Ironman4x4 Monster Winch, User Manual

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WINCH
ACCESSORIES
GETTIN’ THE
RIGHT GEAR
GETTIN’ THE
RIGHT GEAR
Winch Damper Blanket
When winching under load a dampening blanket should
always be used. It is draped over the cable when it is
under tension to dampen its inertia if it snaps or comes
adrift from its anchor point. This will prevent it from
whipping฀and฀potentially฀injuring฀people฀or฀damaging฀the฀
car or equipment.
To compliment your Ironman 4x4 Monster Winch,
the following accessories can be purchased
separately from your nearest Ironman 4x4 Stockist.
Tree Trunk Protector
A฀tree฀trunk฀protector฀is฀essential฀if฀using฀a฀tree฀as฀an฀
anchor point. This prevents ring barking the tree.
It can also be used for several other applications when
connecting your cable or rope to an anchor point.
Winch Extension Strap
A฀winch฀extension฀strap฀can฀be฀connected฀to฀the฀hook฀end฀
of the winch cable or rope to extend its length if a suitable
anchor฀point฀can’t฀be฀reached.
Snatch Block
A฀snatch฀block฀is฀a฀valuable฀addition฀to฀your฀vehicle฀
recovery winch. It allows you to maximise the pulling
power of your winch and allows the winching angle to
be฀changed฀if฀a฀suitable฀anchor฀point฀can’t฀be฀found฀in฀a฀
straight line in front of the vehicle.
Recovery Hook
This is a universal heavy duty recovery hook can be
mounted to a suitable point on a vehicles chassis for
vehicle recovery. It can also be used for anchoring the
hook end of the cable to the vehicle when using a
snatch block.
Synthetic Rope
Synthetic rope is an alternative to steel cable. It is much
lighter than steel cable. It is much safer than steel cable
if it snaps under extreme load because it will not whip
potentially฀causing฀injury฀or฀damage.฀It฀is฀able฀to฀be฀
spliced back together if it was to snap.
Alloy Hawse Fairlead
An฀alloy฀hawse฀fairlead฀is฀essential฀if฀using฀a฀synthetic฀
rope. It prevents the rope being caught between
the rollers and sustaining damage if used with a
conventional roller fairlead.
Roller Fairlead
The use of a roller fairlead assists in guiding the steel
cable฀onto฀the฀cable฀drum,฀minimising฀damage฀to฀the฀
cable itself.
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