Question on my new house MSS12
This may be a stupid question but I recently put my new house together and was wondering if I missed something. Is there anything to prevent the house from rotating slightly around the pole? It won't slide up and down until I pull on the rope(which is correct) but it does rotate side to side a little bit. Thanks in advance!
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the house will spin until it is fully up. Once fully up, there is a "Tee" bolt that holds the pulley assymbly on. That will lock it in place.
The safety lock is very frustrating to me. In fact I have cut it off my houses as it made them too difficult to bring down.
Hope I made that clear enough.
Let me know if you have any more questions. Hope you are going with expanded compartments also.
The safety lock is very frustrating to me. In fact I have cut it off my houses as it made them too difficult to bring down.
Hope I made that clear enough.
Let me know if you have any more questions. Hope you are going with expanded compartments also.
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The slight rotation when raising & lowering is unavoidable. It shouldn't cause you any concern. If you want the house positioned at a lower setting (because of storms for instance) you will need to secure the house to the pole to keep it from spinning. You can drill a small hole in the pole at a lower setting & run a pin through the lanyard lock & the pole. This will lock the house in place.
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