BGU FSW 3.5 M, Original User Manual

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• Do not stand in the dangerous area. Assure that nobody stands in 

   between winch and tractor, unless the tractor is safely braked and 

   blocks have been put underneath the wheels to avoid accidental 

   moving.

• Do not remove nor start handling timber before the winch has come 

   to a complete stop.

• Periodically check that all screws and fixations are tightly in place.

• Before putting the winch to work perform a visual checkup of the 

   overall conditions and let a skilled technicial overhaul and service 

   your winch at least once a year.

• It is strictly prohibited to use the winch for any other application 

   than mentioned in this manual. CAUTION: do not use the winch for 

   hoisting applications! (Figure 5)

• Make sure that power is fully disconnected from the winch and that 

   the tractor has been switched off before performing any repair or 

   work on the winch.

• Never operate the winch without its safeties and protections duly in place.

• Strictly use wire rope of adequate crush resistance, strength and 

   quality. Provide for immediate wore rope replacement, if any fault 

   or anomaly is detected.

• Be sure that your wire rope length provides for a free gap to the up    

   per drum profile of least 1.5 the rope diameter when fully spooled. 

   In other words, when the rope is fully spooled there should be

   space left on the drum for at least two more coils. 

• Make sure that your helpers do not put any extra load on the winch 

   without prior informing the tractor driver.

• Strictly operate the winch from a safe place, at safety distance from     

   the load, the rope and such other dangers as unfelled trees. The 

   driver seat accounts as a safe place only if a safety screen is provi

   ded to separate the winch from the tractor in such a way that it may 

   not be removed or bypassed.

The work site and the area around the logging winch must be kept 

free from hinders and obstacles. Make sure that all access ways are 

properly maintained so that timber can be safely skid, loaded and 

shipped. 

3.1  Mandatory application field 

Our logging winches are designed and conceived for farming and tim-

ber skidding applications. Any other use shall be considered non-com-

pliant application. The manufacturer accepts no responsibility for da-

mages caused by non-compliant application. In this case the operati-

on of the machine is completely at user’s risk.  

The user shall strictly comply with these operation , set-up, mainte-

nance, repair and trouble-shooting instructions in order to assure safe 

operation and no damages to the equipment.