Mfundo ya winch yagalimoto ndikugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu yakunja kuti isinthe kukhala mphamvu yokoka ya chingwe kukoka galimoto yosasunthika kuchoka pamavuto. Inde, zingathandizenso dalaivala kuchotsa zopinga pamsewu.
Cholinga cha winch yagalimoto ndi pamene galimoto ikuyendetsa m'malo ovuta monga matalala, dambo, chipululu, gombe, msewu wamatope wamapiri, ndi zina zotero, pamene galimoto ili m'mavuto. Ngati galimotoyo ili ndi winch, galimotoyo imatha kudzipulumutsa ndikupulumutsa; koma ngati galimotoyo ilibe chowongolera galimoto, pamene galimotoyo ili m'mavuto, imatha kuyitanitsa kupulumutsidwa ndikudikirira gulu lopulumutsa kuti libwere kudzathandiza.
Chifukwa chake, winch yamagalimoto ndi yofunika kwambiri, makamaka kwa eni magalimoto omwe nthawi zambiri amachoka pamsewu.
