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Installation Instructions Navi-Trac Lite Frame Tent ® 30’ Wide System Non-Certifi ed Installation Please read all assembly / installation instructions before the installation or removal of this product. 3.4” (REF.) 2.3” 7701 Highway 41 N (REF.) Evansville, IN 47725 Navi-Trac Lite...
30’ NAVI-TRAC LT HIP END FRAME ’ (MAX) 75’ X-Cabled bay (upright & rafter x-cables) must be added such that there are no more than 6 30’ open bays between x-cabled bays or hip ends. Shown here ’ for clarity only. INTRODUCTION SQUARE TENT FRAME...
30’ NAVI-TRAC LT COMPONENT ILLUSTRATIONS (SEE PART LISTS ON PG #5 AND APPENDICES 1 AND 2) RIDGE WELDMENT (RW) (NOTE: FOR GABLED ENDS, THE BRACKET HARDWARE CAN BE EAVE WELDMENT CORNER WELDMENT REMOVED FROM ONE SIDE, IF GABLED END GABLED END (EW) (CW) DESIRED.)
30’ NAVI-TRAC LT FRAME TERMINOLOGY E-15 RG-15 R-30 P-15 H-30 RH-30 XR-15 REQUIRED ONLY ON UNITS WITH MORE THAN 6 BAYS X8-15 BETWEEN HIP ENDS OR CABLED BAYS - SHOWN ONLY FOR CLARITY. OTHER COMPONENT NOTES: STAKES AND GUYS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS TABLE. (1) 1” X 30” STAKE MUST BE USED FOR EACH BASE PLATE.
NAVI-TRAC LT INSTALLATION SAFETY GUIDELINES Your own installation techniques will evolve to fit the varied needs of your clients, the experience level of your installation crews, the nature of other tentage that may be common to the installation site being planned, and the equipment that you may have previously available or with which you feel most comfortable.
WEB GUY - STAKING GUIDELINES REQUIRED DISTANCE OUT BETWEEN FRAME UPRIGHTS AND STAKE LINE IS EQUAL TO THE UPRIGHT HEIGHT. (FOR EXAMPLE, 8’ UPRIGHT = 8’ STAKE-OUT DISTANCE.) (1) 30” Stake through base plate. Drive into ground as far as possible. 42”...
ASSEMBLING THE CROSS BEAM EAVE Begin the hip end installation by assembling the cross-beam sec- tion of the hip end framing with the eave bars connected, (see fig.4) REMAINING END END RAFTER EAVES & HIPS The following illustrations show details of each step to complete W/ HO0K this assembly phase.
COMPLETING THE HIP END UPPER FRAME In the following steps the upper frame of the hip end will be completed (see fig.13 to the right). Following this sequence will result in a smooth assembly. As this upper frame is completed, you should begin to position the hip end close to its intended position.
INSTALLING UPRIGHTS UNDER HIP END FRAME THE UPPER HIP FRAME. Using the method shown, you should be able to install the NAVI- TRAC LT using only one NAVI-TRAC JACK. You will lift one side of the Hip End and insert and pin the Uprights onto the under fitting of each weldment.
P-15 (HOOK END) P-15 (HOOK END) RG-15 LIFTING CRADLE Repeat this process with the Ridge w/Hooks Attach the curved, hook ends of two drop- Using the long Eave Bar Cradle, lift and attach (RG-15) as shown above. Again, use the long in Purlins (P-15) to the purlin bracket of the the straight angled ends of the drop-in purlins Eave Bar Cradle to attach the opposite end.
INSTALLING THE HIP END PANEL FABRIC GUIDE BRACKET To install the hip end fabric panel, first install the Fabric guide FACING THE END bracket on one side of the hip end cross beam, with the OF THE TENT wheeled guide facing toward the end of the unit (fig. 37). From side to side, throw the snap end of one pull rope up and over the hip end top framing so that the snap hangs near the Fabric Guide Bracket.
KEDAR CAPTURED IN CLOSE UP OF WHEELED GUIDES GUIDE BRACKETS PULLING KEDARS THROUGH CHANNELS INSTALLING THE MID PANELS To install the mid panel, first attach Fabric Guide Brackets to both beams of the middle bay with the guide wheel assemblies of the two brackets facing toward each other (fig.
FABRIC TENSIONING Adjacent top fabric panels are tensioned together VELCRO MID #2 OR at each upright (leg) of the tent. MID #2 As shown at the right, the tension straps of each OR HIP PULL catenary tensioning arch interlink through the pull RING ring of the adjacent fabric panel (fig.
APPENDIX #1 (GABLED-HIP) AND (GABLED-GABLED) END UNITS GABLED-HIP END UNITS GABLED-HIP END FRAME In the Hip-Gable construction, the hip end should be built first to provide stability to the structure. Then, using the same tech- niques as shown earlier, continue standing middle beams as desired.
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Gabled End Frames R-30 If you plan to use the gabled end frame on either end of the unit, it will be easier to install the Gabled End Uprights (GU) and the Gabled End Rafter Fittings (GFL and GFR) while that end beam is still on the ground.
Installation of Gabled End Fabric Panels To install the gabled end fabric, first insert one of the wheeled panel guides and bracket on the end beam with the wheels facing out. Insert the fabric kedar of one half the end into the upper channel and use the push pole to slide the half panel to the peak (fig. 53). Repeat this from the other side of the structure.
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Caution: While standing beams, be sure to “foot” the baseplate so that the beam does not slide out from under the workers pushing it up. After the first bay has been X-cabled, the installation safety guys can be removed. Gabled Ends are installed in the same way as the Hip- Gabled units described above.
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ASSEMBLY OF 30’ NAVI-TRAC CLEARSPAN (CS) UNITS NAVI-TRAC LT Clearspan (CS) units are installed with the same procedure as the Gabled-Gabled End style previously described, except the bay spacing is a maximum of 10 ft. The 30 ft clearspan is not available in the hip-end configu- ration.
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