Prowinch PWTR Series, User'S Manual And Safety Warnings

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Installation

1)  Lay out the rope in front of the vehicle ensuring there are 

no twists or kinks.
2) With the winch clutch is disengaged, feed the drum termi-

nal through the front of the roller / hawse fairlead and connect 

to the drum using the button head allen screw provided, this 

should be finger tight only so that the ring terminal can rotate 

if necessary.
3) Attach the hook end to a suitable anchor point and po-

sition the vehicle so there is at least 3 m of slack on the rope. 

Apply the vehicle hand brake.
4) Holding the rope with gloved hands and at least 5 m back 

from the winch apply as much pressure as you can by leaning 

your body weight against the rope and walking towards the 

winch whilst using the wired remote to wind in. Ensure that 

each wrap lays tightly next to the other until the rope tensions 

against the anchor point. There should be at least 6 wraps 

around the drum.
5) The rope must be wound onto the drum from the bottom 

of the drum. Using the wired remote and whilst gently apply-

ing the vehicle foot brake to maintain tension, use the winch 

to pull the vehicle towards the anchor point.

During the operation, regularly stop the winch, apply the 

handbrake to maintain tension and check the rope is spooling 

on evenly to the winch. If you have an assistant, they should 

remain in the vehicle to operate the brake, whilst you maintain 

control of the winch from outside the vehicle and using the 

wired remote.
6) When the rope is all but approx. 3m spooled in, using the 

hand save to hold the hook, reverse the winch slightly to allow 

the hook to be released. 
7) Maintaining tension on the rope, pulse the remote to take 

in the remaining rope and then anchor the hook onto a suita-

ble mounting point on the vehicle.

Notes

- It is important to understand that it is the first 6-8 tight wraps 

around the drum and NOT the drum terminal fixing point that 

allow the wire or synthetic rope to grip onto the drum.
- The drum terminal crimped onto the wire rope and its fixing 

onto the drum are not load bearing, it is just designed to allow 

the wire rope to be wound on under sufficient load for it to 

wrap tightly onto the drum.
- When wire rope is new it is greasy and springy and can easily 

unwind on the drum if tension is ever released. 
- If the outer wraps of a wire rope do ‘unwind’ then you must 

pull the whole rope out and re-spool under tension. Failure to 

observe this will result in failure of the drum fixing.

ATTENTION

We recommend the use of an assistant when spooling the rope. Spooling operation should be 

undertaken on a large open, flat and level area.

4.5 SPOOLING THE WIRE ROPE