Tensioning and guying – Anchor NAVI-TRAC 50 WIDE HIP-END User Manual
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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. CONSULT STAKING LAYOUTS IN THIS MANUAL FOR
HARD, VERY STIFF OR STIFF SOIL.
3. AT DOUBLE-GUYED CORNERS, GUYS FORM A 90 DEGREE ANGLE.
DOTTED LINE REPRESENTS THE
RAFTER THAT IS IN LINE WITH THE
PEAK/RIDGE WELDMENT AND INTO
WHICH FABRIC IS FED THROUGH
CHANNELS.
TOP
CATENARY
TAILS
TENSIONING
WEB (RIGHT)
W/ RING
TENSIONING WEB
(LEFT) W/ RING
TENSIONING
RINGS
OVERLAPPED
WEB/RATCHET
UPRIGHT
TENSIONING METHOD:
1. PASS RING OF LEFT TENSIONING WEB
THROUGH OPPOSITE CATENARY RING.
2. PASS RING OF RIGHT TENSIONING WEB
THROUGH ITS OWN CATENARY RING (PASSING
OVER THE LEFT WEB).
3. CONTINUE RING OF RIGHT TENSIONING WEB
THROUGH OPPOSITE CATENARY RING.
4. OVERLAP BOTH TENSION RINGS. ATTACH
WEB/RATCHET AND TENSION DOWNWARD
AGAINST TENSION HOLE IN UPRIGHT. (CATENARY
RINGS SHOULD MOVE CLOSER TOGETHER AS
RATCHET IS TIGHTENED.)
TOP
TOP
CATENARY
TAILS
CATENARY
TAILS
TRIANGLE
RING
TENSION RINGS
(OVERLAPPED)
WEB/
RATCHET
UPRIGHT
CORNER TENSIONING METHOD:
1. PASS BOTH TENSION RINGS
THROUGH THE TRIANGLE RING.
2. OVERLAP THEM AND ATTACH
WEB/RATCHET TO TENSION
DOWNWARD.
TENSIONING METH-
OD: ATTACH WEB/
RATCHET TO TRIAN-
GLE RING AND TEN-
SION DOWNWARD.
FABRIC STRAPS ON UNDERSIDE
OF BOTH HIP END PANELS MUST
BE SECURED AROUND RAFTERS
AND HIP BARS, AS PROVIDED.
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