When you’re winching, you need to see what’s happening with and access the winch drum easily.
Think access. When winches are fitted, there should be easy access to the free spool mechanism. You shouldn’t have to be double-jointed or lie on the ground to shift from lock to free spool and vice versa.
Most winch bars and poorly fitted winches make this difficult. Below are some examples, including where the control box has been fitted over the aperture that is there to allow inspection and access.
Not much thought has been given by the suppliers to operating the equipment safely in harsh working conditions.
