FarmTek FodderPro Manual page 12

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PLUMB AND LEVEL EACH FRAME POD
Each frame pod slopes 3" from back-to-front to ensure proper water flow, distribution, and drainage. If the finished grade is sloped in any direction,
use the adjustable levelers to maintain the 3" slope and to level the ends. DO NOT EXCEED THE 3" SLOPE.
Review the diagrams on this page and complete these steps:
1. Place a level along each vertical support on the cable side of the frame and tighten or loosen the cable turnbuckles as needed to plumb the corner
supports. Tighten turnbuckles evenly. See diagram A. When adjusted correctly, all vertical frame tubes are plumb.
2. Check the slope from back to front. See diagram B. Adjust levelers as needed (Steps a-c). Lock carriage bolts in place using the locknut on each bolt.
a. Align a string or straight edge with the top of a frame tube at the supply or high end of the frame (Diagram B).
b. Move to drain or low end and tie string to frame above the frame tube. Hang a line level on the string to ensure that the string line is level.
c. Measure from string to the frame tube. Dimension to be 3". Adjust frame levelers (if needed) to achieve the 3" slope.
STEP 1
DIAGRAM A
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Plumb and Level Each Frame Pod
Low/Drain
End
STEP 2
Slope to
be 3" from
supply end
to drain end.
Line Level
Top of Tube
Supply/High
End
DIAGRAM B
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