Anchor NAVI-TRAC 40 WIDE HIP User Manual

Assembly Instructions

Navi-Trac® Frame Tent

40’ Wide System

Please read all assembly / installation instructions before the installation or removal of this product.

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EC4714

EVANSVILLE, INDIANA

5.0”

2.3”

1100 Burch Dr., Evansville, IN 47725

Ph. 812-867-2421 • Fax. [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail] • www.anchorinc.com

NAV40H 1113

Table of Contents

Page No. Assembly Step

3 Introduction
Inspect Site
Frame Terminology

4 Component Illustrations

5 40’ Navi-Trac Component List Table
Hardware Location Chart

6 Safety Guidelines

7 Squaring the Tent - Footprint Layout

8 Layout End Module Components
Construct First Beam

9 Assembling & Completing Hip End Top Frame

10 Summary of Steps for Square Tent
Installing Fabric on Hip End Frames

11 Lifting Top Frame

12 Web Guy - Staking Guidelines

13 Tensioning and Guying

14 Hip End Modules for Rectangular Units

15 Units with (1) Middle Bay
Installing Mid Bay Purlins and Eave/Ridge Bars

16 Purlin Supports in 20’ Mid Bays
Installing Mid Panel

17 Safe Attachment of Pull Ropes, Units with (2) or more Mid Bays

18 X-Cabled Bays, 40’ Navi-Trac Complete Illustration

19 Wall Installation

20 Ground Bar Keeper

21 Limits of Liability

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INTRODUCTION:

The NAVI-TRAC frame configuration is based on the hip roofed square tent shown below.
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’ or 20’ bays made up of rafters and the appropriate ridge/eave bars (see
below). In the square tent, female eave bars and rafters are connected to eave weldments by rigid slip joints.
Hip bars and eave/ridge bars and rafters in the middle bays use easy to install drop-in fittings.
The NAVI-TRAC frame is made up of extruded aluminum members joined by weldments such as corner
weldments, ridge weldments, eave weldments, etc. The aluminum frame members themselves are extruded
with channels into which the NAVI-TRAC fabric “kedar” is fed.

The first bay added to the square tent shape is a “starter” bay. This starter bay allows a slip fit connection to
the square tent eaves on one end of the weldment and a
drop-in connection for the new starter bay eaves on the
other end of the weldment.

Subsequent bays added to the unit are “extension”
bays. Extension bays allow drop-in connections on both
ends of the eave weldments.

The chart on page 5 lists components needed for the
40’ x 40’ square tent, the first (starter) extension, and for
each additional extension to be added to the unit. Note:
starter mids or bays and extension mids are available in
options of 10’, 15’ or 20’ increments of length, as shown.

SQUARE TENT
TOP FRAME

INSPECT SITE CAUTION:

Consult your local utility locator service or the National Utility Locating Contractors Association (NULCA) prior to installation.
Prior to actual tent assembly, be sure to look up, down, above & below for obstacles, pipes, wires, trouble, etc.

40’ Navi-Trac Frame Terminology

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40’ NAVI-TRAC COMPONENT ILLUSTRATIONS

INSTALLATION TOOLS

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40’ NAVI-TRAC COMPONENT LIST

OTHER COMPONENT NOTES:

1. FOR X-CABLES FOR UNITS 100’ OR LONGER, SEE PAGE 17 FOR LABELING, QUANTITIES, AND INSTALLATION.

2. STAKES AND GUYS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS TABLE. SEE STAKING GUIDELINES ON PAGE 12.

HARDWARE LOCATION CHART

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40’ NAVI-TRAC Installation Safety Guidelines

Your installation techniques will evolve to fit the needs of your clients, the experience level of your crews, the nature of other tent­age on-site, and the equipment that you have most readily available. We encourage you to begin with a crew of (4) workers and
only reduce this number as your experience level allows you to do so safely. Whatever techniques you adapt for your crews, we
encourage you to keep safety utmost in mind.

Please read through this assembly manual completely before beginning your installation. Be sure the proper equipment, crew and
safety precautions are in place. We hope that you enjoy the design features of the NAVI-TRAC each time the unit is installed.

1. It is recommended that workers wear safety shoes and hard-hats on site.

2. When moving beam sections by hand, use proper lifting techniques to protect the back, and avoid pinching fingers while
making hardware connections.

3. Never permit bystanders or uninvolved to stand or walk even briefly in the falling path of a beam as it is being raised or
lowered.

4. Be aware to avoid contact of beams with any overhead power lines near the site.

5. When anchoring the structure, avoid all underground power lines and gas lines or other utility easements. Local authori
ties should be able to map the location of these obstacles.

