On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:33:36 -0800, D. Stussy wrote:

"Ken Slimmer" wrote in message
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On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:39:07 -0500, John Passaneau wrote:
Ken Slimmer wrote:
On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:53:38 -0800, D. Stussy wrote:
Stupid idea. Trees grow and thus move over time. They're not
stable long enough for construction purposes.

Mark a spot 4-5 feet up on a tree, 20 years later it will still be
4-5 feet from the ground.

73's
Ken Slimmer, WA0SBU

Bad idea, trees move in the wind even big ones close to the ground.
That
puts a lot of extra strain on the tower. If the tree blows over so
does your tower and trees blow over more often than towers. Also it's
bad
for
the tree and can kill it then it's an even worse guy anchor. I've
seen it done and by people who should have known better and it came
to a bad end. My ham club salvaged some nice hard line off the
wreckage though.

I wasn't advocating the use of trees as Guy supports for a tower.

No, but the OP of the thread did - a 50' tower.

I called the tree police, they said unless you could prove he was abusing
his tree's there was little they could do about it. :-)

Have a great day
--
73's
Ken Slimmer, WA0SBU