a novel system and related methods for sequentially deploying , in automated or semi - automated fashion , a strip of a plurality of truss bays with integral solar panels from a moving carrier onto a surface being traversed , resulting in a long , contiguous truss structure laid upon on the surface . the solar panels are angled at a predetermined orientation for solar operation at the deployment location . the carrier is easily and quickly reloaded with another set of truss bays for repeated deployment of a series of strips of solar truss structures in a solar array . the solar array thus is constructed in substantially less time and with substantially less labor that conventional support racking in the filed using prior art piece - wise assembly operations .