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X3. S

ECTI

ON 4

OF T

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ER P

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SION

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TDOO

R HO

ME P

LAYG

ROUN

D SA

FETY

HAN

DBOO

K X3

.1 S

elec

t Pro

tect

ive

Surf

acin

g –

One

of t

he m

ost i

mpo

rtan

t thi

ngs

you

can

do to

redu

ce th

e lik

elih

ood

of s

erio

us h

ead

inju

ries

is to

inst

all

shoc

k-ab

sorb

ing

prot

ectiv

e su

rfac

ing

unde

r an

d ar

ound

you

r pl

ay e

quip

men

t. Th

e pr

otec

tive

surf

acin

g sh

ould

be

appl

ied

to a

dep

th t

hat

is s

uita

ble

for

the

equi

pmen

t he

ight

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith A

STM

Spe

cifi c

atio

n F

1292

. The

re a

re d

iff er

ent

type

s of

sur

faci

ng t

o ch

oose

from

;

whi

chev

er p

rodu

ct y

ou se

lect

, fol

low

thes

e gu

idel

ines

:

X3.1

.1 L

oose

Fill

Mat

eria

ls:

X3.1

.1.1

Mai

ntai

n a

min

imum

dep

th o

f 9 in

ches

of l

oose

-fi ll

mat

eria

ls su

ch a

s woo

d m

ulch

/ chi

ps, e

ngin

eere

d w

ood

fi ber

(EW

F), o

r shr

edde

d/

recy

cled

rubb

er m

ulch

for e

quip

men

t up

to 8

feet

hig

h; a

nd 9

inch

es o

f san

d or

pea

gra

vel f

or e

quip

men

t up

to 5

feet

hig

h. N

OTE:

An

initi

al

fi ll l

evel

of 1

2 in

ches

will

com

-pre

ss to

abo

ut a

9-i

nch

dept

h of

sur

faci

ng o

ver t

ime.

The

sur

faci

ng w

ill a

lso

com

pact

, dis

plac

e, a

nd s

ettle

, and

shou

ld b

e pe

riodi

cally

refi l

led

to m

aint

ain

at le

ast a

9-i

nch

dept

h.

X3.1

.2 U

se a

min

imum

of 6

inch

es o

f pro

tect

ive

surf

acin

g fo

r pla

y eq

uipm

ent l

ess t

han

4 fe

et in

hei

ght.

If m

aint

aine

d pr

oper

ly, t

his s

houl

d be

adeq

uate

. (At

dep

ths

less

than

6 in

ches

, the

pro

tect

ive

mat

eria

l is

too

easi

ly d

ispl

aced

or c

ompa

cted

.) N

OTE:

Do

not i

nsta

ll ho

me

play

grou

nd

equi

pmen

t ove

r con

cret

e, a

spha

lt, o

r any

oth

er h

ard

surf

ace.

A fa

ll on

to a

har

d su

rfac

e ca

n re

sult

in se

rious

inju

ry to

the

equi

pmen

t use

r. Gr

ass

and

dirt

are

not

con

side

red

prot

ectiv

e su

rfac

ing

beca

use

wea

r an

d en

viro

nmen

tal f

acto

rs c

an r

educ

e th

eir

shoc

k ab

sorb

ing

eff e

ctiv

enes

s.

Carp

etin

g an

d th

in m

ats a

re g

ener

ally

not

ade

quat

e pr

otec

tive

surf

ac-i

ng. G

roun

d le

vel e

quip

men

t suc

h as

a sa

ndbo

x, a

ctiv

ity

wal

l, pl

ayho

use

or o

ther

equ

ipm

ent t

hat h

as n

o el

evat

ed p

lay

surf

ace

does

not

nee

d an

y pr

otec

tive

surf

acin

g.

X3.1

.3 U

se c

onta

inm

ent,

such

as

digg

ing

out

arou

nd t

he p

erim

eter

and

/orv

lini

ng t

he p

erim

eter

with

land

scap

e ed

ging

. Don

’t fo

rget

to

acco

unt f

or w

ater

dra

inag

e.

X3.1

.3.1

Che

ck a

nd m

aint

ain

the

dept

h of

the

loos

e-fi l

l sur

faci

ng m

ater

ial.

