Ironman4x4 Monster Winch, User Manual

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USER GUIDE
Winching Techniques
Different฀winching฀situations฀require฀different฀winching฀techniques.฀This฀section฀covers฀various฀
ways improving the versatility of your winch.
Double & Triple Line Pull
The pulling power of your winch increases with less winds of cable on the drum. If the only
anchor point available is too close to your winch you can loop the cable through a snatch block
and attach the hook end of your cable back to the rated recovery hook on your vehicle. This
uses more cable off the drum and the snatch block also increases the mechanical advantage of
the฀winch,฀and฀therefore฀decreases฀the฀effort฀required.
Two฀snatch฀blocks฀can฀be฀used฀to฀further฀reduce฀the฀effort฀required฀by฀your฀winch,฀this฀is฀called฀
a triple line pull.
Using A Snatch Block
In certain instances extra pulling power will be required to recover a vehicle. If your winch stalls
under load it can quickly build up excessive heat in the motor which can cause serious damage.
Using a snatch block can halve the effort required by your winch by increasing its mechanical
advantage.฀A฀snatch฀block฀can฀also฀be฀used฀to฀change฀the฀pulling฀direction.฀Winching฀should฀
always฀be฀done฀in฀a฀straight฀line฀from฀the฀winch฀to฀the฀object฀being฀winched,฀this฀prevents฀the฀
winch from being damaged due to the cable being bunched up at one end of the cable drum.
DOUBLE LINE PULL
ANCHOR
POINT
TREE TRUNK
PROTECTOR
SNATCH
BLOCK
RATED
D-SHACKLE
WINCH DAMPER
BLANKET
TRIPLE LINE PULL
ANCHOR
POINT
ANCHOR
POINT
SNATCH
BLOCKS
TREE TRUNK
PROTECTORS
RATED
D-SHACKLES
WINCH DAMPER
BLANKET
CHANGING DIRECTION
RATED
D-SHACKLE
SNATCH
BLOCK
RECOVERY
POINT
ANCHOR
POINT
WINCH DAMPER
BLANKET
NOTE: This diagram shows wire cable.
For synthetic rope damper blanket should
be draped over hook end of the rope.
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