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METHODS OF OOMMUNICATION FOR FOREST PROTECTION 



condition less than 8 ft., with enough additional length to allow one end to be passed 

 through the eye of a standard half-inch, galvanized-iron guy rod, the other to be 

 wrapped twice around the pole, and both, secured. 



When a guy has been prepared, one end should be wrapped around the pole twice 

 and stapled, the loose end beinig secured by wrapping not less than six times around 

 the wire, using a pair of connectors or pliers. An anchor log should then be placed 

 in the ground with a guy rod passing through it, the eye of the rod projecting above 

 the ground. One of a pair of pulley blocks should then be hooked into the eye and 

 the other fastened to a Buffalo grip or a medium-sized Haven clamp attached to the 

 guy wire. The latter should then be pulled to the required' tension and the end looped 

 through the eye and secured by not less than six wraps (Fig. 15), after which the 

 pulley blocks and Buffalo grip can be removed. 



The size of the anchor log will usually be determined by the depth below ground. 

 If the depth of the excavation be 4 ft. the anchor log should be 4 ft. long by 5 in. in 

 diameter; if the excavation be 3-| ft. deep the anchor log should be 5 or 7 ft. long by 

 8 or 6 in. in diameter. 



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Fig. 15 Method of guying 



If guy rods are not available, the guy wire should be wrapped around the anchor 

 log. This is temporary construction, as the guy wire will rust and break. 



When a guy is used on a public highway or street in a city or town, a guard should 

 be used to make it readily visible. For this purpose it may be boxed up to a height 

 of 6 ft. above the ground, or a sapling about 3 in. in diameter may be wired to it. 

 This protection is also desirable where guy wires are necessary on open meadows, etc., 

 frequented by men or stock. 



(b) Tree guys. If there is a live tree of large diameter nearby, the guy wire may 

 be fastened to it instead of to a buried log. Hardwood slats should be used between 

 the guy wire and the tree to prevent injury to the latter, as in Fig 33. 



