Operating Instructions - continued
SPOOLING IN UNDER LOAD The wire rope must always spool onto the bottom of the drum as indicated by decal on the winch. Power in the wire rope evenly and tightly on the drum. This prevents the outer wire wraps from drawing into the inner wraps, binding and damaging the wire rope. Avoid shock loads when spooling, by using the control switch intermittently to take up wire rope slack. Shock loads can momentarily far exceed the winch and wire rope ratings . SPOOLING IN UNDER NO LOAD Assisted : Have your assistant hold the hook with the hook strap putting as much constant tension on the wire rope as possible. While keeping tension, the assistant should walk toward the winch while you operate the control switch spooling in the wire rope. Release the switch when the hook is a minimum of 4 ft (1.2m) from the fairlead opening. Spool in the remainder for storage. Unassisted: Arrange the wire rope to be spooled so it will not kink or tangle when spooled. Be sure any wire rope on the drum is tightly and evenly layered. Spool enough wire rope to complete the next full layer on the drum. Tighten and straighten the layer. Repeat process until the hook is a minimum of 4ft (1.2m) from the fairlead. Spool in the remainder for storage. SPOOLING REMAINDER FOR STORAGE Keep hands clear of the wire rope, hook and fairlead opening. Always use the hook strap to hold hook when spooling under no load. Carefully power in the remaining wire rope, jogging the control switch to take up the last of the slack. Secure the hook to a suitable anchor point near the winch. Be careful not to overtighten or damage may occur to the wire rope or anchor point . RIGGING Always spool out as much wire rope as possible when preparing rigging. Pick an anchor as far away as is practical; this provides the winch with its greatest pulling power. Rigging a double line with a snatch block will reduce the load on the winch to half without significant loss of spooling speed. Natural anchors such as trees, stumps and rocks are the handiest when available. Attach the choker chain, wire choker rope or tree trunk protector on the anchor as low as possible to avoid pulling the anchor down. If several possible anchors are available but they are not strong enough individually, it may be practical to attach a wire or chain choker around several anchors to form a strong collective anchor point.
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