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Final Leveling & Anchoring Posts

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What happens here

After the holes are drilled, the posts are precisely leveled using metal shims inserted between the base plate and the concrete. A level is used on multiple sides of each post to ensure they are perfectly plumb. Once leveled, the anchor bolts are inserted into the drilled holes and tightened down, securing the posts to the concrete. It's crucial that the posts are perfectly level to prevent future issues. The importance of staying away from concrete relief joints is reiterated to avoid damaging the pad when under load.

Goal: The posts are finally leveled using metal shims, and then secured with anchor bolts, ensuring they are perfectly plumb and firmly attached to the concrete slab.

Tools and materials

  • Anchor Bolts
  • Hammer Drill
  • Level
  • Metal Shims
  • Wrenches

What they say

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drill out our holes and mount this thing as you can see we've got both Towers lined up right here this is a bit of a challenge again you need two people to accomplish this task so the distance between these two is 134 and 5 8 and we can find find that in the installation manual pretty simple Critter once we get it to that width we laid down this black ride over pad right here that is bolted down by some hex head bolts and we've already connected up our hydraulic lines which I'll show you will get you a good shot of that too so basically from this point we need to make sure that each Tower is perfectly level so we've got everything spaced out the way it should be we run our string line right down the edge here to make sure that both of these are facing each other perfectly in line then we'll go ahead and we have to level up the blocks drill our holes Place some metal shims underneath we're going to use some Window and Door shims to get it just where we need it and then we're going to go ahead and slide our metal shims into place and then we'll anchor everything down again you need to have the right concrete set up for this tuxedo lift you've got to have at least four and a half inches of concrete and they recommend a little bit more really the more concrete you have the better

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