ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS
Winch Installation Guide
Every winching situation has the potential for personal injury. In order to minimize that risk, it is important to read this guide
and The Basic Guide to Winching Techniques carefully. Please familiarize yourself with the operation of your winch before
using it and be constantly safety oriented. In this guide we provide important safety information and instructions on how to
install your winch. Please read the Basic Guide to Winching Techniques for information on how to properly use your winch
and proper rigging techniques.
Please keep this manual and other product literature found in this kit for future reference. In this kit you will find the following
pieces of literature: Winch Installation Guide, Basic Guide to Winching Techniques, Specification and Performance Data,
Product Warranty, Replacement Parts List and other product literature specific to some products.
SYMBOL INDEX
SYMBOL
EXPLANATION
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Literature
Always Wear Hearing
and Eye Protection
Never Use Winch as a
Hoist
Properly Seat Load in
Throat of Hook
Wind Rope on Bottom
of Drum
Finger/Fairlead
Crushing Hazard
Hand Piercing/Cutting
Hazard
Explosion/Bursting
Hazard
Never Route Electrical
Cables through Sharp
Edges Hazard
Avoid Installing
Electrical Cables
around Pinch and Wear/
Abrasion Points
SYMBOL
EXPLANATION
Always Wear Leather
Gloves
Do Not Move People
Always Use Supplied
Hook Strap
Never Apply Load to
Hook Tip or Latch
Never Wind Rope Over
Top of Drum
Fairlead Pinch Point
Hot Surface Hazard
Fire and Burn Hazard
Never Route Electrical
Cables through or near
Moving Parts Hazard
Exposed Wiring
Hazard, Insulate
Exposed Wiring and
Terminals
Never Hook Back on
Rope