"Guyed" towers for wind..... [RE-wrenches]

[Tom Simko]

John,
  Even when using my 17 ton 100' plus reach boom truck to tilt up a guyed
tower, I use four guywires. I like to rig the "back" cable short, let the
side to side take of itself as those guys are rigged correctly to eliminate
any movement, and then all I have is a straight pull on the front guy up to
near plumb then slack off a bit on the back guy till perfect. Very stress
free!

Tom Simko
Skyline Solar (also Simko Crane Service)


 3/17/04 1:55 PM, John Veix at john at gosolar.co.nz wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Just a general query - what is the general preference for guyed wind towers -
> specifically the preference to 3 guys or 4 guys. I'm not referring to layers
> of guys (as in height) but to the number of wires out from a single junction
> point on the pole.
> 
> There seems to be more 4 guys but is there a good reason for this, or just
> accepted practice that we all do but no-one really thought about it.  Why not
> use three instead of 4.
> 
> thanks much,                John V
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