Figure 2-9.—Terminal down guy.Figure 2-11.—Line guy, or storm guy.Figure 2-10.—Corner guy.b. TERMINAL DOWN GUY. As shown infigure 2-9, this type of guy is usually placed at the endof a pole line to counterbalance the pull of the lineconductors. The terminal down guy can, at times, becalled a corner guy.c. CORNER GUY. The corner guy (fig. 2-10)is used where there is a directional change in the line.d. LINE GUY. A line guy is installed in astraight pole line where an unusual stress or strain comesfrom farther down the pole line or where there is achance the conductors may break and cause excessivedamage. Many times, line guys are installed in pairs, asshown in figure 2-11. A line guy is often called a stormguy.Figure 2-12.—Head guy.2. HEAD GUY. A head guy runs from one pole tothe next pole down the line. It is used to transfer the loadsupported by one line pole to another, as shown in figure2-12.3. PUSH BRACE. A push brace (fig. 2- 13) is usedwhere a pole cannot be guyed and is too small to beself-sustaining. It is used in marshy or sandy soils whereanchors cannot be firmly embedded. The upper end ofthe brace is bolted to the pole.2-8
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