Troyer's Birds' Paradise T-14 User manual

Assembly of Aluminum T-14 Pole with Mounting Kit and T-14 House Mount
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C
A
D
E
Mounting Kit #ALMK-B
FCable
GWinch (Brake Winch Shown)
HWinch Handle
IWinch Spring and Nut
J4” Pulley with bolts, nut and washers
K(2) Cable clamps
LCable thimble
MHitch Pin
NSafety Bolt
O(4) Slider blocks
PHouse Bracket
QLock with chain
RTarpaulin Hook with hardware
S(8) Wood Screws
F
G
H
I
K
L
M
N
S
R
Q
P
O
AL-Pole Parts List
Pole
A (1) Bottom of pole (has a drilled hole 6-feet up from the bottom, see circle)
B (1) Center of pole (has the slot for the pulley at top, shown, and an aluminum splice at opposite
end)
T (1) Top of Pole (One end square cut, opposite has splice
C (1) 48” heavy duty aluminum ground stake with removable stop
D (2) Aluminum top perch rods 72” long
E (1) Ball top with 4, ¼-20 x ¾” stainless steel set screws and Allen wrench taped inside of ball
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The installation of a ground stake is as vital as
the foundation of your home. Both need to be
done correctly in order to support the housing.
Step 1) Installing the Ground Stake (C). Using a
post hole digger dig a hole with a minimum depth
of 32-36” by 12” in diameter. Poor soil conditions
may warrant a larger hole and more concrete.
Step 2) Measure and mark your ground stake at
24” from either end. This will help keep your
ground stake at the proper installed above ground
height.
Step 3) You will need at least 4 bags of Ready to
Use Concrete Mix, 80 pounds each.
Step 4) Empty contents of the Ready Mix into a
wheel barrow. Mix and handle the concrete according
to the directions on the bag.
Step 5) Place about 4 inches of gravel into the
hole.
Step 6) Fill your newly dug hole with concrete, right
up to the top of your hole.
Step 7) Holding your ground stake vertically over
the cement insert your aluminum ground stake
into the concrete by pushing downward and
pulling upward in a firm and steady motion. It
does not matter which end of the ground stake
you insert into the ground. Stop inserting the
stake when your ground stakes 24 inch mark is
level with the cement. Next fill the hollow (stake)
tube with your left over cement. Compact the ce-
ment by using a piece of rebar inside the tube and
bring it up and down, compacting the cement.
Wipe o!any cement from the exterior of the
stake. Finish by sloping the concrete away from
the base of the stake. Check for plumb on two
sides of the stake. Let your cement harden at
least 2 days before you continue with the installa-
tion.
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Step 8) Assembly of the 3-piece pole. Start by
getting your bottom section (A). It is 84” overall
and has 2 square cut ends. Then get your center
section (B). You are inserting the center piece into
the bottom piece. Make sure your safety bolt
hole, which is 6’ up from the bottom, is the end to
which you will insert the splice from the center
pole section. Now you will insert your top pole
section (T). You need to insert the top section
oriented with the 2 holes facing upwards and that
it will align on the same side as the safety pin hole
(arrow) found in the bottom section, see photos
step 8. When your pole is completely assembled
all the holes, safety pin in bottom section and the
2 holes in the top piece are all on the same side.
If not, rotate the top section until they are.
Step 9) We will now be using parts that are found
in the Mounting Kit box. Please note that for this
instruction we are using a Brake Winch. Mounting
Kits have options that include a Standard Winch as
well as a Worm Gear Winch. No matter which
winch you have chosen, they will all mount the
same. We will need your 4” pulley (J) with bolt
washers and lock nut (all preassembled for you).
Remove the lock nut and pull the bolt from pulley,
make note of where the washers are. Insert the
pulley into the slot and while holding it in place,
insert the bolt with washer into the hole on the
side of the pole, thru the pulley and out the oppo-
site hole in the pole. Place your washer on and
thread the lock nut on. Tighten using two 9/16
wrenches. One to hold the bolt head the other to
tighten the nut. Make sure the nut is tight to the
pole, but don’t over tighten it. Your pulley should
freely spin on the bolt.
Step 10) Lets turn our attention to the ball top.
You will need your ball top (E) your two top perch
rods (D) and your four 1/4-20 x ¾” set screws
with Allen wrench (E) which have been taped in-
side your ball top. Begin by threading in two of
the set screws that will hold the top perch rods.
Insert the set screw enough that it will stay in
place, but not too deep that it will interfere with
the rod insertion into the drilled hole. Next we
will place the ball top on to the top of the pole
(above the pulley). Seat the ball top and with the
remaining two set screws (E) insert the screw into
the drilled and tapped hole, use you Allen wrench
and tighten.
