Now we’re going green at full steam, how are old school tools doing? Let’s start with chain hoists and cable puller.
There was a tree stump on our lawn , its diameter is about a little bit greater than 4 feet , it had bothered us for a few months , we’ve tried chainsaw on it but nothing can go through it, lately we got a 4 ton cable puller , together with my truck pulled the stump out like a decayed molar in an instant.
Actually hand cable pullers are heavy duty lifting tools and can be used to do a lot of things, sometimes you even can use it in pace of ATV Winch to save money. The rated capacity of cable puller usually comes in from 1 ton to 4 ton(2200lbs to 8800lbs), the reach of the pullers is usually 6 feet to 12 feet, the higher the capacity, the shorter the reach, 1 ton puller can have 12′ reach while 4 ton puller will only have 6′ reach, but some extra heavy duty 4 ton ones can have 11′ or more. People sometimes call these cable pullers “Come Along”, but come along refers to a lot of different hand tools besides cable pullers, such as chain blocks , chain pullers , snatch block, and more, in a word, a come along is a hand operated ratchet lever winch. The difference between cable puller and other come along is that cable pullers are perceived as heavy duty tools, pull capacity can be 4 ton(8800lbs), while regular hand winch has 400-4000lbs capacity and mostly used to get the boat into or out of water, from or onto the trailer, sometimes also called boat trailer winch. All these pullers sometimes go with the name chain come along, usually we use chains with these tough guys, in most cases only grade 80 or higher grade chains will work with these come along.
If you want to lift or lower something, you should choose cable pullers. You can pull or release vehicles onto and from trailer respectively, to pull or tear down trees, to lift or lower heavy stuff in your house, pull the stuck vehicle out of ditch , compare to electric powered winch, such as ATV Winches , cable pullers are inexpensive handy tools. Talking has been done let’s get a real cable puller, nowadays the first thing to do is go online, because you will be able to find very good deal. In order to make sure you get the best deal, check both the product review and reseller ratings of the product vendor, don’t go with something blindly.
Say you can use either hand puller or electric winch, you should use hand puller instead of electric one, since there is no waste when you use it, and since there are only mechanical parts the hand puller is cheaper and cleaner to make.
