Layout end module components construct first beam – Anchor NAVI-TRAC 50 WIDE HIP-END User Manual
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LAYOUT END MODULE COMPONENTS
CONSTRUCT FIRST BEAM
NOTE: ON END MODULES, EAVE FITTINGS FOR BOTH
EAVES AND RAFTERS ARE RIGID SLIP JOINTS.
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.
HEAVY DUTY NAVI-
TRAC FRAME LIFTS
NOTE: ONLY FIXED-BASE UPRIGHTS ARE TO BE USED IN END MODULES.
HINGED BASE UPRIGHTS ARE FOR MIDDLE BEAMS ONLY AND COULD CAUSE
COLLAPSE DURING INSTALLATION IF USED IN AN END MODULE.
UPRIGHT BRACES
END
FITTINGS
AT TOP &
BOTTOM
CROSS-CABLE
BRACE,
RIDGE
HIP LOWER
SPLICES
HIP UPPER
SPLICES
OPTION: IF YOU ARE ASSEMBLING A SQUARE UNIT, THE TRAILING END
INTERMEDIATE RAFTER CAN BE ATTACHED TO THE PEAK NOW TO AVOID
LATER CONNECTING IT FROM A LADDER.
INSTALL RIDGE
BRACE WHILE BEAM
IS FLAT ON THE
GROUND
INSTALL CROSS-CABLE
AND ADJUST TURNBUCK-
LE UNTIL SPAN = 50’ OUT-
SIDE-TO-OUTSIDE (APPROX.
HALF OPEN).
AS BEAM IS PIVOTED TO
VERTICAL, THE EAVE BARS
ACT AS COUNTER-WEIGHTS
TO MAKE THE LIFTING
EASIER.
1
3
4
2
6
5
7
FIXED-BASE
UPRIGHTS
10
9
8
15
14
13
12
11
RAFTERS,
INTERMEDIATE
JOIN UPPER AND
LOWER RAFTER
SECTIONS & BOLT
8
FOR EASE OF ASSEMBLY,
MAKE CONNECTIONS IN
ORDER AS NUMBERED.