How To Use Your Winch - Step By Step - Horntools Winch Box Benutzerhandbuch

How to use your winch – Step by step
1 Take time to analyze your situation and plan the use of the winch.
Secure your vehicle. It is important to ensure that the vehicle is
always secured.
2 Wear gloves to protect your hands.
3 Loosen the clutch (if available) to allow free winding and save energy.
4 Attach the hand safety loop to the load hook.
5 Drag the rope with the hand-safety-loop up to the fastening point
you want.
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Attach the load hook to the attachment point with a noose,
chain or pulley. Do not attach the hook back to the rope.
7 Engage the clutch (if available) and make sure that the clutch is fully
engaged (pull the rope for a short while). It is very rare that the clutch
is difficult to insert, if that is the case, put the clutch back on freewheel,
pull the cable out a bit and repeat the process. With the HSW12G2S,
the first or second gear can be inserted. In first gear, the winch has the
max. pulling force, but a slower pulling speed of the rope.
8 Put the winch under power with the circuit breakers. Connect the
remote to the winch.
9 Perform a test run with the winch in two directions. Each direction
about two seconds. If you change direction you have to wait until the
engine stops.
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Start your vehicle engine to make sure the battery is loaded.
11 Before you put the rope under tension to tighten it, all people and
animals must be out of the danger zone until the rescue is completed.
Now the rope can be tightened.
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12 Check the attachment points again and make sure all connections
are secure.
13 Check the rope. Make sure there are at least five rounds of rope on
the winch drum! Read the safety precautions again!
14 Make sure that any spectators are at a safe distance and that no one
is right in front, aside or behind the vehicle or the attachment point.
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Start the winch. Make sure the rope winches evenly and tight around
the drum.
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Avoid shock loads. Keep the rope under steady tension.
17 In the case you're pulling out a vehicle, the handbrake should be
loosened. The gear should be in idle unless it is driven slowly. Release
the brake pedal when the rope is under tension. Avoid shock loads.
This can damage the winch, rope and vehicle. As soon as the winch
pulls, try to slowly drive (rope speed) depending on the situation.
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The winch is meant for periodic use. Under full strain, winch should
not run more than a minute. Then allow the engine to cool for a few
minutes. Then continue the winching process.
19 The winch process is finished as soon as the vehicle is on safe ground
and can be driven with its own drive.
20 Secure the vehicle. Make sure the brakes are tightened and put in
a gear or with automatic transmission in parking position.
21 Release the tension on the rope. The winch is not meant to hold the
vehicle for long periods of time.
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