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A transition gable end truss occurs when a run of
smaller span trusses leads up to parallel longer
span trusses. The first longer span truss will face
lateral wind loads in the area where it is not
shielded by the smaller span trusses. In the
smaller span area of that same gable, it doesn't
have continuous support under its bottom chord.
A transition gable, therefore, has diagonals to help
transfer loads in the smaller span area, and gable
studs in the part that faces the wind.
