Stabiliser Bars

Stabiliser bars

In order to strengthen your fruit cage stabiliser bars are added to each corner. The stabiliser bars are supplied in 2 pieces. One piece of tube measures 157cm long (25/157FP) and is flattened at one end and plain at the opposite end. The other piece of tube is an extension tube and measures 91cm long (25/91FS) with one end flattened and the opposite end swaged.

Join these together by slotting the swaged end into the plain end making sure that both the flat ends line up, fix the 2 pieces of tube together securely using a self-drill screw (SDS48) (fig 2a/b).

Bolt a stabiliser bar to a intermediate post using a ‘Q’ clip (Q25). Tighten the ‘Q’ clip in position 20cm up from the base (fig 2c/d). The stabiliser will then angle up to the ‘Q’ clip on the corner post, the ‘Q’ clip should be slid up or down the post and finally tightened in position, make sure the post is vertical (fig 2e/f).

Repeat this for all corner posts each post should have two stabiliser bars.