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′ , it had annoyed us for quite some time , we’ve tried some power tools on it but nothing can go through it, lately we got 4 ton rated cable puller , hooked onto a pickup and pulled the stump out without major effort!
Actually cable pullers are heavy duty pulling 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 cable pullers usually have 1 ton to 4 ton pulling capacity, the lifting capacity is half of the pulling, and pull reach ranges from 6′ to 12′, 4 ton puller typically has 6′ reach but extra heavy duty ones may have more than 11′ reach. We usually call cable puller “Come Along”, by definition, a come along is a hand operated ratchet lever winch, so cable puller can be called come along, along with chain hoist, hand winch, trailer winch. Typically hand winch is used to pull boat out of water on the boat trailer or lower the boat into water, hence the name ‘boat trailer winch”, and hand winch has to be fixed onto something before use while you can just hook cable puller onto something heavy, non movable , such as a tree. And there is another interesting name for these pullers, chain come alongs, usually we use chains with these tough guys, these chains are mostly grade 80 or higher grade.
The cable pullers are ideal for stretching, pulling, lifting and lowering. To pull vehicles onto the trailer or release the vehicle off the trailer, 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 winch , cable pullers are inexpensive handy tools. We made our point 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, the product review or BBS is your friend in your quest for low cost and high quality cable pullers.
Say you can use either hand puller or electric winch, the hand cable puller is the one if you love to live green, since there is no waste when you use it, and there is less waste when it’s being made.
