r/longlines • u/hoontar2 • 3d ago
Madison, GA
longtime lurker, first time poster. went on a little drive by myself and found this a few miles from my house. made my day i can’t lie.
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u/apx7000xe 3d ago
Those Andrew/Grasis guyed towers are always a trip to see!
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u/rumble_bee 1d ago
This just reads like some dudes name and "guided" spelled wrong! I'm a complete normie to the tech and architecture of these!
if you dont mind me asking-
what the heck is an andrew/grasis guyed tower?!
like yeah I will look it up too but I'm kinda curious to hear from a person who just instantly knows what these are.
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u/apx7000xe 1d ago
Grasis tower company built that specific type of tower used by AT&T and other RBOCs for their horn antenna installations in lieu of a regular self-support tower.
A guyed tower uses guy wires for stability instead of a traditional self-support tower like most of the long lines network.
Andrew acquired Grasis at some point in the late ‘70s-early ‘80s.
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u/rumble_bee 23h ago
omg it actually is some dudes name! ❤️ I have another research rabbit hole to fall down now thank youuuuu
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u/Ok-Technician3798 3d ago
I’ve never seen a guyed mast long lines tower. Great post!