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GASOLINE UTILITY VEHICLES

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Owner’s Manual and Service Guide

Read all of manual to become thoroughly familiar with this vehicle. Pay particular attention to all Notes, Cautions and Warnings

seat. Read the following section (Winch Applications)
before attempting to operate winch.

Winch Applications

The optional winch may be used for a number of pur-
poses, including pulling the vehicle if it loses traction on
unsuitable terrain.

Improper use of the winch
could result in a number of
conditions that could cause

severe injury or death to operator, occupants of vehi-
cle or bystander.

It is impossible to predict all conditions that the winch
could be used, therefore the following warnings should
not be considered as complete. Before operating the
winch, consider the possible dangers and take precau-
tions to protect yourself, your passenger and any
bystanders.

To prevent severe injury or
death to operator, occupants
or bystanders, select the

object to which the cable is attached with the follow-
ing considerations:

Make sure the object cannot be pulled over or oth-
erwise damaged.

The object the winch is attached to could fall on
the vehicle and it’s occupants.

If attaching the winch to a dead tree, a section
could fall.

When pulling vehicle with winch, pull straight only. Do
not permit the cable to contact the side of the drum.

Do not pull vehicle at angle.
If the vehicle is pulled at an
angle, it could turn over

causing severe injury or death to anyone in the area.
The winch cable could also become overstressed and
break causing severe injury or death to anyone struck
by the cable.

The rear drive axle is equipped with a differential. All
domestic and foreign rear wheel drive automobiles and
trucks use a differential. The differential is the round
bulge in the center of the axle. It contains gears to trans-
mit power to the drive wheels. When a vehicle turns, the
outside wheel must travel farther than the inside wheel.
The differential gears allow the wheels to travel different
distances. Without the differential, the wheels would drag
and scuff during a turn and greatly reduce the life of the
tires. With this arrangement, if one drive wheel looses
traction, all available power is transferred to that wheel
until it regains traction. In normal driving this is not a
problem. However, if the vehicle becomes ‘hung up’ on
an object, the vehicle will stop. If the vehicle cannot be
pushed off the obstruction, it will have to be pulled off
using the winch.

Depending on the location of the obstruction, the vehicle
may need to be pulled either forward or backward.

The winch may be installed in either the front or rear
receiver and held in place with the locking pin provided.

To prevent severe injury or
death, read and understand
the following before attempt-

ing to use the winch:

The winch is not intended to be used in any hoist-
ing operation.

The rolling load capacity of the winch decreases
with the steepness of the slope.

The winch is designed for intermittent duty only.
The electric motor should not be allowed to
become excessively hot. If the motor becomes
uncomfortably hot to the touch, stop winching
and allow the motor to cool.

Always wear thick leather gloves when handling
the wire cable.

Replace frayed wire cable with a direct factory
replacement only.

Never operate the winch with less than five (5) full
turns of cable around the drum (Ref Fig. 7 on
page 6).

If the winch motor stalls from overloading, do not
continue to activate the winch remote control. The
wire cable may become overstressed.

Do not attempt to pull loads exceeding 1500 lbs.
(680 kg).

Fig. 6 Winch Clutch Knob

Pull out

ENGAGED

Clutch Knob

LOCKED OUT

Turn 90