Dave Heil wrote:

inch long eye bolt, add a nut and stick it in the concrete. A pencil
through the eye will hold it in position until the concrete cures.

Arrrrgh! That'a a little extreme, donchya think Dave?


hehe.

- 73 de Mike N3LI -

Michael Coslo wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:

inch long eye bolt, add a nut and stick it in the concrete. A pencil
through the eye will hold it in position until the concrete cures.

Arrrrgh! That'a a little extreme, donchya think Dave?


hehe.

I don't care to imagine concrete blocks dangling in space or screen door
closers affixed to trees, Mike.

Dave K8MN

Dave Heil wrote:

...
I don't care to imagine concrete blocks dangling in space or screen door
closers affixed to trees, Mike.

Dave K8MN

Neither do I.

I'd imagine a pulley in the tree which a rope attached to the antenna to
be tensioned was attached. This rope would then run to a weight on the
ground to where the HD door closers were attached.

I mean, I'd imagine that as opposed to beginning to pour concrete to
which an eyebolt with a insufficient deadman held into the concrete!

JS

John Smith wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:

...
I don't care to imagine concrete blocks dangling in space or screen
door closers affixed to trees, Mike.

Dave K8MN

Neither do I.

I'd imagine a pulley in the tree which a rope attached to the antenna to
be tensioned was attached. This rope would then run to a weight on the
ground to where the HD door closers were attached.

I mean, I'd imagine that as opposed to beginning to pour concrete to
which an eyebolt with a insufficient deadman held into the concrete!

Try to keep your anonymous sniping to yourself, CB "John". There's *no*
dead man in the concrete. It is simply a bolt, a large fender washer
and a nut. It is supporting only a wire antenna. It isn't guying a
tower. A 3/8", three or four inch long bolt in concrete is more than
sufficient for the job. Read my earlier post where I suggest a window
sash weight. These are cast iron with a loop at the top end. Both have
been used without failure for decades. No Rube Goldberg devices were
necessary.

Dave K8MN

Dave Heil wrote:
... It is simply a bolt, a large fender washer
and a nut. It is supporting only a wire antenna. It isn't guying a
tower. A 3/8", three or four inch long bolt in concrete is more than
sufficient for the job. Read my earlier post where I suggest a window
sash weight. These are cast iron with a loop at the top end. Both have
been used without failure for decades. No Rube Goldberg devices were
necessary.

Dave K8MN

The fender washer, now mentioned, would go a long way towards creating a
better deadman ...

JS

John Smith wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:
... It is simply a bolt, a large fender washer and a nut. It is
supporting only a wire antenna. It isn't guying a tower. A 3/8",
three or four inch long bolt in concrete is more than sufficient for
the job. Read my earlier post where I suggest a window sash weight.
These are cast iron with a loop at the top end. Both have been used
without failure for decades. No Rube Goldberg devices were necessary.

Dave K8MN

The fender washer, now mentioned, would go a long way towards creating a
better deadman ...

Check it out, "John". The fender washer was in my original post. If
you'd bothered to read it, you wouldn't be in an "Oops, never mind"
situation.

Dave K8MN

Dave Heil wrote:

...
Dave K8MN

OK. Sorry. I see the fender mentioned washer mentioned in one of your
previous posts. That is bound to happen, I only scan 1 out of 4-10 of
your posts--and have my news reader set to mark your new posts as
already having been read, easy to miss 'em. LOL

JS

John Smith wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:

...
Dave K8MN

OK. Sorry. I see the fender mentioned washer mentioned in one of your
previous posts. That is bound to happen, I only scan 1 out of 4-10 of
your posts--and have my news reader set to mark your new posts as
already having been read, easy to miss 'em. LOL

So you issued your statement based upon a post you didn't read?

Dave K8MN

Dave Heil wrote:

...
So you issued your statement based upon a post you didn't read?

Dave K8MN

Wow, what a rash statement!

There are millions, perhaps billions of books in the world. I have not
seen a man yet speak who has read them all--it is just impossible--as
are your posts ... :-D

JS

Dave Heil wrote in
:

Michael Coslo wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:

inch long eye bolt, add a nut and stick it in the concrete. A
pencil through the eye will hold it in position until the concrete
cures.

Arrrrgh! That'a a little extreme, donchya think Dave?


hehe.

I don't care to imagine concrete blocks dangling in space or screen
door closers affixed to trees, Mike.


Just a joke Dave. Read the "A pencil through the eye will hold it
in position until the concrete cures" out of it's proper context.

Hey, I didn't say it was all that good of a joke.... ;^)


- 73 de Mike N3LI -