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18. Keep children and bystanders away while operating.
Distractions can cause you to lose control.
19. Stay alert, watch what you are doing and
use common sense when operating. Do not
use a winch while you are tired or under the
influence of drugs, alcohol or medication.
A moment of inattention while operating winches
may result in serious personal injury.
20. Do not overreach. Keep proper footing and
balance at all times. This enables better control
of the winch in unexpected situations.
21. Hook onto the object using a pulling point, tow
strap or chain. Do not wrap the wire rope around
the object and hook onto the wire rope itself.
This can cause damage to the object being
pulled, and kink or fray the wire rope.
22.
Do not use a Recovery Strap while
winching.
They are designed to stretch
and can suddenly whip back towards the
operator during a winching operation.
23. Secure load after moving.
NO LOCKING MECHANISM.
24. Keep at least 5 full turns of wire rope on
drum. The wire rope’s connection to the
drum is not intended to sustain a load,
without the added support from the friction
of at least 5 full turns of wire rope.
25. Wrap wire rope under 500 lb. tension before use.
Otherwise, wire rope may bind during operation.
26. Keep clear of wire rope, hook, and load while
winching. Do not step over wire rope.
Do not push sideways against wire rope
under tension; wire rope might break under
this load and recoil back, striking the
person pushing against it or a bystander.
27. If wire rope begins to get entangled, stop winch
immediately and release wire rope using switch.
28. Do not submerge winch in water.
If winch gets submerged accidentally, it needs
to be immediately disassembled, cleaned, dried
and re-lubricated by a qualified technician to
prevent permanent damage from corrosion.
29. Only winch with the winching vehicle′s
transmission in neutral. Winching with a vehicle′s
transmission in gear or park may damage
the transmission. A vehicle′s transmission is
not designed to handle that type of load.
30. Do not operate the winch at extreme angles.
Do not exceed the angles shown in Figure B for
a roller fairlead. For a hawse fairlead, the angle
should be as close to straight as possible.
45°
45°
15°
15°
Figure B: Roller Fairlead Maximum Winching Angles
31. If the object to be pulled must be pulled at an
angle in relation to the winch, use a snatch
block (sold separately) and an anchor point
directly in front of the winch, as shown in
Figure C, to keep the Wire Rope pull straight.
Figure C: Snatch block Anchoring
32. Broken strands of wire rope will be sharp.
Wear heavy-duty work gloves when handling
the wire rope. Do not slide wire rope
through hands, even with gloves on.
33. Winch motor will be hot during and after use.
Keep clear.
34. Do not power the hook all the way
into the fairlead or winch.
35. People with pacemakers should consult their
physician(s) before use. Electromagnetic fields in
close proximity to heart pacemaker could cause
pacemaker interference or pacemaker failure.
