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Rainbow® Plus Transplant


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Stuppy Rainbow® Plus greenhouses are an industry standard for quality, performance, and value. For over 25 years, the Rainbow® Plus has been used by growers, propagators, and educators for consistent and dependable results. Regardless of your project size, from a thousand square feet to a million square feet, the versatility and quality of the Rainbow Plus make it a good decision for covering your crops.

The Rainbow® Plus is an excellent choice for the commercial grower that wants affordable, productive, and profitable growing space.

Utilitarian may not be a flashy way of describing a greenhouse, but we believe it says a great deal about our Rainbow® Plus line of greenhouses. They are work-houses ready to provide you years of efficient, dependable crop protection and environmental control.  The Rainbow® Plus is a structure for the future with all aluminum gutter, Y’s and L’s hot-dipped galvanized after fabrication and welding, and Allied Gatorshield tubing are designed to provide years of efficient service.

Advantages and Benefits:

  • Available in Rainbow® (rounded arch) or Diamond (peaked arch) profiles. The wing system can be adapted to both roof styles.
  • Provides a low profile roof line to reduce heated surface area, putting profits in your pocket, not the gas company’s. The profile also helps stratify the air making summer cooling more efficient.
  • Y and L connectors help make construction simple and easy, providing built in connections for columns, bows, and horizontal bottom members (HBM) and eaves.
  • Direct connection of bows to columns through the Y’s and L’s achieves higher loads with open columns. Easy connection of an HBM or truss allows the Rainbow® Plus to meet the toughest conditions and codes.
  • Purlin and bracing connections are made by using a brace band and purlin block, eliminating holes to maintain the full strength of the bow for roof support. Drop purlins are available on the Diamond to increase condensate control.
  • A gutter you can work in. Direct connection of the bows and columns allow the gutter to be designed for work and water removal, not to be a structural member. The gutter also has an extruded-in Polylock® making installation of covering more efficient.

Specifications

  • Allied Gatorshield® Steel Tubing
  • Columns: 2.875” O.D. 13 gauge 60/70 KSI
  • Arch Steel: 1.90” O.D. 14 gauge 50/55 KSI
  • Purlin: 1.315” O.D. 16 gauge 50/55 KSI
  • Sidewall Heights of 8’ and 10’
  • 6’ Column and Truss Spacing
  • Hot Dip Galvanized “L” and “Y” connections
Item # Open Bow  Item # W Truss  Item # Code Truss  Height At Ridge Column Length Sidewall Height  Number of Bow Pieces Distance Over Bow Only  Required Poly Width  Standard Metal End Package 
1786* 17861 17862 12 Ft. 10 In.  96 In.  6 Ft.  2 38 Ft. 2 In. 40 Ft.  88195
*Not available in snow and ice areas. 
Ground anchored or in-ground posts should be sealed from the bottom of the tube to above the soil line with a heavy layer of asphaltum (roofing tar), shrink wrap PVC tube, or heavy waterproof paint.