Winch spooling

[NonHyphenated American]

Is the winch line supposed to spool itself evenly across the drum without bunching up? I used my xrc10 for the first time with the weight of the jeep on level ground. The line started to bunch up with no resistance, but when I put the parking brake on and provided more resistance it did not bunch up as much. So I put on leather gloves and guided the line myself. Am I doing something wrong?

[ECHO]

Parking break on just enough to give some resistance is recommended.. you did the right thing

[john smack]

No winches do not self spool nicely, usually you have to get out and guide the line:beer:

[Suffolk JK]

Have someone be in the JK while you guide the line.

[seer1]

Something else I'll throw out there. Depending on what it is you're winching out of/off of it may be worthing thinking about popping the hood up and resting it against the windshield. It may seem pointless added protection if you're using a winch weight but a l'il extra added insurance never hurt anyone. Right? :thumbsup:

Or drape something over the line so you can keep the hod down and see what's goiing on.

[w squared]

JohnSmack is correct. You will have to guide the line (wearing leather gloves :thumbsup:) if you want it to spool correctly.

[JEEP THRILLS]

sometimes things need to be guided into the hole.

[ECHO]

sometimes things need to be guided into the hole.

:rotflmao2: Thats awesome!! ..