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Assembly:

Glue the foot pieces (either 12" or 11 3/4", it doesn't matter) into both ends of one 4-way ELL being careful to orient the 4-way ELL correctly. Glue the 40" piece into the upper end of the 4-way ELL. You have now assembled 1 complete upright. Glue caps on the top and on the ends of the feet if you'd like to have your job look nicer. Make 3 more of these assemblies (you are making 2 complete jumps.)

Drill holes in these uprights, perpendicular to the dog's line of travel, at the desired spacing for jump heights - be sure to account for the pole cup and the height of the bar. I drill holes 1" apart up to a jump height of 26". I use an indelible marker to write the jump height next to each hole.

Insert the 48" bottom bar into the projection of the 4-way ELL. I don't glue this in because I want to be able to disassemble the jumps for ease of transportation.

Stripe the 48 1/4" jump bars for visibility. I use 2" wide electrical tape from US Plastics Corp. If your jumps will not be left outside, you can use the cloth-type colored tape. This tape does not weather well if left outside. A good idea is to choose stripe spacings that allow you to use your crossbars as measuring devices - say, the distance between weave poles or the distance between double and triple jumps.

Pole Cup Preparation

There are two cups in the pair - one that is a completely enclosed circle, one that is a half. I suppose you could use them just as they are - I prefer to have them both be half cups so I use a hacksaw and cut off half of the complete cup. This is so that the dog can easily knock off the cross bar. These cups have small holes in the center but you'll need to drill them out to 1/4" with your drill.

Alternate to the pole cup method:

Many people use other methods to support the cross bars. One is to drill the holes in the uprights PARALLEL to the dog's line of travel. Use longer bolts, with nuts, so that the cross bar rests on the projecting bolt. I tried this originally. My ground is so lumpy that the bars kept rolling off so I chose the pole cup method instead.

Jump Assembly

Screw the pole cups onto the uprights at the desired height, head of bolt on inside of upright, using wing nuts on the outside of the upright.

Extra 12" Feet

You have (4) extra 12" feet. Use these in place of the ground bar (one on each jump upright) when your Cyber Agility exercises call for 'jump uprights' only. You and your dog will be moving between the jump uprights and I don’t want you worrying about tripping over the jump's ground bar. Using these 12" feet will support the upright, yet give you clear ground for your movement between the uprights.


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