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Step 11) Measure the top perches and find center
and mark. Insert the lower top perch rod first into
the ball top. Find your center mark and then
tighten set screw using the provided Allen wrench.
Repeat for the upper top perch.
Step 12) Begin by rotating your pole ¼turn. You
should see the bolt head or nut that was inserted
thru the pulley facing upwards. It’s now time to
install the house bracket (P). The house bracket
has been assembled for you. Loosen the nuts so
that you can open the bracket enough to slip over
the bottom of the pole. Measure from the bottom
of the pole upward to 36” and mark. Slide your
bracket to the mark and using 7/16” wrench, to
tighten the bolts, place your wrench on the bolt
head instead of the nut. The reason why is that
these are self-gripping nuts. Also check for level
using a square.
Step 13) We are next going to install the winch.
The winch needs to be on the same side as the
pulley so rotate your pole ¼turn as seen in Step
12 photo. Measure from your bottom of the pole
up 11-12” and mark with a pencil. Next get your
winch with assembled brackets (G). Loosen the
nuts on both the upper and lower winch brackets
back plate so that the opening will be large
enough that you can slip it on to your pole. Do
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pulley side of
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just that orienting the winch itself so that is facing
upwards on the pole, the winch handle will be on
the upper left side, and in line with your pulley.
Using your 7/16” wrench tighten both the upper
and lower bolt heads at the bracket. Check for
square.
Step 14) Now you will install the winch handle.
Place the handle (H) onto the drive shaft. There
are threads on the shaft, so twirl the handle until
it stops. Get the spring (I) place it on the shaft,
then the nut (I). Tighten the nut. Please note if
you have a worm gear winch there is no handle.
Step 15) From the mounting kit box get the Safe-
ty Pin (N) and remove the hitch pin (M) that is in
place by grasping the large rounded loop and pull.
Insert the hitch pin into the hole that is in your
lower pole section (A) about 6 feet from the
ground up. Replace the hitch pin and push the
pin all the way thru so that the curved part of
hitch pin, where you grasped it is in all the way.
This will keep your safety pin from becoming dis-
lodged during a later step.
Step 16) We will now be installing the cable (F).
For shipping purposes it has been banded, cut the
bands o!, and lay your cable out on the ground.
Remove any kinks or twists. One end of the cable
has a stop sleeve compressed on to it. The other
end is bare. Place a few wraps of electrical tape
on the bare end of the cable. With your pole still
showing the winch facing upwards, take the
tapped end of the cable and insert it thru the pul-
ley slot along the top of the pulley and out the
back side of pole. It’s okay to pull some cable
thru the pulley so you have some to work with.
You will need from the hardware bag 1 cable
thimble and 2 cable clamps.
Wrap the tapped end of the cable around the
thimble (L) leaving a leg of about three inches. It
would be much easier if you had a helper at this
point. While one person is holding the cable
wrapped around the thimble the other should get
one of the cable clamps (K) and remove the nuts
from it. Separate the 2 halves. Place the u-
shaped piece over the cable, just below where the
cable thimble is, then slip the bottom piece on to
the u shape, and align the upper and lower halves
of the cable and then thread on the nuts and
tighten using a #10 metric wrench or use a cres-
cent wrench. Once tightened, place the second
cable clamp just below the first and repeat. Please
be sure everything is nice and tight.
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Step 17) Run the cable with the cable stop on it
down the pole towards your installed winch. Ro-
tate the winch drum until you see a slot on the
opposite side of the handle. This is where you will
need to insert the cable stop. Using the photos as
a guide, notice how the cable runs to the back
side of the winch and then you bring it up and
over the drum. Then insert the stop into the slot-
ted hole. Keep tension on the cable.
Take the end of the cable where you have your
thimble and clamps installed and place it on the
hooked end of your safety pin. You will now be
removing the slack of the cable by turning your
winch handle. Keep tension on your cable and
turn the winch handle and wrap the cable around
the drum till all the slack is gone and you have a
little tension on the cable because it has been
looped on to safety pin. Please be sure the hitch
pin is fully seated into the safety bolt hole. This
will keep the pin in place while you install the pole
over the ground stake.
Step 18) You will now be installing the pole over
the ground stake. This is best accomplished with
two adults. Before you stand the pole up, give
some thought as to the orientation of winch. Car-
ry the assembled pole to the ground stake and
stand the pole up next to the stake. Pick the pole
up and set it on the edge of the ground stake.
