Mounting The Winch; Tractive Force - Westfalia 80 29 68 Instruction Manual

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If the winch is to be mounted on a vehicle, only a qualified workshop should

undertake mounting.

The winch is delivered with a standard

mounting plate (5). Mount the winch on

the mounting plate by using the in-

cluded mounting material (13).

Mount the winch that way, so the steel

cable with the hook runs from BELOW

and not from above.

Mount the fairlead (4). Put the rope

thimble (2) through the fairlead.

Mount the tension plate (15), as shown

in the picture. Only in this way proper

function of the winch and the tension

plate is guarantied.

Fix the hook (6) into the rope thimble

(2) and secure the hook with the cotter

pin (14).

Mounting the winch on the chassis

Please note that the most chassis are not

intended to withstand tensile loading form a

winch. Please equip the chassis with

additional stiffening.

For

the

most

mounting plates for winches are available.

Tractive Force

The specified tractive force of 910 kg refers to a rolling vehicle on an even and

firm ground. The more turns of steel cable are on the winch drum, the lower the

tractive force will be. When pulling vehicles form an uneven ground like morass or

snow, the tractive force is considerably reduced.

Load Type

Rolling Load

Swimming Load

Sliding Load