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14. Begin winching. With the winching vehicles
engine on and light tension already on the
wire rope, begin winching slowly and
steadily. Be sure that the wire rope is
winding evenly and tightly around the
spooling drum. For additional assistance,
the winched vehicle can be slowly driven
while being pulled by the winch. Continue
pulling until the vehicle is on stable ground.
If you are able to drive the vehicle, the
winching operation is complete.
NOTE:
•
Avoid overheating the winch motor. For
extended winching, stop at reasonable
intervals to allow the winch motor to cool
down.
•
What to look for under load: The wire rope
must always spool onto the drum as indi-
cated by the drum rotation decal on the
winch. As you power-in, make sure the
wire rope winds evenly and tightly on the
drum. This prevents the outer wire wraps
from drawing into the inner wraps, bind-
ing and damaging the wire rope. Avoid
shock loads by using the control switch
intermittently to take up wire rope slack.
Shock loads can momentarily far exceed
the winch and wire rope ratings. During
side pulls the wire rope tends to stack up
at one end of the drum. This stack can
become large enough to cause serious
damage to the winch. So, line up pulls as
straight ahead as possible and stop
winching if the wire rope comes close to
the tie rods or mounting plate. To fix an
uneven stack, spool out that section of
the rope and reposition it to the opposite
end of the drum, which will free up space
for continued winching.
15. Secure vehicle. Once recovery of the ve-
hicle is complete, be sure to secure the
vehicle’s brakes and shift the transmission
to PARK. Release tension in the wire rope.
16. Disconnect the wire rope, and disconnect
from the anchor.
Using The Remote Control
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