Rivers Edge RE625 Onset - Manual (Page 14)

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Operator's Manual
Rivers Edge® One-Man Ladder Stands, Onset and Onset XT
SETuP AND uSE INSTRuCTIONS
During installation and removal of ladder treestands, you must always
and properly use the included Full Body Harness (Fall Arrest System).
Refer to the Full Body Harness instructions included with this product
for proper use.
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 the ladder top to see that it is level. Adjust
as needed to achieve a level platform at top.
c. Step down hard on bottom step to push ladder legs into the ground.
d. Wrap the 9' rope attached to the stabilizer bar around tree and tie
the free end to the link welded on stabilizer bar at the stabilizer bar
height location. Secure the ladder tight so that 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 on platform
and the stabilizer bar are both contacting tree.
e. Wrap the previously attached 15’ tie-off ropes hanging down from
platform, around the back side of tree in opposite directions of each
other. Pull the ropes snug and tie them to the ladder at the stabilizer
bar height location. This ground level ladder-to-tree attachment will
prevent the ladder from pulling away from the tree while ascending
to top for final ratchet strap attachment. The same holds true when
ladder removal is necessary. SEE fIGuRE 1.
15' tie-off ropes
BACk vIEW Of TREE
tree blade
ratchet strap
Figure 1
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, fOllOWING
PROvIDED uSE INSTRuCTIONS, PRACTICE ATTAChING STAND
TO TREE AND REMOvING STAND fROM TREE. PRACTICE SIT-
TING, STANDING, AND uSING ThIS PRODuCT BEfORE ATTACh-
ING OvERhEAD. SAvE ThESE INSTRuCTIONS fOR fuTuRE REf-
ERENCE. YOu MuST AlWAYS uSE ThE PROvIDED full BODY
hARNESS (fAll ARREST SYSTEM) ThAT MEETS TMA STAN-
DARDS WhIlE uSING ThIS PRODuCT.
AlWAYS uSE ThREE PEOPlE fOR SET-uP AND TAkE-DOWN.
BE ABSOluTElY SuRE ThE TREE BlADES ON PlATfORM
AND ThE STABIlIZER BAR ARE BOTh CONTACTING TREE BE-
fORE ClIMBING lADDER.
STABIlIZER BAR MuST AlWAYS BE CORRECTlY AND SE-
CuRElY ATTAChED TO lADDER AND TREE BEfORE ClIMB-
ING 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. fAIluRE TO CORRECTlY
PERfORM ThESE STEPS CAN CAuSE ThE lADDER TO COl-
lAPSE/BuCklE-OvER BACkWARDS DuRING ThE INITIAl
ASCENT TO ATTACh RATChET STRAP RESulTING IN SERI-
OuS INJuRY OR DEATh
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!
DO NOT AllOW EXCESSIvE STRAP BuIlDuP IN RATChET AS
ThIS WIll PREvENT ThE RATChET TEETh fROM ENGAGING
CAuSING SlIPPAGE.
WARNING
NEvER ASCEND OR DESCEND lADDER WIThOuT TIE-Off
ROPES SECuRElY hOlDING lADDER TO TREE AND STABIlIZER
BAR SECuRElY ATTAChED. fAIluRE TO CORRECTlY PERfORM
ThESE STEPS CAN CAuSE ThE lADDER TO COllAPSE/BuCklE-
OvER BACkWARDS DuRING ThE INITIAl ASCENT TO ATTACh
RATChET STRAP RESulTING IN SERIOuS INJuRY OR DEATh.