Ironman
Ultra Member
We all have one of those stamped tin cable coma-longs held together with spot welds, pop rivets and pins with cotter keepers that are supposed to lift 2-4 tons. I use these alot for straightening stuff that comes to the shop all bent up. I am never going to trust one and sooner or later they all come unglued and there goes another 80 buck to get another. I have a chain come along and it is just too heavy in some places.
Untwisting this last cow panel I really needed two of them. I managed to pull it one way with the cable puller and then laid it over with the forklift and ran over it with the 10 ton front end loader. This worked, but I realized I needed a second cable puller and it could be done without wrestling a 30ft long panel around.
So I went looking for one and found even Princess Auto has been hit with Justin Flation, with 70-80 bucks for a stamped tin product.
So I went to Amazon. Who'd have thought the chinese or India could make something this good for 60 bucks? Imagine,
real threaded bolts with Nylok nuts, 1/4" solid steel ratchet, 3/16 frame and aircraft cable instead of that porcupine cable that stabs through your gloves? and a handle that won't bend?
It is rated at 2 ton, but I'd say that is very conservative. The only thing about this is it is heavier than it looks. I can live with this, way lighter than a chainfall for the same capacity.
Untwisting this last cow panel I really needed two of them. I managed to pull it one way with the cable puller and then laid it over with the forklift and ran over it with the 10 ton front end loader. This worked, but I realized I needed a second cable puller and it could be done without wrestling a 30ft long panel around.
So I went looking for one and found even Princess Auto has been hit with Justin Flation, with 70-80 bucks for a stamped tin product.
So I went to Amazon. Who'd have thought the chinese or India could make something this good for 60 bucks? Imagine,
real threaded bolts with Nylok nuts, 1/4" solid steel ratchet, 3/16 frame and aircraft cable instead of that porcupine cable that stabs through your gloves? and a handle that won't bend?
It is rated at 2 ton, but I'd say that is very conservative. The only thing about this is it is heavier than it looks. I can live with this, way lighter than a chainfall for the same capacity.