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To install the hip end fabric panel, first install the Fabric guide
bracket on one side of the hip end cross beam, with the
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.
If possible, position the Guide Bracket and the hip end fabric
bundle on the downwind side so that the direction of pull will be
into the wind. This way the breeze can help lift the fabric over
the hip end frame members.
Snap the pull rope to the pull web loop at the end of the kedar
strip on the hip end fabric panel (see diagram at bottom of this
page.) This rope will be pulled in line with the cross beam,
from the opposite side of the tent (fig. 38).
Snap a second pull rope to the tension ring at the corner of the
fabric panel. This rope will help guide the fabric and prevent it
from riding up the hips and rafters as the panel is pulled across
the frame (fig.38).
Insert the leading edge of the kedar between the guide wheels
and pull the panel up and over.
When the leading edge of the kedar reaches the eave weld-
ment on the opposite side, pull the corners of the fabric down
over the eye on the out side of the Corner Weldment, and
install or re-install the guy webs at both corners to protect the
tent from the wind load the hip panel will now exert on the
frame (fig.39 & 40).
GUY WEB
ATTACHED
FABRIC GUIDE
BRACKET
FACING THE END
OF THE TENT
37
PULLING PANEL
THROUGH CHANNEL
GUIDING OVER
FRAME MEMBERS
38
CORNER PULLED
OVER WELDMENT
39
40
CORNER
GUYS
U-8
INSTALLING THE HIP END PANEL
NOTE:
TO ENSURE THAT MID
FABRIC GOES IN SMOOTHLY AND
TO MINIMIZE CHANCE OF DAMAGE
TO FABRIC, ALWAYS USE THE
WHEELED PANEL GUIDE TO FEED
KEDAR INTO FRAME CHANNELS
AND ALWAYS SNAP PULL ROPE TO
FABRIC AS SHOWN HERE.
FOLD CURTAIN AND CATENARY BACK
ON TOP OF MID SO THAT THEY ARE
OUT OF THE WAY.
SNAP OF PULL ROPE MUST BE
FASTENED TO PULL WEB ON
UNDER SIDE OF FABRIC PIECES.
SNAP MUST FACE AWAY FROM
KEDAR.
KEDAR
FLAP - ONLY ONE
SIDE OF MID OR
END WILL HAVE
THE FLAP.
SAFE ATTACHMENT OF PULL
ROPES TO FABRIC
DIAGRAM SHOWING UNDER
SIDE OF FABRIC AT EAVE.
