API Outdoors Bowhunter Installation & Usage Instructions page 14

ATTENTION!!
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THESE MESSAGES CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE!!
CINCHING STRAP/FOOT STRAP INSTRUCTIONS
1. Feed the open end of the cinching strap/foot strap
through the backside of slot 1. Loop over the top and
back through slot 2 and pull to tighten. repeat this
STEP for the other cinching strap/foot strap (Fig. 1).
Fig. 1
HEEL CORD INSTRUCTIONS
1. Starting in the middle of the foot platform, wrap the loop end of the heel
cord around outside edge of foot platform (Fig. 1).
2. Thread the S-hook end through the loop end and stretch heel cord across
the top of the foot platform to the other side. (Fig. 1).
3.Wrap the S-hook end around the outside edge of the foot platform and
attach the S-Hook around the heel cord to secure (Fig. 2).
Loop
End
Fig. 1
CLIMBING UP:
WARNING!
Prior to attempting to use this or any other API outdoors product(s) you must take a moment and become familiar with its setup and installation at
ground-level. You must practice installing, setting-up and using this product(s) at ground-level prior to attempting to use it at heights above ground-level. once you
have become thoroughly knowledgeable and comfortable with this API outdoors product(s) setup, installation and use at ground-level - you're now ready to use it
at heights above ground-level. Failure to follow these instructions may result in serious injury or death!
WARNING! STOP NOW! Make sure that you are wearing your API outdoors full-body fall-arrest harness! Failure to follow these instructions may result in serious injury
or death!
WARNING!
never attempt to hunt from an unlevel standing and/or seating platform. Additionally, nEVEr attempt to level your standing and/or seating
platform at heights above the ground. Failure to follow these instructions may result in serious injury or death!
WARNING! If you find that your platform(s) is unlevel, canted, angled awkwardly upward or downward, you must select another tree to install your treestand.
never attempt to hunt out of an unlevel treestand. Failure to follow these instructions may result in serious injury or death!
WARNING!
This API outdoors climbing treestand(s) is designed for climbing trees with a minimum diameter of 9" (23 cm) and a maximum diameter of 18" (51
cm). Attempting to climb trees outside of this range puts the user at serious risk of bodily injury or death. Failure to follow these instructions will result in serious
injury or death!
WARNING! NEVER allow the full-body fall arrest tether to get under or around your chin or neck. Failure to follow these instructions may result in serious injury
or death!
STEP 1. Select a straight, healthy tree between 9" (23 cm) and 20" (51 cm) in diameter. one devoid of loose bark, branches, limbs, knots, vines or anything which
may incumber your ability to climb safely up or down.
STEP 2. With your API outdoors climbing treestand assembled in strict accordance with the previous instruction, you're now ready to install it on the tree. Attach
the standing platform to the tree by placing the chain/climbing cable around the tree and slip it into the main frame bar securing it with the snap pin (Model
GCl300-A has a spring bolt instead of snap pin) as shown in Figure 2. under no circumstance should you attempt to connect your climbing cable using the last hole
as depicted in Figure 3. doing so puts the user at serious risk of injury or death.
READ THIS MANUAL IN ITS ENTIRETY PRIOR TO USING THIS PRODUCT(S).
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This instruction manual complies with the Treestand Manufacturers Association's TMS 04 - Standard Practice for Treestand Instructions and TMS 02 - Standard Test Method for Treestand Fall Arrest Systems.
WHEN YOU SEE A "
Foot
Platform
heel
Cord
Fig. 2
CLIMBING INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING!" BE SURE TO HEED THE MESSAGE!
2. After reading the
Foot Section
instructions for Fig.
Support
1, attach cinching
straps/foot straps
as shown in Fig. 1A.
Foot Entrance
SEAT CUSHION INSTRUCTIONS
Thread the ends of the 4 straps through the 4 separate male end
buckles Fig. 1. with the buckle side facing down and the top of the seat
facing up, wrap the assembled straps around the mainframe of the seat
section Fig. 2.
Fig. 1
Male
End
Buckle
Top View
Attached Seat Cushion
Fig. 1A
Cinching Straps/
Foot Straps
Heel Cord
Foot Straps and Heel Cord installed
Top View
Attached Seat Cushion
Fig. 2
Seat
Section
Frame Bar
Tube Plug
C
Snap Pin
Snap Pin
Male
End
Buckle
Seat
Section