Equipment Hook-up and Start-up

Check all fluids.

Line blade up with the ATM bracket and slowly move forward until the blade is next to the rear side of the ATM lifting bracket. Do not lift yet.

Locate the ATM control box (connected to the tarp machine).

Place the ATM control box in the cab of your dozer or compactor.

Lift your blade to lift the ATM off the ground.

Turn the ATM's ignition switch to the left and hold for six seconds, and then start. The engine has a six second quick glow plug. Do not hold the plug position for more than six seconds. (See your ATM engine manual for details.)

Cab Controls

The hydraulic drive system is activated using a toggle switch on the ATM control box.

Tube rotation, forward and reverse, is located on the toggle switch as marked.

Raising and lowering of the spool carrying arm is located on the toggle switch as marked.

Spool Hook-up

The drive motor shaft is engaged and disengaged from the tarp spool using a toggle switch located by the drive motor.

To hook up to the tarp spool, line up the ATM with the spool and move slowly forward with the carrier arms in the down position.

Raise the carrier arms when the spool is centered.

Pull down and lock into place with the top hold-downs, located on each end.

Hold the drive shaft in line with the spool while activating the toggle switch to put the shaft into the tarp spool.

To unhook from the spool, reverse the above procedure.

Covering:

Drive the ATM to the top of the working face with a full tarp spool in place.

Deploy the tarp by activating the hydraulic drive and simultaneously backing your equipment until the working face is covered.

Uncovering:

Hook the tarp to the ATM spool.

Activate the hydraulic drive and move forward to roll the tarp onto the spool.

If the tarp is not rolling onto the spool straight, tilt the blade to straighten the tracking. Avoid getting a lot of slack in the tarp so that you can wrap it uniformly on its tube.

Tarpomatic Awarded Case Western Reserve School of Engineering Innovation of the Year Award.

Butte County, California adopts the Tarpomatic to to quite literally wrap up their day’s work.

Tarpomatic, Inc. | 512 45th Street SW | Canton, OH 44706 | 800-500-5069