Cable and Chain Come Along: Chain Blocks Hoists and Pullers

How the green initiative will affect traditional tools and machinery?  Take a look at chain hoists, blocks and cable pullers.

We got a tree stump in the front , its diameter is about a little bit more than 4′ , it had bothered us for quite some time , we’ve tried chainsaw on it but nothing can go through it, lately we got cable pullers with 4 ton capacity , hooked onto a pickup and dragged the stump out without major effort!

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 cable pullers usually have 1 ton to 4 ton pulling capacity, the lifting capacity is half of the pulling, and pull reach can be 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 immobile , such as a tree. And there is another interesting name for these pullers, chain come along, since people always use chains with them, these chains are mostly grade 80 or higher grade.

For stretching, pulling, lifting and lowering, cable pullers are the best choice. To pull vehicles onto the trailer or release the vehicle off the trailer, hold or drag trees when you’re logging, pull big rack or shed around your house, pull the stuck trees out of somewhere , compare to electric powered winch, e.g. electric winch , cable pullers are cheaper handy tools. OK, it’s time to get some pullers, you’ll see the search engine is the best friend, just type in a few keywords you will get what you’re looking for. 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.

When you have choices, the hand cable puller is the one if you love to live green, 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.