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If you driving alone heading for outside of town for off-road activity, race purpose, or for some jobs requirments to process with rescue tasks, like wrecker,fireman and rescuer, also for the reason of saving labor cost when loading and unloading cargo or installing equipment with self-help, then you should buy a winch.
Advice is that disconnecting the winch circuit until when it’s used, meanwhile, Keeping the thick wire of good condition connecting to ground. Electric winch is more power consuming than other appliance in cars, so attention should be paid in case of overdischarge.
what else you need to buy except for winch?
Some users didn’t purchase some other accessories when buying winch, which will largely reduce effects of the winch performance, safety in use, and personal experience. eg. Roller fairlead, wireless remote controller used under safety range, handsaver strap, U shape shackle, shim plate, pulley block, leather gloves. Maybe a ground anchor is needed.
safety equipment
A good quality leather gloves and some basic safety awareness are quite crucial. Never hold wire rope with your bare hands, especially the wire rope with burrs. Some safety accidents says fingers were wound into drum, so it’s very important to keep away from the inlet wire position.
reliable wire rope
Winch normally adopt with Aircraft level wire rope, which can bear 32,000lbs breaking force. Never change it with non-dedicated wire rope. When winching, users should cover the wire rope with thick clothes, blankets,etc, in case it’s suddenly broken bouncing back and causing person injury and things damage.
maintenance of winch
It’s quite necessary to take a complete maintenance of winch regularly. Maintenance includes activities: check on screws, fairlead, power connector, U shape shackle, pulley block in case of looseness, corrosion, over wear. Inspect if the automatic brake and clutch level are still working effectively. Check if there is folding lines or burrs on wire rope, and lubricate it timely, then wind rope onto drum by rule. Check the delicacy of winch clutch knob. Strongly recommend to give a professional disassembling and maintenance for winch, and add enough aircraft lubrication. |
