3. Point your forefinger down and draw circles in the air about waist
height to indicate feeding more wire from the winch.
4. Tells the driver to wind the winch in short, quick bursts. Open and
close the two fingertips until you want the winch to stop.
5. To signal to stop the winch, clench fist, palm to driver, held high
enough for the driver to see and other arm straight out at shoulder
height.
6. Cross palms together to tell the driver to apply the foot brake.
7. Tells driver to give the tires more drive force to assist the winch
process.
Vehicle recovery (single line)
The following steps outline how to recover your vehicle with a single
line; multiple lines follow the same basic steps but use a snatch block to
assist the process. Refer to
Rigging Techniques
later in this chapter.
1. Put on leather gloves.
2. Disengage the clutch to allow
freespooling of the winch drum.
Freespooling conserves the vehicle’s
battery power.
Always use the supplied
hook strap to hold the hook
when spooling wire rope in or out.
Note:
Never attempt to disengage the clutch while the wire rope is
under tension. Never engage the clutch while the drum is rotating.
Always make sure the clutch is fully engaged or disengaged.
Note:
Never leave the remote control plugged into the winch while
freespooling, rigging or sitting idle.
2008 F-250/350/450/550
(f23)
Supplement
USA
(fus)
Driver Controls
10
