Winch definition

Winch means a device used for winding or unwinding wire rope.

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Winch means a hand or power operated machine usually having a geared winding drum(s) with or without clutches and brakes, used for exerting a pull by means of a rope wound round the drum(s).

Winch. If a COVERED VEHICLE is in a ditch or stuck and accessible within 100 feet from a normally traveled roadway and conditions allow for the vehicle to be dislodged if stuck, dispatch coverage for winching is provided via one (1) truck and one (1) driver for up to thirty (30) minutes. Any expenses incurred beyond the coverage limit are YOUR responsibility, payable to ▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇, Inc. If additional service is required for the vehicle after the Winch, it will be considered a second service event and subject to the terms and conditions of this agreement.

Examples of Winch in a sentence

• Locomotives (over 20 tons); Shovels; Mechanics & Welders; Winch Trucks with A-Frame; ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Scoops; Locomotive Cranes; Overhead Cranes; Pile Drivers; Skid Rigs; Euclid Loaders; Hoist (any size handling steel or stone); ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Boats; Engines used in connection with hoist material with an attached device on lower or Engine; Mucking Machines; Hi-Lifts or End Loaders; Finished Graders; Skylift; Gradall; Dozers; Earth Augers and Pole Machine Operators; Core Drill and Foundation Drills; Greaser.

• If vehicle requires another service beyond the Winch, it will be considered a second event.

• Unsafe conditions in direct proximity to the disabled vehicle may require a Winch in order for service to continue.

• However, unattended service is allowable for Towing, Winch and Flat Tire.

• Documented evidence in Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and gathered evidence as a trainer in any of the following aviation fields: - Winch and Hover Operations; - Work Safely around aircraft; - Air observation as pilot; - Air Attack Supervisor as pilot; or - Aerial Incendiary operations as pilot.

• If YOU feel unsafe returning to the vehicle, service provider will Tow or Winch to a safe location prior to YOUR required return.

• The Tow or Winch in this instance will count as additional service event.

• The composition of registered gangs shall be: 1 Hatch Tender each to be able to drive 1 Winch Driver winch and be interchangeable one with the other.

• Winch Brake Holding Capacity: Must conform to OCIMF guidelines and must be set at sixty percent (60%) of the breaking strength of wires/ropes on winch.

• Winch stretcher operations should allow for easy loading of the winch stretcher to the primary stretcher securing position.

More Definitions of Winch

Winch means a device used to wind or unwind cable that is used to pull, hoist, raise or lower a load.

Winch means a device used for hoisting, hauling, or pulling.

Winch means an electrical or compressed air or hydraulic or other power driven unit, of less than 20 kilowatts, single or multi drum, which by the use of ropes, anchors, pulleys and a kibble or skip, will be operated to raise or lower persons or materials from level to level, but does not include—

Winch means a lifting device consisting of a rope or chain winding round a horizontal rotating drum driven by a motor.

Winch means a mechanical device used for lowering or hoisting persons into and out of an opal mine.