Warrior Winches 80SPS12, Assembly & Operating Instructions

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 WARNING - 

Never use your winch for overhead hoisting or 

for lifting people or moving people.   

WINCHING TECHNIQUES A-Z 

a. Take time to asses your situation and plan your pull. 

b. Put on gloves to protect your hands. 

c. Disengage the clutch to allow free-spooling and also save battery power. 

d. Attach the hand saver hook to the clevis hook. 

e. Pull out the wire rope to your desired anchor point using the hand saver hook. 

f. Secure the clevis hook to the anchor point: Sling, chain or snatch block.  Do not 

attach the hook back onto the wire rope. 

g. Engage the clutch. 

h. Connect the remote control to the winch.  

i. Start your engine to ensure power is being replenished to the battery. 

j. Power in the wire rope guiding the wire under tension to draw up the slack in the 

wire.  Once the wire is under tension stand well clear. Never step over the wire rope. 

k. Double check your anchors and make sure all connections are secure. 

l. Inspect the wire rope.  Make sure there are at least 5 wraps of wire rope around the 

winch drum. 

m. Drape a blanket or jacket over the wire rope approximately 5 to 6 feet from the 

hook.  Open the hood for added protection. 

n. Clear the area.  Make sure all spectators all well back and that no one is directly in 

front or behind the vehicle or anchor point. 

o. Begin winching.  Be sure that the wire rope is winding evenly and tightly around the 

drum.  The vehicle that is being winched can be slowly driven to add assistance to the 

winching process.  Avoid shock loads; keep the wire rope under tension. 

Fig 3.5