Rafter Sleeve -10"

Connecting 10 inch steel sleeves are necessary when a person does not have a vehicle that can transport long wall tent frame rafters. A normal size pick up has an 8 foot bed and can accommodate 14 x 16 and smaller tent rafters. 

Sleeves are used to connect tent frame poles after rafters are cut in half. There will be a quarter inch nipple halfway in the sleeve to stop the rafters sliding all the way through. 

Example, 8 ' rafter can be cut in half and the sleeve connects the two 4' poles.

You can permanently affix a rafter sleeve to one end of a split rafter with gorilla glue or similar high quality glue.  Attaching sleeve to one of a rafter makes it easier to keep required frame parts together. This will also make setup easier and faster.

A tent frame utilizing rafter sleeves requires 1 sleeve per rafter. For example, a 4 rafter tent frame would require 8 tent sleeves, 4 rafters on each side. 

Designed to accept 1" electrical metal tubing, EMT, conduit. The 1 " refers to the inside conduit measurement.

The tent rafters should be fully seated against the 10 inch sleeve nipple.  If not fully seated, the frame will not connect together properly at the frame eaves. 

Sleeve ten inch length is necessary to spread the tent load farther away from the actual location where the 2 rafter parts meet.

Hardware store conduit sleeves are not strong enough or designed to connect rafters or carry any heavy type of load.  Conduit sleeves available at hardware stores are lightweight and approximately 3" long. The hardware store EMT conduit sleeves connect fully supported conduit along building walls.