this feeder is ideal to transport into hard to reach areas and hoist into the air using a tree branch or tree mounted feeder hoist. our feeder comes with everything you need to setup (minus the feed) to facilitate feeding with no assembly required. capability to attach solar panel (not included; only compatible with rechargeable batteries) after programing the feeder, hang up in your desired hunting area and fill with feed. simply remove the 5 gallon feeder from the box, install the 4 aa batteries included into the digital time, and then program the digital timer as desired up to 4 different times of the day..syi