OPERATION AND SERVICE INFORMATION
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Read all of manual to become thoroughly familiar with this vehicle. Pay particular attention to all Notes, Cautions and Warnings
It is impossible to predict all conditions that the winch could be used,
therefore the following warnings should not be considered as complete.
Before operating the winch, consider the possible dangers and take
precautions to protect yourself, your passenger and any bystanders.
To prevent severe injury or
death to operator, occupants
or bystanders, select the
object to which the cable is attached with the fol-
lowing considerations:
Make sure the object cannot be pulled over or oth-
erwise damaged.
The object the winch is attached to could fall on
the vehicle and it’s occupants.
If attaching the winch to a dead tree, a section
could fall.
When pulling vehicle with winch, pull straight only. Do not permit the
cable to contact the side of the drum.
Do not pull vehicle at angle. If
the vehicle is pulled at an
angle, it could turn over caus-
ing severe injury or death to anyone in the area.
The winch cable could also become overstressed
and break causing severe injury or death to any-
one struck by the cable.
If the vehicle becomes stuck or ‘hung up’ on an obstruction, the vehicle
may be moved using the winch.
The winch may be installed in either the front or rear receiver and held
in place with the locking pin provided.
To prevent severe injury or
death, read and understand
the following before attempt-
ing to use the winch:
The winch is not intended to be used in any
hoisting operation.
The rolling load capacity of the winch decreas-
es with the steepness of the slope.
The winch is designed for intermittent duty
only. The electric motor should not be allowed
to become excessively hot. If the motor
becomes uncomfortably hot to the touch, stop
winching and allow the motor to cool.
Always wear thick leather gloves when handling
the wire cable.
Replace frayed wire cable with a direct factory
replacement only.
Never operate the winch with less than five (5)
full turns of cable around the drum (Ref Fig. 5
on page 3-7).
If the winch motor stalls from overloading, do
not continue to activate the winch remote con-
trol. The wire cable may become overstressed.
Do not attempt to pull loads exceeding 1500 lbs.
(680 kg).
To pull out the cable, the free spool clutch knob
must be used. Pull out and rotate the knob. If
the cable is under any load the clutch may not
release easily. Jog out some of the cable to
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