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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR WINCH
Your 8,000lb Champion Power Equipment winch is a powerful piece of machinery. It
is important that you understand the basics of its operation and specifications so
that when you need to use it, you can use it with confidence and safety. Below is a
list of the components of your winch and their uses. Practice using your winch
before you are in a situation to need to use it.
1. Motor: Your 3.6HP motor require a 650CCA 12 volt battery for operation and
provides power to the gear mechanism which turns the drum and winds the
wire rope;
2. Winch Drum: The winch drum is the cylinder on which the wire rope is stored.
It can feed or wind the rope depending on the remote winch switch.
3. Wire Rope: Your winch has a 5/16” x 95’ galvanized aircraft cable designed
specifically for load capacity of 8,000lbs. The wire rope feeds onto the drum in
the “under wind” position through the roller fairlead and is looped at the end
to accept the clevis hook pin.
4. Roller Fairlead: When using the winch at an angle the roller fairlead acts to
guide the wire rope onto the drum and minimizes damage to the wire rope
from abrasion on the winch mount or bumper.
5. Planetary Gear System: The reduction gears convert the winch motor power
into extreme pulling forces. This system allows high torque while maintaining
compact size and light weight.
6. Braking System: Braking action is automatically applied to the winch drum
when the winch motor is stopped and there is a load on the wire rope. The
braking action is applied by a separate mechanical brake.
7. Free Spooling Clutch: The clutch allows the operator to manually disengage
(“Out”) the spooling drum from the gear train, free spool. Engaging the clutch
(“In”) locks the winch into the gear system.
8. Solenoid: Power from the vehicle battery flows through the weather sealed
solenoid switch before being directed to the winch motor.
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