Section Ii: Q-Series Winching Guide; Winching Guide Introduction; Part 1- Before You Use Your Q Series Winch; Prepare Winch Cable Before You Use Your Winch - Quadratec Q9500i Operator's Manual

Section II: Q-Series Winching Guide

Congratulations on your recent purchase of a Q series
winch from Quadratec. This high quality winch has the
power and performance to give you years of safe winching
capabilities if you use it properly. The following guide will
help you in using your Q series winch in the safest and most
effective manner. Please review the following winching
guide in its entirety before you use your winch and please
take note to the warnings and cautions as they are there to
protect you and others around you.

Part 1- Before you use your Q Series Winch

Using your winch is straight forward and is designed to be
very user friendly. However, the use of a winch in a parking
lot vs. on the trail where there are unforeseen obstacles and
challenges are two completely different situations. To make
sure you are ready for a trail recovery, we highly suggest
the following steps/actions be taken ahead of your trip to
ensure a safe and pleasant experience.
Prepare your winch cable
before you use your winch.
You will need to "pre-stretch"
your winch cable ensuring it
has an even stretch all along
the cable therefore eliminating
any weak points. To stretch
your winch cable, un-spool the full length of the wire rope,
leaving 5-6 wraps on the drum. Set up a secure anchor
point and pull your vehicle with the winch up a slight, flat
surface incline. Important: See steps 12-14 to properly set
up this pull. To fully stretch the cable you will need about
500Lbs. of tension on the cable during this operation. Once
you have completed this pull, be sure to rewind your winch
cable in nice and tight rows not allowing the upper rows
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