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Operator's Manual
Rivers Edge One-Man Ladder Stands
SETuP AND uSE INSTRuCTIONS
(fOR All lADDER STANDS IN ThIS MANuAl)
1. With assembled product lying on the ground in assembled position,
position one person at bottom end of ladder lying on the ground. This
person has to prevent the ladder end from tilting up when platform end is
lifted and prevent the ladder from skidding across ground.
2. a. Position (2) people at the platform end of the ladder, lift the platform
end, and continue uprighting by walking toward bottom end of ladder
and moving hands along ladder legs. Stand ladder up against chosen
straight tree on dry, level ground. Use caution when ladder comes over
center against tree.
b. Step back and look at ladder top to see that it is level. Adjust as needed
to achieve a level platform at top. For ladder stands with two tree blades
(one at platform level and one at upper level) be sure that both tree blades
are contacting tree. Adjust as needed so both tree blades are contacting
tree.
c. Step down hard on bottom step to push ladder legs into the ground.
d. With ratchet strap now in hand, hook “S” hook with long strap to the
stabilizer bar link welded on stabilizer bar. Feed the long strap through the
center (slot) of ratcheting mechanism and back around through tightening
lever. SEE fIGuRES 1 AND 2. Secure the ladder tight so the stabilizer bar
is at a right angle to the tree. Adjust stabilizer bar length as necessary so it
contacts tree. Be absolutely sure the tree blade(s) at top and the stabilizer
bar are all contacting tree.
notE: be sure you feed the long strap correctly so there are no twists in
the strap.
Wrap entire ratchet assembly around tree and hook other “S” hook through
opposite side of stabilizer bar link. Pull tail of long strap until most of the
slack is taken out. Be sure entire strap is even and at the same level all around
tree. "Ratchet" tight to tree, this will securely attach stabilizer bar to tree.
SEE fIGuRE 1. Be absolutely sure the tree blade(s) at top and stabilizer bar
are all contacting tree.
notE: to release ratchet, simply pull the release lever and open tightening
lever wide open (flat).
Figure 1
TREE
ratchet
back and forth
WARNING
DOuBlE ChECk ASSEMBlY STEPS TO BE CERTAIN YOu hAvE
CORRECTlY ASSEMBlED ThIS PRODuCT.
STuDY YOuR NEW STAND TO BECOME fAMIlIAR WITh All
Of ITS fEATuRES AND DESIGN. AT GROuND lEvEl, fOllOW-
ING PROvIDED uSE INSTRuCTIONS, PRACTICE ATTAChING
STAND TO TREE AND REMOvING STAND fROM TREE. PRAC-
TICE SITTING, STANDING, AND uSING ThIS PRODuCT BE-
fORE ATTAChING OvERhEAD. SAvE ThESE INSTRuCTIONS
fOR fuTuRE REfERENCE. YOu MuST AlWAYS uSE ThE PRO-
vIDED full BODY hARNESS (fAll ARREST SYSTEM) ThAT
MEETS TMA STANDARDS WhIlE uSING ThIS PRODuCT.
AlWAYS uSE ThREE PEOPlE fOR SET-uP AND TAkE-DOWN.
BE ABSOluTElY SuRE ThE TREE BlADE(S) ON PlATfORM
AND ThE STABIlIZER BAR ARE CONTACTING TREE BEfORE
ClIMBING lADDER.
STABIlIZER BAR MuST AlWAYS BE CORRECTlY AND SECuRElY
ATTAChED TO lADDER AND TREE BEfORE ClIMBING lADDER.
SOME MODElS INCluDE A MulTI-PIECE STABIlIZER BAR
SYSTEM. BE SuRE SPRING lOCk PIN GOES ThROuGh BOTh
ThE EXTENSION TuBE AND ThE STABIlIZER BAR.
BE CERTAIN SPRING lOCk PINS ARE lATChED SECuRElY TO
PREvENT ACCIDENTAl REMOvAl.
BE SuRE YOuR DOuBlE kNOTS ARE All SECuRE ON All
ROPE CONNECTIONS.
NEvER ASCEND OR DESCEND lADDER WIThOuT TIE-Off
ROPES SECuRElY hOlDING lADDER TO TREE AND STABI-
lIZER BAR SECuRElY ATTAChED.
BE CERTAIN TO AlWAYS lEAN fORWARD, TOWARD ThE TREE
WhEN ASCENDING OR DESCENDING lADDER. ATTACh YOuR
hARNESS TEThER TO ThE TREE BEfORE SECuRING ThE PlAT-
fORM TO ThE TREE AND STEPPING ONTO ThE PlATfORM.
AlWAYS hAvE ThREE POINTS Of CONTACT WhIlE ClIMB-
ING lADDER.
BRING RATChET STRAP(S) uP WITh YOu IN A POCkET- DO
NOT CARRY IN YOuR hANDS!
If YOuR lADDER STAND MODEl hAS SWING-OPEN DOORS,
AlWAYS MAkE SuRE DOORS ARE SECuRElY lATChED ShuT
WhEN IN uSE. DO NOT lEAN AGAINST, lEAN OvER OR SIT
ON DOORS. ThEY ARE DESIGNED fOR ENTRANCE/EXIT
DOORS ONlY. AlWAYS BE AWARE ThE DOORS CAN uN-
lATCh AND PIvOT OPEN.
Figure 2
pull tail to take out slack
tightening lever
release lever
feed through slot
