Rigging Techniques - Warn Industries 1700 Guia De Instalacion

light tension and spool the wire rope back onto the winch drum in even layers
one layer at a time. At the end of each layer stop spooling and arrange the wire
rope in tight even layers.
Repeat this process until the winch hook is a minimum of 4 ft. (1.2m) from the
winch. Pinch the hook between your thumb and forefinger and attach the hook
strap. Hold the hook strap between the thumb and forefinger to keep tension on
the wire rope. Walk the wire rope towards the fairlead, carefully spooling in the
remaining wire rope by pulsing the control switch. Store the hook at the fairlead
or tensioned to a suitable location to the side.
If you do not have the hook strap, use a length of cord or something similar.
To prevent serious injury, NEVER put your fingers inside the hook area as you
are powering in.
Step 17: DISCONNECT WIRE ROPE.
Disconnect from the anchor.
Step 18: REWIND WIRE ROPE. The
person handling the wire rope should
walk the rope in and not let it slide
through the hand and control the winch
at all times.
! WARNING
Always keep
hands and
clothing clear
of the wire
rope, hook and
fairlead
opening
during opera-
tion and when
spooling.
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How to spool under no load
Arrange the wire rope so it will not kink or
tangle when spooled. Be sure any wire rope
already on the spooling drum is wound tightly
and evenly layered. Tighten and straighten the
layer if necessary. Keep the wire rope under
Step 19: DISCONNECT REMOTE
CONTROL. Disconnect the remote
control cord and store in a clean and
dry place. Winching operations are
now complete. Put the cap on the
solenoid plug in.
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RIGGING TECHNIQUES

Various winching situations will require
application of other winching techniques.
These could range from too little distance
to achieve maximum pull using straight
line rigging, simply increasing pulling
power, or maintaining a straight-line
pulling situation. You will have to assess
what technique is correct for your
situation. Think "safety" at all times.
How to change the
pulling direction
All winching
operations should have
a straight line from the
winch to the object
being pulled. This
minimizes the wire
rope collecting on
one side of the
drum affecting pulling efficiency and
damaging wire rope. A snatch block,
secured to a point directly in front of the
vehicle, will enable you to change your
pulling direction while still allowing the
wire rope to be at 90º to wind properly
onto the spooling drum.
Increasing pulling power
In some cases, you may find yourself
needing more pulling power. The use of
snatch blocks increases mechanical
advantage and that increases your
pulling power:
Single line
Double line
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Double line
Because pulling power decreases with
the number of layers of wire rope on the
winch drum, you can use a snatch block
to double line out more wire rope. This
decreases the number of layers of wire
rope on the drum, and increases pulling
power.
Start by feeding out enough wire rope
to free the winch hook. Attach the hook
to your vehicle's frame and run the wire
rope through a snatch block. Do not
attach hook to mounting kit.
Disengage the clutch and, using the
snatch block, pull out enough wire to
reach your anchor point.
Secure to the anchor point with a tree
trunk protector or choker chain. Attach
the clevis/shackle. Attach the shackle to
the two ends of the strap/chain, being
careful not to over tighten (tighten and
back-off 1/2 turn).
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