To m

aint

ain

the

right

am

ount

of l

oose

-fi ll

mat

eria

ls, m

ark

the

corr

ect l

evel

on

play

equ

ipm

ent s

uppo

rt p

osts

. Tha

t way

you

can

eas

ily se

e w

hen

to re

plen

ish

and/

or re

dist

ribut

e th

e su

rfac

ing.

X3.1

.3.2

Do

not i

nsta

ll lo

ose

fi ll s

urfa

cing

ove

r har

d su

rfac

es su

ch a

s con

cret

e or

asp

halt.

X3.1

.4 P

oure

d-in

-Pla

ce S

urfa

ces o

r Pre

-Man

ufac

ture

d Ru

bber

Tile

s Yo

u m

ay b

e in

tere

sted

in u

sing

surf

acin

g ot

her t

han

loos

e fi l

l mat

eria

ls li

ke

rubb

er ti

les o

r pou

red-

in-p

lace

surf

aces

.

X3.1

.4.1

Inst

alla

tions

of t

hese

surf

aces

gen

eral

ly re

quire

a p

rofe

ssio

nal a

nd a

re n

ot “d

o-it-

your

self

” pro

ject

s.

X3.1

.4.2

Rev

iew

surf

ace

spec

ifi ca

tions

bef

ore

purc

hasi

ng th

is ty

pe o

f sur

faci

ng. A

sk th

e in

stal

ler/

man

ufac

ture

r for

a re

port

show

ing

that

the

prod

uct h

as b

een

test

ed to

the

follo

win

g sa

fety

sta

ndar

d: A

STM

F12

92 S

tand

ard

Spec

ifi ca

tion

for I

mpa

ct A

tten

uatio

n of

Sur

faci

ng M

ater

ials

with

in th

e Us

e Zo

ne o

f Pla

ygro

und

Equi

pmen

t. Th

is re

port

shou

ld sh

ow th

e sp

ecifi

c hei

ght f

or w

hich

the

surf

ace

is in

tend

ed to

pro

tect

aga

inst

serio

us h

ead

inju

ry. T

his

heig

ht s

houl

d be

equ

al to

or g

reat

er th

an th

e fa

ll he

ight

– th

e ve

rtic

al d

ista

nce

betw

een

a de

sign

ated

pla

y su

rfac

e

(ele

vate

d su

rfac

e fo

r sta

ndin

g, si

ttin

g, o

r clim

bing

) and

the

prot

ectiv

e su

rfac

ing

belo

w –

of y

our p

lay

equi

pmen

t.

X3.1

.4.3

Che

ck th

e pr

otec

tive

surf

acin

g fr

eque

ntly

for w

ear.

X3.1

.5 P

lace

men

t – P

rope

r pla

cem

ent a

nd m

aint

enan

ce o

f pro

tect

ive

surf

acin

g is

ess

entia

l. Be

sur

e to

: X3.

1.5.

1 Ex

tend

sur

faci

ng a

t lea

st 6

feet

from

the

equi

pmen

t in

all d

irect

ions

.

X3.1

.5.2

For

to-f

ro sw

ings

, ext

end

prot

ectiv

e su

rfac

ing

in fr

ont o

f and

beh

ind

the

swin

g to

a d

ista

nce

equa

l to

twic

e th

e he

ight

of t

he to

p ba

r

from

whi

ch th

e sw

ing

is su

spen

ded.

X3.1

.5.3

For

tire

sw

ings

, ext

end

surf

acin

g in

a c

ircle

who

se ra

dius

is e

qual

to t

he h

eigh

t of

the

sus

pend

ing

chai

n or

rope

, plu

s 6

feet

in a

ll

dire

ctio

ns.

To re

duce

the

likel

ihoo

d of

inju

ry p

leas

e fo

llow

the

guid

elin

es a

s out

lined

in th

is m

anua

l.

Your

M&

M W

eb R

ider

z Sw

ing

has

been

tes

ted

to e

nsur

e sa

fety

and

com

plie

s w

ith: A

STM

F11

48 S

tand

ard

Cons

umer

Saf

ety

Perf

orm

ance

Spec

ifi ca

tions

for H

ome

Play

grou

nd E

quip

men

t, F1

487

Stan

dard

Con

sum

er S

afet

y Pe

rfor

man

ce S

peci

fi cat

ions

for P

layg

roun

d Eq

uipm

ent f

or

Publ

ic U

se, a

nd C

PSIA

Spe

cifi c

atio

ns fo

r lea

d pa

int.

