2009 Dodge Ram 2500 Pickup Owner Manual - Page 316
2009 Dodge Ram 2500 Pickup Manual
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314 STARTING AND OPERATING WARNING! (Continued) • Always keep hands and clothing clear of the wire rope, hook and fairlead opening during operation and when spooling. • Never wrap wire rope back onto itself. Always use a choker chain, wire choker rope or tree trunk protector on the anchor. • Never attach a recovery strap to the winch hook to increase the length of a pull. • Never attempt to tow a vehicle with the recovery strap attached directly to the winch hook. • Never use ؆bungee؆ straps that develop tremendous and potentially dangerous amounts of force when stretched. • Always disconnect the remote control when not in use. (Continued) WARNING! (Continued) • Never winch when there are less than five wraps of wire rope around the winch drum. • Always pass remote control through a window to avoid pinching lead in door, then using remote inside a vehicle. • Never leave the remote control plugged into the winch while free spooling, rigging or sitting idle. Failure to observe any of these warnings regarding proper winch usage may result in severe injury.