musiclee
I believe I know which On-Stage stand you are reffering to. I believe it is the LS7730
Here I got something from djforums.
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[QUOTE=djthunder;622157]It's your lucky day, as I have some good, good tips for you.
1. You want to leave as much together as you possibly can. Get the side pieces that hold the truss to the stand into a good position, tighten them good onto the stands, never move them again. If you have a long trailer or a long van, leave the two 5 foot sections together. Before you assume you can, measure it, try to fit it, make sure you can't before assuming.
Okay, I am a solo DJ, so I have to set up this kind of truss on my own, and I bet I can get it up just about as fast as most two guys. If the "two guys" are really good at their business, then yes, they will beat me, but I am pretty fast these days. I do NOT have a long enough cargo space to fit in the two 5 foot sections assembled together, which would require 10 feet of cargo space. So my starting point is two stands with the truss mounts ALWAYS attached, and two of the stands assembled, at lowest height setting.
Tips:
2. Put Vaseline on the joints. No kidding! Keep a little jar of Vaseline in your vehicle, in case you need to re-coat. Thought I coated the joints (where the truss pieces go together, and where the truss connects to the stands) once in three months, haven't had to re coat. You don't need a lot of Vaseline, just a little will help A LOT.
3. Also, something to remember, is to always tighten the screws after disassembly. This seems like a time waster, but it is instead a bolt saver. If you don't tighten the screws, after taking down, those bolts will rattle loose during travel, and be lost forever.
When setting up:
4. Lay out the stands & truss on the floor, approximately where you want them. Turn the feet on each stand, so two feet are facing the floor, the third is facing the air. This makes the truss lay flatter on the ground, and will aid in standing it up.
5. Put the two 5 foot sections together by standing one up on it's end. Stand the one up that has the smaller pipes in the joint already, and as you can guess, point the joint with the smaller pipes in the middle (joining pipes) up in the air. Now pick up the other 5 foot section, pull it over the top of those small pipes, and then use gravity as your aid to give it a good tug right into place. With practice, you will get this bugger all the way in the first try!
6. Center the now assembled 10 feet of truss between the stands. Make sure the stands are at a decent height to start with, but not higher than where you can reach the lower bar on the truss, when it is stood up, you will understand why in a minute.
7. Loosen the bolts on the joints on the stands, where the truss will fit in.. THEN use a FLATHEAD SCREW DRIVER to spread the plastic joint a little. Be gentle, you don't want to bust the thing, just stretch so the pipes will go in easier. Don't waste a lot of time either, just real quick on each side.
8. Use a mallet. NEVER USE A HAMMER! A hammer will damage your stands, a good mallet used correctly will do no harm, but make your life easier. Before using the mallet, align the truss into the opening of the joints on the each stand, then use the mallet, a few taps on the top and bottom, then top, then bottom, and it will go right in. Do each stand, one at a time.
9. Okay, you should be assembled now. Now spread the legs on each stand a LITTLE, not a lot. Just enough to get some balance. If you spread them a lot, you may damage/twist things up when you lift the truss.
10. Okay, now with the stand legs extended a little, go to the MIDDLE OF THE TRUSS, and lift up from there. DO NOT LIFT FROM THE SIDE OF THE TRUSS, and never let anyone attempt to help you by lifting from the side while you're lifting from the center of the 10 foot truss. You will find it easy to lift it up there.
11. Once up, go to each side, and extend the legs a little more, then the back and forth, not stressing or twisting the truss too much, until it is fulling extended. Then, if you need to lift the truss higher, do this.
Taking it down.
12. Reverse of setup. Pull the legs in, but leave a little bit of extension to keep enough balance for you to reach the center of the truss to bring it down. If you turned the legs around when it was setup for better support, make sure to turn the legs again, so that two legs will be facing the ground when you lay the thing down again. Once again, don't let someone help you from one side, while you are in the center. If you want help, one person per side, period.
13. Once it is layed down, pull the legs in, so it is laying flat again. Loosen all the bolts you have to, use the mallet to get all the joints apart, including the center of the 10 foot truss.
14. Remember to tighten all the bolts, so you don't loose them in travel time.
Good luck!!!!