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PREPARING THE WINCH
Wear heavy leather gloves when handling wire
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rope. Do not let the wire rope slip through your
hands, even with gloves on. When handling the hook, always use
handsaver (see Fig. 4). Never put your fingers
into the hook. Placing finger(s) in hook could
result in injury.
Fig. 4
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1. When anchoring the pulling vehicle, set the parking
brake and block or chock the wheels. Keep the vehicle's
foot brake depressed and place automatic and manual
transmissions in neutral.
Inspect switch and wiring for cracks, pinched
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spots, frayed wire, or loose connections.
A damaged, shorted lead could cause the winch to run as soon
as it is plugged in.
2. When using the remote switch inside a vehicle, always pass it
through a window to avoid pinching the wire in the door.
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WINCHING
Never touch the wire rope or hook while they are
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in tension or under load. Even at rest, the winch
may have the wire rope in tension. Never guide a wire rope under
tension onto the drum with your hands (see Fig. 5).
1. Winch with at least five wraps of wire rope around the winch
drum. With fewer wraps, the wire rope could pull loose from the
drum under load.
2. When pulling a load, place a blanket, jacket or tarpaulin over the wire
rope near the hook end (see Fig. 6). This will slow the snap back of a
broken wire rope and help to prevent serious injury. Raise hood to protect
windshield.
Fig. 6
Note the winch's rated capacity
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and do not exceed it.
3. Double line with a pulley block (see Fig. 7) to reduce the load on the
winch, wire rope and battery. Double lining will also reduce winch line
speed. Be sure all equipment used meets the winch's maximum line pull
rating. When double-lining, pulley blocks should be rated to a minimum
of two times the winch's line pull rating.
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Fig. 5
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