Depends on the base...
1. Pier pin base - tower falls over immediately
2. Base embedded in concrete - tower leans toward the
remaining guys, probably stabilizes not too far from
vertical.
Mike N2MG
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I looked in the archives, but did not see.....
>
> Given that a properly EHS guyed 70' Rohn 25g tower
> has it's guys adjusted to 400lbs tension, what is
> the effect on the tower when one leg set of guys
> is suddenly removed?
>
> I've wondered and thought and worried about it --
> not that it might happen, but ya never know.
>
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