In a message dated 7/23/2010 3:58:33 PM Greenwich Standard Time,
markrob@mindspring.com writes:
It looks like the phillystran big grips
only have one set of marks because they are designed to be used with
thimbles only.
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It botherd me too until there was a battle between a front end loader and
my tower. While doing some yard work for me the bucket of the machine
caught the lowest guy wire running to the 40 ft level of my 200 footer Rohn
55.
Before I could warn the operator about what was happening the guy wire
actually broke causing the tower to shake violently and ran away fearing a
catastrophe. When I came back the tower was still standing. When I checked
the guy grip at the anchor it was still holding firm, although a couple of
the EHS strands had "arched" in the grip. The guy grips at the 502s never
budged. It seems as though lacking the one extra inch did not make a
difference. YMMV.
Bill KH7XS
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