Ironman4x4 Monster Winch, User Manual

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USER GUIDE
Winching - Single Line Pull
IMPORTANT: Before winching please refer to the safety section of this manual.
Using฀your฀hand฀controller,฀un-spool฀cable฀slightly฀to฀release฀the฀tension฀on฀the฀cable฀and฀turn
the clutch handle to the disengage position.
Pull฀the฀cable฀out฀to฀the฀chosen฀anchor฀point฀and฀attach฀it฀using฀a฀tree฀trunk฀protector,฀choker฀
chain฀or฀similar.฀Never฀hook฀the฀cable฀back฀onto฀itself฀as฀this฀will฀kink฀the฀cable.฀฀Always฀attach฀
the cable as low to the ground as possible. The further the cable is spooled of the drum the
more฀pulling฀power฀the฀winch฀will฀have,฀but฀always฀leave฀at฀least฀5฀wraps฀on฀the฀drum.฀Always฀
try to choose an anchor point as straight as possible in the direction the vehicle needs to travel.
Re-engage฀the฀clutch฀handle฀on฀the฀winch.฀Using฀your฀hand฀controller฀spool฀the฀cable฀in฀slightly฀
to฀take฀up฀the฀slack.฀Drape฀the฀winch฀blanket฀supplied฀with฀your฀winch฀over฀the฀cable฀and฀
attach the hook and loop tabs.
NOTE: This diagram shows wire cable. For synthetic rope damper blanket should
be draped over hook end of the rope.
Always฀make฀sure฀when฀winching฀under฀load฀that฀the฀winch฀dampening฀blanket฀supplied฀with฀
your฀winch฀is฀draped฀over฀your฀cable฀or฀rope.฀For฀wire฀cable,฀the฀blanket฀should฀be฀draped฀
roughly two thirds of the way towards the hook. For synthetic rope the blanket should be at the
hook end of the cable.
Synthetic Rope Wire Cable
If฀multiple฀blankets฀are฀required฀when฀doing฀a฀double฀or฀triple฀line฀pull,฀a฀rag,฀jacket฀or฀solid฀
branch can be used as a cable dampener.
Making sure that all onlookers are a safe distance away you are now ready to start recovering
your vehicle. When recovering the vehicle someone should always be in the drivers seat.
It is important that all people around you know that you are winching and that clear
communication is kept with the person in the vehicle.
Start the vehicles engine and release the vehicles hand brake. Begin winching using the hand
controller. The vehicle can be driven slowly to assists the winch. If the winch stalls release the
switch on the hand controller as this will over heat and burn the motor out. This will not be
covered by warranty. In this instance it might be necessary to perform a double line pull using a
snatch block.
While฀winching,฀stop฀periodically฀to฀touch฀the฀motor฀with฀your฀bare฀hand.฀If฀the฀motor฀is฀
uncomfortably hot to touch you will need to wait for it to cool down before you continue
winching.฀Also฀check฀that฀the฀cable฀is฀spooling฀on฀evenly฀and฀not฀bunching฀up฀at฀one฀end฀of฀the฀
drum.฀If฀this฀happens฀the฀cable฀can฀run฀out฀of฀room฀and฀break฀the฀winch฀tie-rods.
If the cable is not evenly and tightly wound onto the drum the outer wraps of the cable can be
drawn฀into฀the฀inner฀wraps฀binding฀and฀damaging฀the฀cable.฀If฀this฀happens,฀engage฀the฀hand฀
brake฀on฀the฀vehicle฀and฀spool฀the฀cable฀off฀the฀drum฀slightly฀to฀a฀point฀where฀it฀can฀be฀re-
spooled neatly until the cable has tension and winching can recommence.
As฀you฀winch฀in,฀avoid฀shock฀loading฀the฀cable฀by฀switching฀the฀controller฀intermittently.฀Shock฀
loads can momentarily far exceed the load rating of the winch and the cable.
Once฀the฀vehicle฀has฀been฀winched฀clear฀of฀the฀obstacle,฀engage฀the฀hand฀brake฀and฀spool฀the฀
cable฀out฀slightly฀to฀release฀the฀load.฀Disconnect฀the฀cable฀from฀the฀anchor฀point.
With฀an฀assistant฀holding฀as฀much฀tension฀as฀possible฀onto฀the฀hook,฀using฀the฀hook฀strap฀
provided,฀re-spool฀the฀cable฀neatly฀onto฀the฀drum.
Winching is now complete.
TREE TRUNK
PROTECTOR
RATED
D-SHACKLE
SINGLE LINE PULL
ANCHOR
POINT
WINCH DAMPER
BLANKET
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