User guide

Accessories

X Roller Fairlead

The use of 4 ways roller fairlead can eliminate the contacting friction

because the fairlead rollers contact with the wire rope. But the

fairlead does not insure the wire rope will wind onto the drum in an

orderly manner. The proper fleet angle within 15° must be

maintained for the wire rope to wind onto the drum in an orderly

manner. If the proper fleet angle is not maintained, it can result in

damage to the winch and wire rope.

Hawse Fairlead

The basic hawse fairlead is designed to guide the synthetic rope to

and from the winch drum. Do not use cast steel hawse fairleads as

they have sharp edges and they do not have enough radius for the

rope to bend over.

Recovery Damper

A recovery damper is a safety device designed to help

eliminated the possibility of injury or property damage in the

event of a wire/synthetic rope failure. Place in the middle third

of a live rope. The damper can help absorb the energy in the

rope and reduce the likelihood of injury or damage.

Snatch Block

An important aid to successful winching is the use of snatch

block, which can be used to increase the pulling power of a

winch or change the direction of a pull.

A winch double lined with a snatch block creates a

mechanical leverage cutting the effort required by nearly half.

The double line pull shows self recovery using a snatch block

attached to an anchor point; the pull applied to the vehicle is

almost twice as much as the line pull of the winch.

The use of one snatch block shows an indirect pull where the

vehicle is limited due to unsuitable ground or obstruction. The

pull on the load is the actual line pull of the winch. If more

than one snatch block is used, they must be located at least

100 cm (40″) apart.

Fleet angle