[Lowfer] Hello, test...
Facility 406
facility_406 at bruteforcedevelopment.com
Thu Sep 14 13:05:28 EDT 2023
> Plan is to add 3 each galvi steel posts for the guy posts....
I use "thimble eyes", rated for long-term use (decades) and 32,000#
pull. Mine are 6' long, and 3/4" thick, and about 4' down at an angle,
the hole filled with large rock, and a slurry of rock/dirt/gravel (yard
scrapings) poured in to help bind the material in the hole as I filled it.
You'll see them holding utility poles up. Here is an example:
https://www.powertelcom.com/pole-line-hardware/guy-anchor/
I use a single eye, and a spreader for multiple guys on a ~30' mast.
Electrical supply houses should have them, or get them. I bought mine
in 2013, they didn't cost much, maybe $20 each at the time from WedCo.
For a plate on the bottom, where the nut is, I used a ~3/8" thick
galvanized 8x8 or 10x10 plate I picked up from a fence shop, and drilled
a hole through it.
Factory plates for the bottom are conical, and folded up, designed to be
spread out by a thimble eye installing machine. Here's an example of an
anchor. I suppose I could have used these without expanding them, due
to all the rock I put in the hole:
https://teamgalloway.com/anchors
You'll also see the screw type anchors on the above page, if you dig a
hole, then fill with rock/gravel/dirt/water, they could work as well.
You need to ensure the soil is solid if they are just placed into a
hole, rather than screwed in.
Kurt
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