Rivers Edge RE509 Big Foot XLT - Manual (Page 3)

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Operator's Manual
Rivers Edge Hang-On Stands
WARNING
NEvER ATTACh TO A DEAD, ODD-shAPED, lEANING,
DIsEAsED, lOOsE-BARKED TREE OR uTIlITY POlEs.
REPlACE ANY AND All TREEsTAND sTRAPs EvERY
TWO YEARs OR WhEN ANY sIGNs Of DAMAGE OR
WEAR ExIsT BEfORE.
sOME MODEls INCluDE A fOOTREsT, WhICh Is DE-
sIGNED As A fOOTREsT ONlY. NEvER sTAND ON
fOOTREsT!
BE suRE TO RAIsE AND lOWER YOuR WEAPON WITh A
hAul lINE. GuN BARREl END OR ARROW TIPs MusT
BE POINTED DOWN-AWAY fROM YOu.
BE suRE sEAT PAD AND/OR BuCKlEs ARE sECuRElY
AND CORRECTlY ATTAChED TO PREvENT ACCIDEN-
TAl REMOvAl
sTuDY YOuR NEW sTAND TO BECOME fAMIlIAR
WITh All Of ITs fEATuREs AND DEsIGN. AT GROuND
lEvEl, BEfORE ATTAChING OvERhEAD AND WhIlE
fOllOWING PROvIDED usE INsTRuCTIONs, PRAC-
TICE ATTAChING sTAND TO TREE, REMOvING sTAND
fROM TREE, sITTING, AND sTANDING.
INsTAllING AND usING ThE TREEsTAND AT GROuND
lEvEl BEfORE ATTEMPTING AT AlTITuDE WIll CON-
fIRM ThAT ThE PRODuCT Is MANufACTuRED, As-
sEMBlED, AND INsTAllED CORRECTlY. fAIluRE TO
INsTAll AND TEsT AT GROuND lEvEl fIRsT PuTs us-
ERs AT RIsK fOR sERIOus INJuRY OR DEATh.
DO NOT usE ANY TYPE Of AfTER MARKET hANG-
ING AssIsTs, BRACKET MOuNT sYsTEMs OR ANY
OThER TYPE Of MEChANIsM TO ATTACh YOuR RIv-
ERs EDGE® hANG-ON TREEsTAND TO A TREE. ThEsE
TYPEs Of DEvICEs CAN NEGATIvElY AffECT ThE
sTABIlITY Of ThE TREEsTAND IN ThE TREE AND RE-
DuCE OR PREvENT PROPER TIGhTENING, TREE AD-
hEsION AND PERfORMANCE Of ThE TREEsTAND TO
ThE TREE WhICh CAN lEAD TO sERIOus INJuRY OR
DEATh.
WARNING
DO NOT usE ThIs PRODuCT uNTIl YOu hAvE
WATChED ThE INCluDED TREEsTAND sAfETY DvD,
uNDERsTAND IT, AND PRACTICED ThE TEChNIQuEs
fOR sAfE huNTING DIsCussED IN ThIs DvD.
YOu MusT AlWAYs usE ThE PROvIDED full BODY
hARNEss (fAll ARREsT sYsTEM) ThAT MEETs TMA
sTANDARDs WhIlE usING ThIs PRODuCT. sINGlE
sAfETY BElTs AND ChEsT hARNEssEs ARE NO lON-
GER AllOWED AND shOulD NEvER BE usED.
If YOu ARE NOT WEARING A full BODY hARNEss
PROPERlY ATTAChED TO ThE TREE ThAT Is PROTECT-
ING YOu fROM A fAll, DO NOT lEAvE ThE GROuND.
fAIluRE TO usE OR IMPROPER usE Of ThE PROvIDED
full BODY hARNEss (fAll ARREsT sYsTEM) ThAT
MEETs TMA sTANDARDs MAY REsulT IN sERIOus
INJuRY OR DEATh! READ & uNDERsTAND INsTRuC-
TIONs ON INsPECTION AND MAINTENANCE shEET.
If ANY INsTRuCTIONs ARE NOT uNDERsTOOD OR If
YOu hAvE A PARTs IssuE CAll 800-450-EDGE (3343)
BEfORE usING.
READ, uNDERsTAND AND fOllOW All AssEMBlY,
INsPECTION, MAINTENANCE, full BODY hARNEss
(fAll ARREsT sYsTEM) & usE INsTRuCTIONs PRO-
vIDED BEfORE EACh usE. fAIluRE TO fOllOW All
WARNINGs AND INsTRuCTIONs COulD REsulT IN
sERIOus INJuRY OR DEATh.
READ AND PERfORM All INsPECTION AND MAIN-
TENANCE TAsKs BEfORE EACh AND EvERY usE. (RE-
PlACE ANY QuEsTIONABlE COMPONENTs IMMEDI-
ATElY WITh RIvERs EDGE® ORIGINAl REPlACEMENT
PARTs.) DO NOT lEAvE YOuR sTAND OuTDOORs - RE-
MOvE AfTER EACh usE AND sTORE INDOORs!
INsTRuCTIONs/DvD shOulD BE KEPT IN A sAfE
PlACE AND REvIEWED AT lEAsT ANNuAllY.
DOuBlE ChECK AssEMBlY sTEPs TO BE CERTAIN
YOu hAvE CORRECTlY AssEMBlED ThIs PRODuCT.
DO NOT CRush TuBING WhEN TIGhTENING BOlT As-
sEMBlIEs! IDENTIfY AND fAMIlIARIZE YOuRsElf
WITh All PARTs BEfORE YOu sTART. A BOlT IDENTI-
fICATION ChART CAN BE fOuND IN ThE BACK.
DO NOT ExCEED ThE TOTAl fIElD RATING - 300 lBs.
NEvER usE ANY PRODuCT ThAT hAs NOT BEEN
MAINTAINED OR INsPECTED PROPERlY - YOuR lIfE
DEPENDs ON IT!
WhEN huNTING fROM A TREEsTAND, fAlls CAN OC-
CuR ANY TIME AfTER lEAvING ThE GROuND CAus-
ING INJuRY OR DEATh.
WARNINGs