6. Keep site clear of debris to avoid tripping, especially while carrying components or bundles of fabric.

7. Do not drag bundles of fabric on concrete, asphalt, or ground as this can cause damage to the fabric from abrasion
through the bag.

8. When lifting the NAVI-TRAC frame, be sure to use the heavy duty NAVI-TRAC frame lift. The standard Anchor frame
lift was not designed for the weight of the NAVI-TRAC frame. When lifting each side of an end section, (2) NAVI-TRAC
frame lifts should be used.

9. Before pivoting beams to vertical, clear the area of items that could cause tripping or slipping.

10. Before pivoting each beam, install the cross-cable for safety bracing. Although the cross-cable increases overall
strength, on the 40’ NAVI-TRAC, it can be removed after assembly, if desired.

11. NOTE: Hinged baseplates should be used only on middle beams supplied as “extensions” and not as a component of
an end module. End module plates should all be fixed, and end module eave connections should be rigid, slip joints.
Use of hinged baseplates in the end module could cause the end module to collapse during installation.

12. When using ladders to make peak connections, be sure the ladder is tall enough that workers can reach the peak from a
ladder step consistent with the safety recommendations for the ladder being used. On middle beams, secure the eaves
before climbing the ladder to secure the peak.

13. For any NAVI-TRAC of 100 ft. or more in length, the uprights and rafters of one middle bay must be cross-cabled on both
sides in an “X” fashion for each 100 ft. of length (see illustration on page 17).

14. For proper loading and anchoring information, consult the appropriate NAVI-TRAC blueprint available
from Anchor Industries Inc.

15. Before installing fabric, verify that all hip, brace, and rafter pins are seated into weldment fittings and secured by
lanyard pins.

16. The installation method described herein requires coordination of tasks between workers. A safe installation is
dependent on alertness and coordination.

17. Before lifting the top frame to install uprights, always guy out and stake at least both corners of the side or end being
lifted. This will help maintain the intended footprint and will protect against uplift from the wind that could move or flip the
tent, causing damage to the tent and/or severe injury to workers.

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SQUARING THE TENT FOOTPRINT LAYOUT

LENGTH OF TENT

BC

LOCATING
THE FOUR
PRIMARY
CORNERS

WIDTH OF TENT

DIAGONAL

A

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. HOLD THE “0” END OF ONE TAPE AT POINT “A” AND THE “0” END OF ANOTHER TAPE
AT POINT “B”.

3. EXTEND THE FIRST TAPE ALONG ONE SIDE OF THE UNIT TO A MEASUREMENT
EQUAL TO THE EXACT LENGTH OF THE TENT.

4. CONSULT THE CHART BELOW TO FIND THE DIAGONAL FOR THE TENT YOU ARE
BUILDING.

5. EXTEND THE SECOND TAPE TO A MEASUREMENT EXACTLY EQUAL TO THIS DIAGONAL.

6. BRING THE TWO TAPES TOGETHER SO THAT THE LENGTH MEASUREMENT OF ONE LIES
DIRECTLY ON THE DIAGONAL MEASUREMENT OF THE OTHER. PULL THE TAPES TIGHT
AND MARK THEIR INTERSECTION. THIS WILL LOCATE A FAR CORNER (POINT “C” ABOVE).

7. SWITCH TAPES SO THAT TAPE 1 (ABOVE) MEASURES THE DIAGONAL AND TAPE 2 (ABOVE)
MEASURES THE LENGTH. THIS WILL LOCATE POINT “D” ABOVE.

8. WITH THE FOUR PRIMARY CORNERS LOCATED, LAY OUT BASEPLATES AND UPRIGHTS
ACCORDING TO THE DIAGRAM TO THE RIGHT AND BEGIN ASSEMBLY, DOUBLE-CHECKING
FROM TIME TO TIME TO MAKE SURE THE SQUARE FOOTPRINT IS BEING MAINTAINED.

BASEPLATE

END

INTERMEDIATE

UPRIGHT

DIAGONALS FOR SQUARING FOOTPRINT

LENGTH OF TENT

D

SIDE

INTERMEDIATE

UPRIGHT

DIAGONAL

OUTER DIMENSIONS ARE
OUTSIDE-TO-OUTSIDE

C/L

INTERMEDIATE DIMENSIONS
ARE CENTER-TO-CENTER

C/L

WIDTH OF TENT

DIAGONAL SHOWN IN FEET-INCHES (TO NEAREST INCH)

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