There was a tree stump on our lawn , its diameter is about a little bit greater than 4′ , it had bothered us for quite a while , we’ve tried some power tools on it but nothing can go through it, lately we bought 4 ton rated cable puller , hooked onto a pickup and pulled the stump out without major effort!
Cable pullers are nice all purpose and heavy duty hand tools that any handy man should have them around in their tool boxes . 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 pulley , and more, in a word, a come along is a hand operated ratchet lever winch. regular hand winch is used to pull boat out of water on the boat trailer or lower the boat into water, that’s why you see ‘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. There is one kind of blocks which are for towing, they usually have the name snatch block,
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 trees out of ditch , compare to electric powered winch, e.g. UTV Winches , cable pullers are cheaper alternatives. OK, it’s time to get some pullers, you’ll see the search engine is the best friend, more than hundreds of good stores at your finger tip. To get a nice deal you need to make informed decision, the product review or BBS is your friend in your quest for low cost and high quality cable pullers.
If you can choose, 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.