Front Mounting
When fitting the winch to the front of the vehicle it is essential that the chassis will take the
loadings applied. In some cases it may be necessary for the chassis to be strengthened
e.g. 3.5 tonne GVW vehicles and we would recommend that the winch
mounting and chassis should be capable of taking loads of 3500kg. For further advice
please contact the chassis manufacturer or dealer. For heavy chassis the winch can
usually be mounted by flitch plates direct to the main frame of vehicle (never weld to
chassis or drill top or bottom flanges, without the manufacturers approval).
LABELS
WIRING
ENSURE THAT CORRECT VOLTAGE WINCH IS FITTED TO THE CHASSIS. IF IN
DOUBT, CONTACT THE CHASSIS MANUFACTURER.
The power feed to the winch must be capable of carrying 300 amps for 12v units and 175
amps for 24v units. The recommended cable for 12v is 315 strands of 0.40mm diameter
per strand and for 24v is 196 strands of 0.40mm diameter per strand. This cable should be
as short as possible to run from the batteries to winch power connection (see diagram
below).
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