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cable to slide through your hands.
Do not let your hands get within 12
in.
of
the winch while spooling. Turn off the winch and repeat the procedure until a
few feet of cable is left. Disconnect the remote control and finish spooling by
rotating the drum by hand with the clutch disengaged. Keep your hands clear
of the fairlead and drum while the winch is under power.
Do not use as a hoist. Do not use for overhead lifting.
Failure to heed these warnings may result in personal injury and/or property
damage.
WARNING –
Use gloves to protect hands when handling the cable. Never let
the cable slide through your hands.
WARNING –
Never connect the cable back to itself. Apply blocks to the wheels
of the vehicle when on an incline. Duration of winching pulls should be kept as
short as possible. If the motor becomes uncomfortably hot to the touch, stop
winching immediately and let it cool down for a few minutes. Do not pull for more
than one minute at or near the rated load.
CAUTION –
If the motor stalls do not maintain power to the winch. Electric
winches are designed and made for intermittent use and should not be used in
constant duty applications.
CAUTION –
Never disengage the clutch when there is a load on the winch.
CAUTION –
Use the
hand saver hook when handling the hook for spooling or
un-spooling the wire rope.
GENERAL TIPS FOR SAFE OPERATION
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The winch and its all-derivative types are rated at rated capacity when spooling
the first rope layer on the drum. Overloading can damage the winch/motor/ or
wire rope. For loads over 70% of rated line pull, we recommend the use of the
pulley block/snatch block to double the wire rope line. This will aid in two ways:
a) reduce the number or rope layers on the drum, as well as, b) reduce the load
on the wire rope by as much as 50%. When doubling the line back to the
vehicle, attach to the frame or other load bearing part.
