ATTENTION!!
WHEN YOU SEE A “ WARNING!” BE SURE TO HEED THE MESSAGE!
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THESE MESSAGES CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE!!
READ THIS MANUAL IN ITS ENTIRETY PRIOR TO USING THIS PRODUCT(S).
This instruction manual complies with the Treestand Manufacturers Association’s TMS 04 -
Standard Practice for Treestand Instructions
and TMS 02 -
Standard Test Method for Treestand Fall Arrest Systems.
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CLIMBING UP:
WARNING!
Prior to attempting to use this or any other API outdoors product(s) you must take a moment and become familiar with its setup and installation at
ground-level. You must practice installing, setting-up and using this product(s) at ground-level prior to attempting to use it at heights above ground-level. once you
have become thoroughly knowledgeable and comfortable with this API outdoors product(s) setup, installation and use at ground-level - you’re now ready to use it
at heights above ground-level. Failure to follow these instructions may result in serious injury or death!
WARNING!
STOP NOW!
Make sure that you are wearing your API outdoors
full-body fall-arrest harness! Failure to follow these instructions may result in serious injury
or death!
WARNING!
never attempt to hunt from an unlevel standing and/or seating platform. Additionally, nEVEr attempt to level your standing and/or seating
platform at heights above the ground. Failure to follow these instructions may result in serious injury or death!
WARNING!
If you find that your platform(s) is unlevel, canted, angled awkwardly upward or downward, you must select another tree to install your treestand.
never attempt to hunt out of an unlevel treestand. Failure to follow these instructions may result in serious injury or death!
WARNING!
This
API outdoors climbing treestand(s) is designed for climbing trees with a minimum diameter of 9” (23 cm) and a maximum diameter of 18” (51
cm). Attempting to climb trees outside of this range puts the user at serious risk of bodily injury or death. Failure to follow these instructions will result in serious
injury or death!
WARNING!
NEVER
allow the full-body fall arrest tether to get under or around your chin or neck. Failure to follow these instructions may result in serious injury
or death!
STEP 1.
Select a straight, healthy tree between 9” (23 cm) and 20” (51 cm) in diameter. one devoid of loose bark, branches, limbs, knots, vines or anything which
may incumber your ability to climb safely up or down.
STEP 2.
With your
API outdoors
climbing treestand assembled in strict accordance with the previous instruction, you’re now ready to install it on the tree. Attach
the standing platform to the tree by placing the chain/climbing cable around the tree and slip it into the main frame bar securing it with the snap pin (Model
GCl300-A has a spring bolt instead of snap pin) as shown in Figure 2. under no circumstance should you attempt to connect your climbing cable using the last hole
as depicted in Figure 3. doing so puts the user at serious risk of injury or death.
CLIMBING INSTRUCTIONS
CINCHING STRAP/FOOT STRAP INSTRUCTIONS
SEAT CUSHION INSTRUCTIONS
Foot Entrance
Heel Cord
Foot Section
Support
Cinching Straps/
Foot Straps
Frame Bar
Tube Plug
Coated Steel Chain
Snap Pin
Snap Pin
Thread the ends of the 4 straps through the 4 separate
male end
buckles
Fig. 1. with the buckle side facing down and the top of the seat
facing up, wrap the assembled straps around the mainframe of the seat
section Fig. 2.
Male
End
Buckle
Seat
Section
Top View
Attached Seat Cushion
Male
End
Buckle
Seat
Section
Top View
Attached Seat Cushion
Fig. 1
Fig. 1A
Fig. 1
2. After reading the
instructions for Fig.
1, attach
cinching
straps/foot straps
as shown in Fig. 1A.
1. Feed the open end of the
cinching strap/foot strap
through the backside of
slot 1
. Loop over the top and
back through
slot 2
and pull to tighten. repeat this
STEP for the other
cinching strap/foot strap
(Fig. 1).
Foot Entranc
e
Heel Co
rd
Foot Sec
tion
Suppor
t
Cinching Straps/
Foot Straps
1
2
Foot Straps and Heel Cord installed
Loop
End
S-Hook
HEEL CORD INSTRUCTIONS
1.
Starting in the middle of the
foot platform
, wrap the
loop end
of the
heel
cord
around outside edge of
foot platform
(Fig. 1).
2.
Thread the
S-hook
end through the
loop end
and stretch
heel cord
across
the top of the
foot platform
to the other side. (Fig. 1).
3.
Wrap the
S-hook
end around the outside edge of the
foot platform
and
attach the
S-Hook
around the
heel cord
to secure (Fig. 2).
Loop
End
S-Hook
Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Foot
Platform
heel
Cord
Fig. 2