Temporary Bracing for Trusses???

[karoc]

Guys getting close for lifting my trusses to set on top of walls. Over living space there are interior walls to hold trusses straight while just laying them over. But my shop space there are no interior walls and the span for exterior walls is 32’. My plan is to put in temporary beam down middle of shop which will be 16’. What I’m wondering now is should I put in two more temporary beams 8’ from exterior walls? So that would be beam 8’ then 16’ then 24’ just to help hold weight. I only have boom truck for 4 hrs so just enough time to place them and lay them over. Looking for some thoughts if these temporary beams are necessary or not. Or how I should go about this? Thanks

 

[The Tool Tyrant]

32 years as a framer speaking. ..Just go with one down the center, brace it well. We always laid the trusses down like dominos, one guy at each end and one in the center. Center man can then walk on the trusses and nail his ridge blocks on, then stand them one at a time.

We only used the crane or telehandler to lay the whole stack at the finished end, pull and mark your truss layout on the top plates, then pull them off one by one stacking the next on top of the last like I said...dominos.

 

[mike93lx]

I'd do one, unless you were looking to use them as catwalks

You have someone there with you, right? Even if they can't assist, they can be another set of eyes, and worst case, get help if something goes wrong.

Working at height and having weight overhead is a dangerous combo. Be careful

 

[Spud McGee]

Are you asking about how to brace them standing up? This is how they did mine. Stood them up and then went down the point of them with a 2 rows of 2x6. Its one on each side, both rows close to the peak. Then off on the right, couple 2x6 forming a brace that runs down to a stake in the ground. That brace triangulates it and gives rigidity to all the trusses.

Mine stayed like this for 10 days while we waited for the concrete guys to pour the floor and then for it to set up.

 

[karoc]

Spud it’s just temporary beam that going run down middle of shop. I started think that maybe beam in middle not enough. But going to go with just temporary beam down middle just hold weight of trusses so won’t sag as much. By myself? I hope not, found someone that will help out charge by hour. But haven’t discussed pay yet.
Thanks guys for responding

 

[trashyman]

Prob gonna need a catwalk in the middle anyway for someone to drag them over. Just make sure its lower than the walls. They're prob bundled together to begin with if they're all the same. Cut a couple of 2x6's to length to support between catwalk and wall while they're laying down. Lay bundle at one end and drag one at a time over, nail in place and connect via 1x or 2x material for bracing in upright position and accross as you go. Layout the wall first. We braced them standing up in a bundle then dragged em over.

 

[larry4406]

At my last house when the detached garage was built, they just laid the trusses flat across the walls spanning the full depth of 28'. Each truss was laid flat on top of the prior but staggered. They then walked on them and tilted them up one after the other from the far end (last truss laid flat). I don't recall an intermediate support for the trusses in their lay down condition but they did brace the walls so they would not bow in/out.

These were attic trusses with a 2x10 bottom chord. I think this was 2006 time frame. Miss that shop.

 

[mike93lx]

Watch this and his next video. Tons of good info

 

[Renegade1LI]

If I was doing this with no machine and limited help I'd have a rolling scaffold perpendicular to the walls. Create a catwalk that you can roll as you go. Walk each one up and into place, the first one would be braced solid and tac each one to the last. Working off a full width platform will make it a safer, especially if you don't do this for a living.

 

[finn]

My 32’ deep shop has a couple of 2x4s running down the middle. I assume they were for the construction process.

 

[duga]

For my 30' wide shop, just one cat walk down the middle worked great. Made from left over 2x8 forms. These were average wood trusses

 

[haveissues]

When they did my barn they set the 25 trusses in place upright with the boom truck. 2 guys had them done in 2 hours from when the truck pulled in the driveway to when it pulled out.

 

[mike93lx]

When they did my barn they set the 25 trusses in place upright with the boom truck. 2 guys had them done in 2 hours from when the truck pulled in the driveway to when it pulled out.

It's always impressive what people skilled in their craft can do

 

[haveissues]

It's always impressive what people skilled in their craft can do

I was even more impressed when I sheetrocked the ceiling. The truss spacing was bang on.

 

[larry4406]

OP started another thread saying he built a temp wall down the middle to support the trusses..

1000 Sq Ft Retirement Home #5

Guy's I am ready for Trusses to start flying. Good Friday is coming up but as of right now rain is in forecast all week. So it’s a roll of dice for Saturday plus some help and boom truck. Taking y’all advice I only ran one beam down middle so trusses will have something to rest on laying over...

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