > Jon Ogden
> > NA9D (ex: KE9NA)
> >
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