Covered Stage Hire for Outdoor Events in Auckland

Set up tips for outdoor covered stage hire to setup – much better then truck stage hire!:

We recommend at least two strong people to lift each stage piece.

1.  Lay out all the stage pieces upside down, approximately where you want your stage to go.  Choose the flattest place you can find, as this will make set-up a lot easier.

2.  Insert the legs into the leg holes on the bottom of each stage piece and tighten the knobs to secure them in place.  (Do not over-tighten or pack down will be difficult, and you may damage the legs.)

3.  With one person at each end of a stage piece, lift and then flip the piece onto its legs.

4.  Align the pieces with no gaps, and if the ground is un-even put thin pieces of wood under any legs that aren’t touching the ground.

5.  Go under the stage and use g-clamps to attach every stage piece once to every other stage piece.  This is very important to keep the stage secure.  (Do not over-tighten clamps or pack down will be difficult.)

Add the Marquee Stage Cover:

6.  Put the marquee on top of the stage then open it out.  Four people are recommended for this, but you can do it with two or three people by standing the marquee upright, clamping one corner to the corner of the stage it will be attached too, then using that point as an anchor as you gently move away from it with the other corners, opening out the marquee.

7.  Click the top buttons of the marquee into place, clamp the feet to the stage and hang marquee back/sides if required.  Loosely hang ratchet straps from the marquee before extending the legs to full height.

8.  Extend the legs to full height (use four people to do this at once, or two doing one side then the other, hole by hole), then attach the bottom of ratchet straps to stage legs and very gently tighten.  Do not over tighten and bend the marquee.

9.  You may tape around the edge of the stage with white tape and along the joins with black tape.

Pack Down tips for outdoor covered stage hire packdown:

1.  Loosen ratchets then lower marquee legs.

2.  Remove ratchets, backs, and sides, unclamp feet, then unclick marquee top.

3.  Fold marquee inwards, put the cover back on (if supplied) then take marquee off the stage.

4.  Remove any tape if you used tape.  Go under the stage and remove all of the g-clamps.

5.  Flip each stage piece upside down

6.  Remove legs from each stage piece and return stage pieces to truck/trailer/van.

7.  Don’t forget to return all the extras including any bits of wood used to prop up legs on uneven ground.

Return checklist

-Stage pieces

-Legs

-G-clamps

-Marquee

-Ratchets

-Small flat pieces of wood

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