READ THIS MANUAL IN ITS ENTIRETY PRIOR TO USING THIS PRODUCT.
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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WARning!
you must wear your full-body fall arrest harness system
with the climbing belt attached prior to attempting to climb and/or
remove your climbing system. you must be connected to the tree at all
times during the removal of your climbing system, including the use
of your climbing belt. Failure to follow these instructions may result in
serious injury or death!
WARning!
Sectional ladders and steps shall be spaced on the tree to
ensure each step is no more than 18 inches apart. Failure to follow these
instructions may result in serious injury or death!
FIElD InstallatIon
Aerolite StiCkS
stEP 1:
Make sure you are wearing your full-body fall arrest harness and
climbing belt prior to installing your climbing system.
stEP 2:
Begin by opening the folded steps. Next, insert the long strap
through buckle on short looped strap (Fig 2). Attach the lowest step
section, nearest to the ground, using the Cam-Buckle strap to secure. Loop
one end of cam-buckle strap around strap receiver and wrap other looped
end around tree and bring the strap around the front of the step section
and wrap loop around strap receiver. Pull strap tight. Before stepping onto
section, pull the bottom of the step down with your free hand to “set” it
into the tree (FIG. 3).
WARning!
Do not step onto or bounce on the step in attempt to set
it. Failure to follow these instructions may result in serious injury or death!
stEP 3:
With your climbing belt attached around the tree and while
standing on the bottom section, attach the next Aerolite Stick, again
using the cam-buckle strap to secure, and pull the bottom of the step
down with your free hand to “set.”
stEP 4:
Repeat Step 3 to continue adding any additional Aerolite Sticks.
reMoViNG YoUr Aerolite StiCkS
stEP 1:
Make sure you are wearing your full-body fall arrest harness and
climbing belt prior to removing your climbing system.
stEP 2:
With your climbing belt attached around the tree and while
standing on a lower Aerolite Stick, disengage the Cam-Buckle strap of
the section above you and lower the Aerolite Stick to the ground.
stEP 3:
Climb down to the bottom Aerolite Stick repeating Step 2.
stEP 4:
Climb down onto the ground and disengage the final Cam-
Buckle strap assembly.
FigURe 1
FigURe 3
PACking the
AeROlite StiCkS
FIG. 1
FIG. 1a
close-up
Keeper
Teeth
The following treestands:
MFP3300-A, Hunter; MFP3400-A,
Vantage; MFP3205, Outfitter
come with a
keeper bracket
on the
back of the mainframe to custom fit
the three of Muddy’s Climbing Systems
MCS1000 & MCS1000-3 Outfitter,
MCS2000-4 Pro Sticks; MCS3000-3A
Aerolite
to pack and go.
Snap the buckle to the bottom of the top
system’s mainframe. Wrap the attached
snap buckle strap around the stand and
secure. See Fig. 1 and 1A.
Keeper
Teeth
FigURe 2
WARning!
never step onto
or bounce on
the step in an
attempt to set
it. Failure to
follow these
instructions may
result in serious
injury or death!
Aerolite
Sticks hang
independently
in positions that
best fit tree and
to allow easiest
access to the
stand.
