Operating Techniques, General; How To Move A Disabled Vehicle - Allied Systems W8L Operating Manual

How to Move a Disabled Vehicle

A. A vehicle equipped with a winch can be used to remove
itself from mud or other areas where it cannot move using
only the drive wheels or tracks. See Figure 19. Use the
following procedure:
1. Fasten the winch wire rope to a structure, tow bar of
another vehicle, or a tree that has enough strength
for the line pull. The wire rope must be in a direction
that is approximately parallel to the direction of travel
of the vehicle.
2. Use the throttle to set the engine speed at a power
level to operate both the winch and the tracks or drive
wheels. (Operator experience is required, because
the winch can use most of the engine power in some
vehicles.)
3. Put the control lever in the LINE-IN position to tighten
the winch wire rope. When the winch wire rope is tight,
put the vehicle transmission in REVERSE* and engage
the tracks or drive wheels. Use the power from the
engine to the winch and tracks together to remove the
vehicle from the bad area.

Operating Techniques, General

4. If the vehicle travels faster than the winch winds the
wire rope, disengage the transmission until the winch
wire rope is tightened again.
* NOTE: If the tracks or drive wheels on the vehicle stop
turning, the torque converter in the transmission has
stalled and the winch will stop also. If this happens,
put the vehicle in neutral to operate the winch.
Figure 19 - Moving a Disabled Vehicle (Step A)
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