Guides
Three write-ups based on the manufacturer's own manuals. No stories about how it went at the last meet.
Every figure and recommendation in these texts comes from Warn Industries material — operator's manuals, the winching guide and the manufacturer's published answers. Where we add our own workshop experience, it is stated as such.
Steel or synthetic rope
There is no better and worse here. There are two different sets of drawbacks, and the choice depends on how often and in what conditions you use the winch.
ReadSafe winching
Collected from the manufacturer's guide. Each of these rules has a specific accident behind it — which is why they are written as instructions, not suggestions.
ReadFitting and first run
A winch is only as good as its mounting and its power supply. The two commonest problems reported as “a faulty winch” lie outside the winch itself.
ReadGuides
Three write-ups based on the manufacturer's own manuals. No stories about how it went at the last meet.