Trusses don’t always arrive from the fabricator with a flat bottom chord – which can be a problem if it happens to be a gable end truss that rests on a top plate. To ensure that the bottom chord doesn’t have a crown, Mike Guertin checks the plate and snaps a chalk line on the truss chord for trimming – often with a little extra off for good measure.
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