Instr 9929140
Rev 01 2018-08
Page 12 of 17
GEAR SELECTION
The dual speed winch is equipped with three different
gear settings. “HIGH”, “NEUTRAL” and “LOW”.
WARNING
DO NOT
attempt to shift the winch while the rope/
cable is under tension.
ALWAYS
make sure the
winch rope/cable is not in tension before shifting the
winch between gears to avoid damage to the winch
mechanism. Failure to comply may lead to death or
serious personal injury
IMPORTANT
High gear is for rapid recovery of the winch rope
ONLY. It is not intended for pulling and will reduce
the life of the winch if used under load.
• The neutral setting is meant to be used to free-spool
the winch rope/cable for faster deployment. When in
neutral, the “N” marking will show thru the cutout
window on the shift knob. See photo below.
• To shift into high gear, rotate the gear shifting knob
clockwise until the “H” marking shows thru the
cutout window on the shift knob. See photo below.
• To shift into low, rotate the gear shifting knob
counter-clockwise until the “L” marking shows thru
the cutout window on the shift knob. See photo
below.
RAPID RECOVERY WINCH FUNCTION
CAUTION
The rapid recovery function must ONLY be used
while the rope/cable is under no load. Failure to
comply may cause damage to winch and/or related
components.
Your winch is equipped to quickly reel in the winch
rope when being used under no-load conditions.
Using this feature will significantly reduce the time it
takes to rewind your rope after use.
•
When to use.
–
Use Rapid Recovery to quickly reel the rope in
or out to speed up the recovery process. The
rope speed is approximately five times the
speed of standard operation, so caution should
be taken to always reset the winch to “Low” gear
after using the Rapid Recovery so the speed of
the winch will not take the operator by surprise.
Do not pull loads while in Rapid Recovery gear.
•
How to shift.
–
To operate the Rapid Recovery, make sure the
winch is not in operation and the rope is not in
tension.
–
Rotate the shift knob fully clockwise to engage
“High” gear (Rapid Recovery). Pulling slightly on
the winch rope by hand will help the gears align
and the shift to be completed.
–
Use Rapid Recovery only to reel in the rope with
“No Load”, then rotate the shift knob back to
“Low” gear (standard operating mode) by
rotating the knob back fully counter-clockwise.
