Setting up and using your Christmas tree netting funnel

Step 1. Remove the metal spreader ring (A) from the funnel by turning the jointing bar in an anti-clockwise direction just until it is loose enough to slide o�.

Step 3. Remove a single hank of netting from a bale; each hank has a polythene sleeve around it with indicators showing the direction of �ow.

Step 4. Open the hank into a hollow tube and slide over the narrow end of the funnel, with the netting �ow indicators pointing towards the narrow end of the funnel.

Step 5. Ease the netting back on the funnel and replace the metal spreader ring (A) and tighten the jointing bar to lock the ring in place. Take care not to over tighten and cause damage to the funnel.

Step 6. Open the polythene sleeve at perforation and fold back the upper half - leave the lower half on the funnel to assist the �ow of net. Untie the twine bow and pull the netting over the spreader ring allowing for 150mm (6”) of net to hang over the end of the funnel.

Step 7. Take the rubber ring (B) and stretch it onto the funnel over the net and behind spreader ring; this allows free �ow of material during netting and prevents the whole hank from being pulled o�.

Step 8. Pull extra netting through and tie the end in a knot ready to take the �rst tree.

Step 9. Place the bottom of the tree into the wide end of the funnel and push through until it exits at the narrow end, with the bottom of the trunk resting against the knot in the netting.

Step 10. Grasp the lower end of the trunk and pull the tree through the funnel until it is clear.

Step 11. Cut the netting above the top of the tree using the safety knife supplied with the stand. If required, allow su�cient material to tie a knot above the top of the tree.

Step 12. The tree is now ready for your customer. Before feeding through another tree, tie a knot in the cut end of the netting still on the funnel.

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B

Jointing Bar

Step 2. Remove the Rubber Ring (B) from the funnel.

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