Want to learn more? Check out our Helical Anchor page. A guy wire is a tensioned cable designed to add stability to a free-standing structure. Can be proof-tested and loaded immediately.No time wasted on waiting for concrete to cure.Using helical anchors in guy wire installation has proved to be the most logical and economical means to resist the maximum tensile load of both the dead load of the tension on the wire and the maximum possible live load due to wind.Īdvantages of utilizing CHANCE® Helical Anchors for guy anchoring: tensile load, and have been proved in the field under the severest conditions. CHANCE® Helical Anchors are made with the proprietary CHANCE® High Strength Steel, have capacities up to 200,000 lbs.

Unlike concrete deadmen, CHANCE® Helical Anchor installation is not affected by weather or a high water table, doesn’t require excavation or concrete curing time, and doesn’t produce spoils. tensile loadĬompared to traditional ways of constructing guy anchorage, CHANCE® Helical Anchors offer a guy anchor design with attractive benefits in the conservation of labor, materials, equipment, and time. Today, CHANCE® Helical Anchors are finding increased popularity in civil construction applications for guy wire anchor installations in communication towers, radio towers, and various other structures. Helical Pier & Underpinning Foundation RepairĬHANCE® Helical Anchors have been utilized over the past five decades as the primary guy wire anchor solution in the electric transmission industry.The Permanent Foundation Shoring Process.Yellow Jacket® Friction Reduction Pile Sleeve.

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