2008 Ford F250 Special Off-Road Package Supplement 1st Printing - Page 10

Driver Controls 3. Point your forefinger down and draw circles in the air about waist height to indicate feeding more wire from the winch. 4. Tells the driver to wind the winch in short, quick bursts. Open and close the two fingertips until you want the winch to stop. 5. To signal to stop the winch, clench fist, palm to driver, held high enough for the driver to see and other arm straight out at shoulder height. 6. Cross palms together to tell the driver to apply the foot brake. 7. Tells driver to give the tires more drive force to assist the winch process. Vehicle recovery (single line) The following steps outline how to recover your vehicle with a single line; multiple lines follow the same basic steps but use a snatch block to assist the process. Refer to Rigging Techniques later in this chapter. 1. Put on leather gloves. 2. Disengage the clutch to allow freespooling of the winch drum. Freespooling conserves the vehicle's battery power. Always use the supplied hook strap to hold the hook when spooling wire rope in or out. Note: Never attempt to disengage the clutch while the wire rope is under tension. Never engage the clutch while the drum is rotating. Always make sure the clutch is fully engaged or disengaged. Note: Never leave the remote control plugged into the winch while freespooling, rigging or sitting idle. 10 2008 F-250/350/450/550 (f23) Supplement USA (fus)