trusses

[bighammer]

what is the widest truss you have ever set?

what is the most complex roof system you have ever swung?

what do you use to set trusses, crane, reach lift, etc...?

do you "walk walls", use ladders, and set up staging?

how BIG of crew do you use to swing a set of res. trusses?

in your area what is your choice of truss ty-down?

what do you use to temporary brace?

what do you use for spacers?

I think it would helpful to talk/discuss some of the ways others do things, you might pick up on something....

[Rich]

Biggest residential wood truss was 54' at a 6/12. Biggest agricultural wood truss was 80' at 5/12. Probably the most complicated (with a mixture of hand framed and trusses) was this one
http://www.buildmt.com/gallery/v/other/morgensen/Exterior+F1.JPG.html
We use a crane with 80' of stick.
Me and one other walk the walls, the rest of the crew work off a ladder. We typically have a 3 man crew plus the operator. Sometimes we'll have 4. We typically use the H1 clips unless we have some serious uplift and they might call for an H10S.
We use Mitek Stabilizers for spacers and bracing. We typically go 16' (less if it's windy) and then X brace the gable.