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rotating the drum by hand with the clutch disengaged. Keep your hands clear
of the fairlead and drum while the hoist is under power.
Failure to heed these warnings may result in personal injury and/or property
damage.
WARNING
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Use gloves to protect hands when handling the cable. Never let
the cable slide through your hands.
WARNING
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Never connect the cable back to itself. Apply blocks to the wheels
of the vehicle when on an incline. Duration of hoisting pulls should be kept as short
as possible. If the motor becomes uncomfortably hot to the touch, stop hoisting
immediately and let it cool down for a few minutes. Do not pull for more than one
minute at or near the rated load.
CAUTION
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If the motor stalls do not maintain power to the hoist. Electric
hoistes are designed and made for intermittent use and should not be used in
constant duty applications.
CAUTION
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Never disengage the clutch when there is a load on the hoist.
CAUTION
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Use the
hand saver hook when handling the hook for spooling or
un-spooling the wire rope.
Don
’t place any part of your body or clothing near rotating or moving
components.
Don
’t stand too close to hoist when operating.
Don
’t lift loads greater than the rated load of the hoist.
Don’t touch or hand wire rope or riggings when operating.
Don
’t put wire rope around an object and hook it back to rope.
Don
’t use unsuitable rope in construction, strength or having any defects.
GENERAL TIPS FOR SAFE OPERATION
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The hoist and its all-derivative types are rated at rated capacity when spooling
the first rope layer on the drum. Overloading can damage the hoist/motor/ or
wire rope. For loads over 70% of rated line pull, we recommend the use of the
pulley block/snatch block to double the wire rope line. This will aid in two ways:
a) reduce the number or rope layers on the drum, as well as, b) reduce the load
