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Operator's Manual

Rivers Edge® One-Man Ladder Stands

sETuP AND usE INsTRuCTIONs

(fOR All lADDERs INCluDED IN ThIs MANuAl)

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 blades on platform

and the stabilizer bar are 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.

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 BEfORE

ATTAChING OvERhEAD. sAvE ThEsE INsTRuCTIONs fOR

fuTuRE REfERENCE. YOu MusT AlWAYs usE ThE PROvIDED

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 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 sYs-

TEM. 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 sTABIlIZ-

ER BAR sECuRElY ATTAChED. fAIluRE TO CORRECTlY PER-

fORM 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.

tie-off ropes

BACk vIEW Of TREE

tree blade

ratchet strap

Figure 1