Verifying the winch drag settings on your heavy-duty wrecker is an important maintenance item. Our friends at TWG helped us create this helpful video that outlines why drag settings are so important, and also demonstrates how to set the tension for both the DP 35,000 lb. and 50,000 lb. winches. In this video we also clear up some common misconceptions around free-spool tension settings on our Century® and Vulcan® heavy-duty wreckers, and explain the differences between how the 35k and 50k winches function internally.
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Topics:
miller industries,
Century 9055,
9055XL,
Century,
Vulcan,
DP Winch,
maintenance monday,
maintenance,
VIDEO,
Winching,
Winch,
Wire Rope,
Wrecker,
Heavy-Duty
One of the most important preparations a tow truck operator can do, is to make sure the wire rope on their recovery winch is tightly wrapped on the winch drum. This process is referred to as "power wrapping". This video discusses the importance of power wrapping the wire rope on your wrecker and carrier winches, while also demonstrating one technique that can be used to complete the power wrapping process.
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Topics:
miller industries,
Century,
Vulcan,
Holmes,
Chevron,
Light-Duty,
Medium-Duty,
Heavy-Duty,
Rotator,
Carrier,
Wrecker,
Autoloader,
Wire Rope,
Winch,
drag winching,
maintenance,
maintenance monday,
Recovery,
repossession,
VIDEO
Thanks to our friends over at Ashley Sling, we are able to provide you with this video covering the importance of conducting wire rope inspections on your tow truck. In this short video we talk about the frequency of wire rope inspections, as well as what you should look for when conducting inspections of wire rope.
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Topics:
miller industries,
Century,
Vulcan,
Chevron,
Holmes,
Light-Duty,
Medium-Duty,
Heavy-Duty,
Carriers,
Rotator,
Rotators,
Wrecker,
Autoloader,
Tow Truck,
Truck,
Winching,
Winch,
AutoLoaders,
Recovery,
Recoveries,
repo,
repossession,
Wire Rope,
maintenance,
Inspection,
Cable,
maintenance monday,
VIDEO
