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Tote Slide can be mounted anywhere with enough vertical clearance, even over a garage

door. The amount of clearance you will need will be the height or depth of your tote, plus 4

inches.

The support rails can be mounted perpendicular (across) the trusses:

Or parallel (along) the trusses:

Summary of Contents for Tote Slide

Page 1: ...e beginning installation of your Tote Slide We recommend you always use safety glasses goggles when installing Tote Slide Only use totes that have a straight sides and snap on folding or locking lid Y...

Page 2: ...ny totes with sides that are rounded or bowed or that have interference along the sides underneath the lip or any totes or lids that are cracked Each Tote Slide system includes 2 74 Support Rails 4 88...

Page 3: ...8 Sliding Strut T Nuts 8 5 16 18 UNC x 3 Grade 5 Bolts 5 16 Flat Washers 8 x 3 Grade 5 Lag Screws...

Page 4: ...ench Electric drill with a 1 8 inch drill bit Electric screwdriver with a 7 16 socket Safety glasses goggles Installation Instructions 1 To begin select a mounting area on your ceiling of approximatel...

Page 5: ...enough vertical clearance even over a garage door The amount of clearance you will need will be the height or depth of your tote plus 4 inches The support rails can be mounted perpendicular across th...

Page 6: ...an infinite number of ways to organize and access your totes 2 Locate your overhead support structure to hold the weight of the Tote Slide and your totes Use your stud finder to locate the position a...

Page 7: ...terial that may need a molly or anchor DO NOT load more than 500 lbs on to your Tote Slide and no more than 35 lbs per tote 3 Assemble both sets of support rails by sliding the male end of one rail in...

Page 8: ...out 24 inches of empty ceiling on the open end that you will use to load your totes into the Tote Slide Use the 4 lag screws with flat washers to secure each of the support rails to the ceiling trusse...

Page 9: ...your support truss Failure to secure all lag screws directly into the center of your support truss may result in damage and or injury 5 Now install your second support rail parallel to the first Measu...

Page 10: ...h the notch see example below 7 Next measure the distance between your support rails Install 2 sets of bolts washers and strut T nuts roughly the same distance apart as your support rails Width of Sup...

Page 11: ...Before tightening the bolt measure from the wall or from the end of the support rail and move the slide rail so that both ends are perpendicular to the support rails Tighten the bolts to secure the sl...

Page 12: ...Without any play from side to side your tote should be able to slide back and forth easily Hint We recommend using an empty tote to test that the tote slides snugly yet freely along slide rail 13 Rep...