For a

ssist

ance

plea

se co

ntac

t:

M&

M S

ales

Ent

erpr

ises

, Inc

.74

25 C

have

nelle

Rd.

Sui

te 2

00 ·

Dub

uque

, IA

520

02

877-

242-

0154

· in

fo@

man

dmsa

lesi

nc.c

om

ww

w.m

andm

sale

sinc

.com

Inst

alla

tio

n, O

per

atio

n &

Mai

nte

nan

ce In

stru

ctio

ns

for

M&

M W

eb R

ider

z Sw

ing

Page 2

INST

ALL

ATI

ON

1. D

o no

t in

stal

l web

sw

ing

over

con

cret

e, a

spha

lt, p

acke

d ea

rth,

or

any

othe

r ha

rd s

urfa

ce. S

ee p

ages

5-6

for

mor

e in

form

atio

n on

pro

per p

rote

ctiv

e su

rfac

ing

mat

eria

l.

2. C

onfi r

m t

hat

the

supp

ortin

g st

ruct

ure

is s

ecur

e, it

will

sup

port

at

leas

t 60

0 po

unds

, is

over

leve

l gro

und,

has

a m

inim

um h

eigh

t of 7

ft. a

nd is

no

less

than

6 ft

. on

all s

ides

from

ver

tical

ele

men

ts. W

eb s

win

g sh

ould

hav

e a

clea

ranc

e of

at

leas

t 1.

5 x

the

tota

l len

gth

of a

ll th

e ro

pe m

easu

red

from

the

tre

e lim

b/ho

rizon

tal b

eam

to

the

met

al O

ring

/s a

ttac

hmen

t poi

nt.

3. T

ree

Limb

Asse

mbl

y -

Test

tre

e lim

b to

ens

ure

that

it w

ill h

old

the

wei

ght

limit

of 6

00 lb

s. s

afel

y. O

btai

n

addi

tiona

l ro

pe t

o at

tach

the

Web

Rid

erz

to t

he h

oriz

onta

l (li

mb)

sup

port

. The

rop

e us

ed s

houl

d no

t be

les

s

than

the

qua

lity,

dur

abili

ty a

nd s

tren

gth

of U

V st

abili

zed,

1/2

” tw

iste

d or

bra

ided

pol

yeth

ylen

e ro

pe. F

or s

ingl

e

atta

chm

ent

set

up f

orm

a s

mal

l noo

se a

t on

e en

d of

you

r ro

pe a

nd t

hrow

it o

ver

the

tree

lim

b. F

or t

he d

ual

atta

chm

ent o

ptio

n re

peat

this

ste

p. R

un th

e ot

her e

nd o

f rop

e th

roug

h th

e no

ose

you

crea

ted

and

tight

en fi

rmly

.

Run

the

end

of ro

pe th

roug

h th

e ,m

etal

ring

on

the

web

sw

ing.

Tie

a m

inim

um o

f TW

O tig

ht k

nots

fi rm

ly. R

epea

t

for d

ual a

ttac

hmen

t. Bo

ttom

of s

win

g sh

ould

be

no m

ore

than

24”

and

no

less

than

18”

from

the

grou

nd.

4. Sw

ing S

et or

othe

r Hor

izont

al B

eam

Ass

embl

y - A

ttac

h th

e w

eb sw

ing

to a

swin

g se

t by

rem

ovin

g tw

o se

ts o

f

swin

gs fr

om th

e ex

istin

g sw

ing

set a

nd a

ttac

h th

e up

per m

etal

O ri

ngs t

o th

e ch

ain

supp

ort h

ook

usin

g ca

rabi

nier

s

(not

incl

uded

) rat

ed fo

r at l

east

600

lbs.

Allo

w 1

.5x

the

tota

l len

gth

of th

e ro

pe to

the

met

al O

ring

of c

lear

ance

on

each

sid

e of

the

swin

g fr

om s

tatio

nary

obj

ects

or o

ther

sw

ingi

ng e

lem

ents

of a

ny k

ind.

