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Explorer
I do not use my winch very much so I spool and unspool to get the gears rolling again and move some grease around. While spooling the winch in I could not shut it off and basically ripped the hook off the rope when it hit the fairlead and did not stop until I disconnected it from the battery. I am not sure if the gears are gone and I assume the solenoid got stuck but it sure did make some noise trying to rip the winch rope. I sure wish I had some kind of kill switch for power and really glad I was not winching someone out that would have been ugly.