See Step 18 photo on the next page. Working
with your helper, maneuver the pole till it is ready
to slide down the stake. Sometimes aluminum
can bind. By placing some oil or spraying with
WD-40 on the stake, will aid in the pole sliding
down easier The pole is now fully seated over the
ground stake and sitting on your concrete base.
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Step 19) It is time to install the houses. Begin by
removing the houses from their boxes (one sec-
tion of house per box). One of the house sections
will have a hardware bag containing 8 carriage
bolts and 8 wing nuts. Begin by getting 4 of the
carriage bolts On the back side of each of the
four unit houses you will see a rail to the left and
right with holes at the top and bottom of the rails.
Insert a carriage bolt so the flat head of the car-
riage bolt is inside the rail, repeat for all 4 holes.
Take a hammer and gently tap the carriage head
to be sure they are fully seated and tight against
the rail.
Step 20) Now you will need two of your slider
blocks (O) (found in the mounting kit). Note that
each block has screws installed in them. Place
one of the slider blocks underneath the upper car-
riage bolts and using your hammer tap the slider
block so that its flush with the back of the house.
Now use your hammer and tap the bottom of the
block, upwards so that you move the block to
where the edge of the block is pushing on the
carriage bolt head. Partly covering these bolt
heads will help later in the installation as it will
keep the bolts from moving. Using you screw dri-
ver install the screws. Repeat at the lower section,
and do the other 4-section.
Step 21) In the mounting kits hardware bag there
are 8 wood screws (S). You will take a screw and
insert the screw from outside the rail of the four-
house section, thru the slider block. Insert one
screw to the left and the right of all 4 slider
blocks. The back of your two 4-compartment
sections should look like this. See photo step 21
next page.
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cable on the
safety pin
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Step 22) Its now time to mount the house sec-
tions. You will need a bungee cord approximately
28” long. Using one of the completed four-sec-
tions place the section so that it sits on the house
bracket and push the house in towards the pole.
Have your helper attach one bungee hook at the
roof on the right side, wrap the cord around the
pole and attach the other hook to the other side of
the roof. See photo Step 22.
Step 23) We will now attach the second 4-com-
partment section to the opposite one we just did.
Place it on the house bracket, push the house into
the pole, and wrap your bungee cord around the
house hooking it in place at the roof.
Step 24) Notice in Step 23 photo you can see the
carriage bolts extending out of the houses. The
stems of the carriage bolt is what you will align
with the holes found on the back side of the three
section houses. Begin by finding the 3-compart-
ment section that DOES NOT have a set of holes
drilled into the bottom floor. You will mount this
house on the SAME SIDE AS YOUR WINCH. Open
the front door of the house and lift it up, and
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block
Lower slider
block
Carriage Bolt
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while watching, insert the carriage bolt stems
through the drilled holes in the backside of the
housing. Once you have the house on the bolt
stems you will need 4 of the wing nuts that were
in your T-14 house hardware bag. Install the
wing nuts and tighten.
Step 25) It is now time for the last three house
section, and this time you want to begin by flip-
ping the house upside down. You will get your
tarpaulin hook (R) which can be found in the
mounting kits hardware bag. Unlock and open the
door. Remove the nuts from the bolts that are
attached to the tarpaulin hook. Place the hook so
the hook is facing the back of the house, towards
a notch (which is for the cable). Align the holes in
the house to the hook, insert the bolts from inside
the house, through the hook and install the nut,
and repeat for the other hole. Tighten the nuts
using a 7/16” wrench.
Step 26) Before you can mount the house you will
need to grasp the cable and while your helping is
reversing the winch, you will be pulling down on
the cable. You will know you have enough slack
once you can place your cable between the 4-
compartment section gap, below the house, be-
tween the house brackets see photo Step 26 B
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Step 27) Mount the last three-section house just
like you did in step 24, and don’t forget to tighten
the wing nuts.
Step 28) We need to attach the looped end of the
cable onto the tarpaulin hook. Again, have your
helper reverse the brake winch handle allowing
you to grasp the cable and pull it towards the
hook. Once you have looped the oval loop over
the tarpaulin hook, and your fingers are free, have
the helper raise the T-14 house by cranking the
winch clockwise. Go slowly, watch that your cable
is in the notch at the back the house.
If everything looks good, close and lock the doors,
remove the bungee cords and run your house up
the pole. Place your safety Pin (N) back into the
hole on the pole, and insert the hitch pin.
How to lock the winch. The last item in the
mounting kit hardware box is a lock with a piece
of chain (Q). Remove the packing from the lock,
and in order to open the lock you will need to re-
move one of the keys on the key ring. Open the
lock. Take the chain wrap it so that it goes
around the winch handle behind the cable, and
then with the hasp of the lock insert it through the
chain links both ends. Close the lock.
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