There are two ways to attach the stand. If you use the hook, you nbeed to remove the offset brackett. I personally do not like the hook system. It goes up plenty fast with the offest brackett and you do not have to first hang the hook, which seems to defeat the purpose.
If your new to hunting out of L/W stands there are some definate tricks to making them easier to set up... Here is a link to a post on a different forum about "Tip's and tricks" to setting up L/W hang-ons...

http://www.bloodbro.com/messageboard...opic.php?t=178