Vogt HE S Series, Installation & Start-Up Instructions

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Installation & Start-up – HES Series
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FIGURES 2 and 3 illustrate two methods of lifting & setting Tube-Ice
®
machine on a ice storage bin.
! CAUTION !
The approximate weight of the machine is 1360 pounds.
Always use equipment with adequate load-carrying capacity.
! CAUTION !
FIGURE - 2
Forklift-&-Blocks Method
You need: + forklift truck with adequate load and height capacities
+ (8) 2X4 wood blocks 8 in. long
+ (2) wooden 2X4’s measuring 3-ft. long
+ pry bar
Step 1. Position Tube-Ice ® machine on forks.
! CAUTION !
The Tube-Ice ® machine may be somewhat top heavy on the rear.
! CAUTION !
Step 2. Stack wood blocks in each corner of the drip pan on top of the ice storage bin.
Step 3. Lift and set Tube-Ice ® machine on wood blocks.
Step 4. Remove forklift.
Step 5. Stack 3-ft. long 2X4’s beside drip pan, overlapping front and back of bin.
Step 6. Using a pry bar with fulcrum on 2X4’s, raise side of machine enough to remove TOP
wood blocks.
! CAUTION !
Do not remove top AND bottom blocks at the same time.
! CAUTION !
Step 7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 on other side.
Step 8. With machine sitting on one (1) block under each corner, repeat steps 5, 6, and 7 remove
remaining blocks. Drip pan flanges may bend slightly.
Step 9. Straighten bent drip pan flanges.
Step 10. Check alignment of ice chute to bin opening.