What is the best material for guying a tower!

[TREEDOG101]

Cable or Dacron rope or cord (spelling)? How Too's?

Thanks in advance!
TREEDOG

[231]

Steel cables are the toughest...and also the hardest, heaviest, and most expensive to install. That being said, I'd also say that the tower height, load, brand/type, etc. would dictate which would work the best for that particular tower set up. If you have a laser500 up 120' to the boom on a Rohn 25 I'd say triple steel guys at least. A Moonraker at 40' on the same Rohn 25 probably could get away with heavy dacron rope...provided it's replaced periodically.

Not sure that helps any, but hopefully it will.

[Doughboy]

I used plastic coated cable worked very well....holds up to the weather too.



Doughboy in the Carolina's I'm gone now....

[TREEDOG101]

Thanks for the input. Here is what I got......Shooting Star. 35' of tower. 13' of mast out the top of the tower and the tower is tied off the house at about 11'.
I would like to go up another 20' of tower.
What do ya think?

[80 meter man]

I use the Dacron with my 27 foot mast but with your set up I would go with the steal rope. You could get some high wind loads with the tower your going to put up. This is the best photo I have of the guy ropes on my mast. As you can see there's not much wind load with just a mast but with a tower that's a different story.



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