Bot

tom

of s

win

g sh

ould

be n

o m

ore

than

24”

and

no

less

than

18”

from

the

grou

ndDua

l att

achm

ent e

xam

ple

Sing

le a

ttac

hmen

t exa

mpl

e AD

JUST

SW

ING

HEI

GH

TTh

e he

ight

adj

ustm

ent o

f you

r web

sw

ing

mus

t be

mad

e be

fore

use

. The

sup

port

ing

rope

s th

at g

o th

roug

h th

e

swin

g tu

bing

are

not

per

man

ently

tied

. The

tem

pora

ry lo

op sh

own

belo

w m

ust b

e un

done

and

a p

erm

anen

t kno

t

mus

t be

tied

afte

r the

hei

ght o

f the

swin

g is

adj

uste

d.

Afte

r the

hei

ght o

f the

swin

g is

set (

see

Clea

ranc

e Re

quire

men

ts b

elow

)a p

erm

anen

t kno

t (as

show

n be

low

) mus

t

be m

ade

on e

ach

of th

e ro

pes t

o en

sure

pro

per u

se a

nd sa

fety

.

Tem

pora

ry lo

opD

oubl

e ov

erha

nd k

not

Pull

tight

At l

east

6 fe

et fr

om tr

unk

or 1

½ ti

mes

the

leng

thof

the

swin

gs ro

pe

18 in

ch m

inum

um to

24

inch

max

imum

grou

nd c

lear

ance

Rope

CLE

AR

AN

CE

REQ

UIR

EMEN

TS

OP

ERA

TIO

N IN

STR

UC

TIO

NS

1. A

n ad

ult s

houl

d su

perv

ise

play

on

this

pro

duct

for c

hild

ren

of a

ll ag

es.

2. O

nly

for f

amily

dom

estic

out

door

use.

3. D

ress

chi

ldre

n ap

prop

riate

ly,

incl

udin

g w

earin

g w

ell-

fi ttin

g sh

oes

that

fully

pro

tect

feet

.

4. In

stru

ct c

hild

ren:

• To

avo

id sw

ingi

ng

empt

y se

ats o

r sw

ings

. • To

not

swin

g

high

er th

an h

ook

atta

chm

ent.

• Get

off

the

swin

g on

ly a

fter

it h

as c

ompl

etel

y

stop

ped

and

to h

old

the

rope

unt

il bo

th fe

et a

re p

lant

ed fi

rmly

on

the

grou

nd. •

To re

mov

e ar

ticle

s bef

ore

play

ing

on e

quip

men

t tha

t cre

ate

haza

rds w

hen

they

get

tang

led

and

caug

ht (e

xam

ples

incl

ude:

pon

chos

,

scar

ves,

and

oth

er lo

ose-

fi ttin

g cl

othi

ng, b

ike

or o

ther

spor

ts h

elm

ets)

. • N

ot to

wal

k cl

ose

to, i

n fr

ont o

f, be

hind

,

or b

etw

een

mov

ing

item

s.

DO

NO

T w

alk

in fr

ont o

r beh

ind

swin

g w

hile

in m

otio

n

WAR

NIN

G: N

ever

sw

ing

high

er th

an h

ook

atta

chm

ent

MA

INTE

NA

NC

E IN

STR

UC

TIO

NS

1. A

t the

beg

inni

ng o

f eac

h se

ason

and

at l

east

twic

e m

onth

ly d

urin

g us

age,

trea

t rop

es w

ith a

Tefl o

n-ba

sed

lubr

ican

t.

2. B

efor

e ea

ch u

se,

chec

k th

e ro

pe,

knot

s,

supp

ort

and

all

conn

ectio

ns f

or e

vide

nce

of

dete

riora

tion,

exc

essi

ve w

ear,

frac

ture

s, b

reak

s

or s

harp

edg

es a

nd re

plac

e as

nec

essa

ry. 3

. Tak

e

tire

swin

g in

door

s w

hen

the

tem

pera

ture

dro

ps

belo

w 3

2 de

gree

s Fah

renh

eit.

WAR

NIN

G: F

ailu

re

to c

arry

out

thes

e ch

ecks

and

insp

ectio

ns c

ould

resu

lt in

a fa

ll or

inju

ry.