Classic Accessories Cumberland Instructions

Instructions:

Materials list:

• 1 float tube cover/shell
• 2 flotation bladders
• 2 foam inserts for seat
• 1 mesh stripping apron with spreader bar sleeve
• 3-piece spreader bar for apron
• 1 bladder repair kit (contains: repair instructions, glue,
two PVC patches and a deflation tube)
• 1 pair of shoulder straps

How to inflate your float tube bladders

Float tube bladders are designed to be inflated by foot or
hand pump.
Your Cumberland float tube has
Boston Valves for easy inflation
and deflation. The Boston Valve is
constructed in three parts:
A. Bladder valve with valve lip
B. Middle valve part
C. Upper cap
To inflate:
The middle part (B) must be screwed in tightly to the
bladder valve part (A). The upper cap (C) must be removed
from the middle valve in order to inflate.
Use a pump to inflate the float tube just enough to hold
their shape.
To Deflate:
DO NOT REMOVE CAP – Unscrew the middle valve (B) from
the bladder valve part (A). It is not necessary to unscrew
the middle valve/bottom valve completely to deflate the
float tube.

Inflating and assembling your float tube

1. Place your float tube shell flat on the floor with the
pockets facing up and your bladders with the
valves face up.
2. Unzip the horizontal
access zipper
running along the
inside of the float
Back
tube.
3. Insert the right
bladder into the
open pocket of the
float tube shell, starting
at the back. Be sure to tuck the
ends of the bladder all the way into the shell.
4. Align the inflater valve with the inflater opening in the
shell of the float tube. Completely secure rip-and-grip strip
(A) Fig. 3. to the float tube shell. Repeat steps 3 & 4 with
the left bladder.
5. Secure the rip-and
-grip strips (B) from the
right bladder to the left
bladder at the front of the
float tube.
6. Push the inflater valve
through the open inflater
valve hole on the float tube shell. Make sure the inflater
valve lip is secure on the outside of the float tube shell.
The Cumberland
C
B
A
Float Tube Shell
right
TOP VIEW
left
fig. 2
BOTTOM VIEW
right bladder
A
TOP VIEW
A
left bladder
fig. 3
7. Zip the float tube shell closed.
8. Insert the thickest foam
insert (A) into the
seat bottom
compartment.
(It will be a tight
fit.)
9. Insert the thinner
foam insert (B) into
the seat back with the
rounded end first.
10. P ull the flap down over
the foam inserts and secure
the three rip-and-grip strips
under the seat cushion.
11. Inflate the two float tube bladders about 30%—just
enough to hold their shape.
12. C heck the bladders by unzipping the float tube shell. The
bladders should lie flat, untwisted and centered underneath
the shell pockets. Make sure the rip-and-grip tabs that
attach the bladder to the float tube cover align.
(A twisted bladder will distort the cover when you blow it up.)
13. F inish inflating bladders until most of the wrinkles are out
of the cover. If any twists develop stop, deflate the bladder,
straighten it within its pocket and reinflate. Close the valve
caps tightly.
You may need to add or release some air if you travel
between low and high elevations or if the temperature
Front
changes. Always take out some air before leaving your
float tube in a car—the heat can expand the air in the
bladders quite a bit.
14.Connect the three spreader bar pieces by inserting the two
long tubes into the shorter coupling tube with the angled
ends on both long tube ends facing the same direction.
Now place the mesh stripping apron on the floor with the
graphics facing up. Slip the spreader bar with the angled
ends facing down into the fabric sleeve at one end of the
apron.
Slip the ends of the apron sleeve into the fabric
receptacles on the top and front of the left and right
pontoons.
15. T here are two backrest support straps sewn to the seat
B
backrest with a side release buckle on either end. Be sure
these buckles are clipped to their corresponding parts
B
on the inside pontoon. Adjust the length of the strap for
a comfortable seat back angle.
B
A
A - Seat Bottom
B - Seat Back