I have 70 feet of 45G at my current QTH. It has been guyed to the same two oak
trees for over 40 years. There is either 3/8 or 1/2 inch wire rope around the
trees through old garden hose with wire and rope clamps holding those loops
together. Turnbuckles attach to the loops which are a few feet out from the
trunks. The other guy anchor is more traditional. I have more worry about the
more traditional one that is over 40 years old than the trees which are
probably older than I am.
Stan, K5GO
> On Dec 25, 2015, at 8:19 PM, Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri,12/25/2015 3:05 PM, Tom W1ALZ Nicholson wrote:
>> Has anyone used trees as guy anchors for a 50' Rohn 25 tower?
>
> My 120 ft Rohn 25 is surrounded by redwoods that 125-175 ft tall. The tower
> is guyed at 30 ft, 60 ft, 90 ft, and 120 ft with carefully tension 3/16" EHS
> (except that the top guys are Phillystran for the first 30 ft or so from the
> tower). Each wire is attached to a 6-in x 1/2-in lag into a different tree
> within 3-4 ft (that is, 9 different trees). The lags enter the trees at an
> upward angle of about 30 degrees.
>
> I would not do that with lesser trees. :)
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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