TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. Assembly Step Squaring Footprint and Laying out Uprights 50’ NAVI-TRAC component list and Hardware Location Chart Introduction 50’ NAVI-TRAC Component Illustrations NAVI-TRAC Installation Safety Guidelines Construct End Module Top Frame Install Hip End Fabric Installing Uprights Under the Top Frame Tensioning and Guying Fabric Constructing Hips for Rectangular Tents Constructing Middle Bay Frame...
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SQUARING THE TENT FOOTPRINT LAYOUT LOCATING THE FOUR PRIMARY CORNERS DIRECTIONS FOR SQUARING THE TENT 1. USE A TAPE MEASURE TO MARK THE ENDS OF A LINE FOR ONE END (A TO B ABOVE) EQUAL TO THE EXACT WIDTH OF THE UNIT. 2.
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50’ NAVI-TRAC COMPONENT LIST HARDWARE LOCATION CHART...
50’ Navi-Trac Frame Terminology & T30 INTRODUCTION: The NAVI-TRAC frame configuration is based on the hip roofed square tent shown at right. Hip bars connect corners to the peak, and rafters connect eave bars to the peak. The square can be extended into a rectangle by adding 10’, 15’...
“X” fashion for each 100 ft of length. For proper loading and anchoring information, consult the appropriate NAVI-TRAC blueprint available from Anchor Industries Inc. Before installing fabric, verify that all hip, brace, and rafter pins are seated into weldment fittings and secured by lanyard pins.
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LAYOUT END MODULE COMPONENTS HOOK THE END RAFTER TOP FITTING ONTO THE PEAK/RIDGE WELDMENT. THEN SLIDE THE END RAFTER ONTO THE BOTTOM OF THE END FITTING AND BOLT. BRACE, RIDGE UPRIGHT BRACES HIP LOWER SPLICES FITTINGS HIP UPPER SPLICES AT TOP & BOTTOM NOTE: ONLY FIXED-BASE UPRIGHTS ARE TO BE USED IN END MODULES.
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ASSEMBLING HIP END TOP FRAME FOR MOST EASE, MAKE CONNECTIONS IN ORDER SHOWN. UPRIGHT BRACES HIP LOWER SPLICES HIP END FIT- PRE-ASSEMBLING THE HIP MEMBER INSTALL TOP & BOTTOM END FITTINGS INTO HIPS AND SECURE WITH LANYARD PINS. BOLT THE UPPER AND LOWER SPLICE SECTIONS TOGETHER.
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SUMMARY OF STEPS FOR COMPLETING THE SQUARE TENT 1. INSTALL OPPOSITE EAVES, RAFTERS, HIPS AND HIP BRACES TO COMPLETE SQUARE FRAME. 2. USE PULL ROPES TO PULL TOP FABRIC KEDAR FOR EACH END UP AND OVER THROUGH THE CHANNELS ON EACH SIDE OF THE RAFTERS THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH THE RIDGE BRACE.
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LIFTING TOP FRAME (FIRST SIDE) UPRIGHT BRACES LIFT TOP FRAME (SECOND SIDE) 1. LIFT 2ND SIDE OF FRAME TO INSTALL OPPOSITE SIDE CORNER AND INTERMEDIATE UPRIGHTS. 2. INSTALL UPRIGHT BRACES AT ALL INTERMEDIATE UPRIGHTS. FABRIC NOT SHOWN FABRIC LIES LOOSELY ON FRAME UNTIL UPRIGHTS ARE INSTALLED AND STAKED INSTALL UPRIGHTS.
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TENSIONING AND GUYING 1. USE WEB/RATCHETS TO SECURE CATENARY ARCHES TO UPRIGHTS, STAKE BASEPLATES BEFORE TENSIONING WEBS. 2. ATTACH GUY WEBS TO EAVE WELDMENTS AND STAKE OUT AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE (DISTANCE OUT = HEIGHT OF UPRIGHT, USUALLY 8 FT. USE 42” STAKES PROVIDED. 3.
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HIP END MODULES FOR RECTANGULAR UNITS THE RECTANGULAR UNIT IS SIMPLY (2) HIP ENDS FACING EACH OTHER AND SEPARATED BY PARALLEL-BEAMED MIDDLE BAYS. COMPLETING THE HIP END LIFT SECOND (OPPOSITE) SIDE OF THE HIP END AND PIN UPRIGHTS INTO POSI- TION.
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UNITS WITH (1) MIDDLE BAY (2) END MODULES FACING EACH OTHER. FABRIC NOT SHOWN ADJUST TO DESIRED SPACING AND FIT END CONNECTORS OVER GUIDE PEGS ON BASEPLATES. NOTE: FOR FREQUENT INSTALLATIONS, THE PURCHASE OF A 2ND GUIDE BAR COULD BE HELPFUL. THE EXTENDED RECTANGULAR UNIT ALWAYS INCLUDES (2) HIP END MODULES FACING EACH OTHER WITH THE DESIRED NUMBER OF 10’, 15’...
PURLIN SUPPORTS IN 20’ MID BAYS INSTALLING MID PANEL NOTE: HIP END FABRIC PANELS NOT SHOWN SO THAT THE FRAME WILL BE MORE VISIBLE. IN 20’ MID BAYS, INSTALL A SUPPORT PURLIN BETWEEN THE EAVE AND THE PURLIN AT THE MID-RAFTER LOCATION.
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UNITS WITH (2) OR MORE MID BAYS MIDDLE BEAMS THAT ARE NOT A PART OF AN END MODULE USE THE HINGED BASEPLATE (FOR PIVOTING TO VERTICAL). FIXED PLATES ARE STAMPED “END” AND SHOULD BE USED ONLY ON END MODULES. X-CABLED BAYS X-CABLING FROM EAVE TO BASE- PLATE (AS SHOWN) ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STRUCTURE...
50’ NAVI-TRAC COMPLETE WITH (2) 20’ MID BAYS 1. SIDEWALLS MUST BE ADDED TO COMPLETE THE UNIT (SEE BLUEPRINT INFORMATION). 2. INSTALL, STAKE, AND TENSION ALL GUY WEBS, AS SHOWN. TENSION FABRIC SO THAT ALL CATENARY ARCHES ARE EQUIDISTANT BELOW THE EAVE BARS. 3.
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