Rivers Edge RE602 JOURNEYMAN - Manual (Page 45)

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Operator's Manual
Rivers Edge One-Man Ladder Stands
SETuP AND uSE INSTRuCTIONS
(fOR All lADDERS INCluDED 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 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.
notE: during installation and removal of ladder treestand, 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.
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.
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.
AlWAYS ATTACh RATChET STRAPS SECuRElY WhIlE uSING
ThIS PRODuCT!
NEvER STAND ON lADDER SEAT, IT IS DESIGNED fOR SIT-
TING ONlY.
SEAT IS REMOvABlE. BE CERTAIN IT IS SECuRElY ATTAChED
WhEN IN uSE.
BE SuRE ShOOTING RAIl IS SEATED All ThE WAY DOWN ON
STuDS DuRING uSE.
NEvER lEAN AGAINST, lEAN OvER, OR SIT ON ShOOTING
RAIl. IT IS DESIGNED AS A ShOOTING REST ONlY. AlWAYS
BE AWARE ThAT ThE ShOOTING RAIl CAN SWING TO ONE
SIDE OR ThE OThER.
BE SuRE ShOOTING RAIl IS SET Off TO ThE SIDE (ON ONE
STuD) WhEN ASCENDING OR DESCENDING lADDER.
15' tie-off ropes
BACk vIEW Of TREE
tree blade
ratchet strap
Figure 1