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Weld On Installation
(dock edge steel is 6" or greater)
Bolt And Weld On Installation
(dock edge steel is less than 6")
1. Remove all material and protrusions from the face
of the dock.
2. Center the ramp in the doorway and tack weld at
each end. Be certain the mounting plate does not
extend above the edge of dock.
3. Continuously weld the mounting plate to the steel
dock edge.
4. Weld bumper blocks on each side of ramp. Weld
continuously across tops and down both sides.
1. Remove all material and protrusions from the face of
dock.
2. In installations where cartons or pallets are slid
along the building floor into the truck, the approach
plate must be recessed into a groove in the floor.
3. To install the groove, locate and mark the center of
the dock where ramp is to be mounted. Make a
centered chalk line 1/2 inch longer than ramp plate,
12 inches back from the face of the dock.
4. Using a SKIL ROTO Hammer No. 736, or similar
tool, cut a groove 3/8" deep x 2" wide x ramp
length plus 1/2 inch on the outside of the line. (The
groove will start 10" from the dock face and end
12" from dock face.)
INSTALLATION OF EDGE-O-DOCK • FM SERIES
Continuous weld
1. Remove all material and protrusions from the face of
the dock.
2. Center the ramp in the doorway and tack weld at the
end. Be certain the mounting plate does not extend
above the edge of the dock.
3. Continuously weld the mounting plate to the steel
dock edge.
4. Weld bumper blocks on each side of ramp.
Weld continuously across top and down both sides.
5. Install one lag bolt 5/8" x 5" on the outside and
inside flanges of each bumper block.
6. Install at least two lag screws 3/4" x 5" along the
bottom of the mounting plate. Install four if the
concrete is flaky or steel is not rigid.
5. Position the beveled and turned-down edge of
approach plate in the groove with opposite edge `
flush with the dock edge.
6. Anchor the plate to floor with four 5/8" x 5" lag bolts.
Do not tighten yet.
7. Center the mounting plate of leveler against the
approach plate anchored to floor. Tack weld the
mounting plate in place.
8. Continuously weld across the top. Chip and grind
as required.
9. Drill holes into the dock the through the holes in the
mounting plate. Depending on the cement condition,
up to 8 may be required.
10. Install anchors and bolts. Do not tighten.
11. Install bumper blocks on each side of ramp
mounting plate. Weld the top of the bumper blocks
to the ramp plate, and the side of the bumper blocks
to the ramp mounting the plate. Install two anchors
on each side of bumper blocks.
12. Tighten the anchor bolts on the face of the dock,
then on top of dock.
13. Weld and round-off (with grinder) the lag bolts on the
ramp plate.
Bolt On Installation
(for docks without steel edges)
Continuous weld
Mounting plate
Approach
plate