Pierce PSHDH20000, Owner'S Manual

SPOOLING

WIRE ROPE PREPARATION

NOTE:

 The first use of your winch must be a test 

run during a non-recovery situation. During this 

trial run begin to recognize the sound of a steady 

pull, a heavy pull, load jerking or shifting. 

•  Spool the wire rope.

•  Wear leather gloves while spooling. 

DO NOT 

allow the wire rope to thread through your hand 

without a glove.

• 

Unwind the wire rope carefully along the floor 

to avoid kinking.

•  Step 1 Make sure the winch is facing the proper 

way. with the clutch side being the left side of 

the winch and the motor side being the right. 

(See step 1)

•  Step 2 Thread the end of the cable from the 

front, UNDER the drum, and up the back side 

placing the end of the wire rope in to the hole at 

the end of the drum. The wire rope will protrude 

½”- 1”. Tighten the set screw to hold the cable in 

place. 

•  Keep a slight load on the wire rope while 

spooling. If you are facing it from the front the 

drum will spin down TOWARDS you. Spool the 

wire rope until the red cable is fully spooled at 

approximately five wraps. 

• 

Under a load of 500 lbs (230 kg) finish spooling 

the wire rope. This will stretch the new wire 

rope and create a tight wrap around the drum.

•  If there is a rope pile-up on one end of the drum, 

reverse the winch to relieve the load and move 

your anchor point further toward the center of 

the load. Then you can re-wind for a neat layer 

of the rope. 

•  Spool the wire rope on to the drum until the 

load is recovered. During operation, make sure 

the wire rope lays smoothly on to the drum 

without spacing or overlapping.

STEP 1

STEP 2

STEP 3

STEP 4

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