Chain Pulleys and Snatch Blocks vs. ATV and UTV Winches
There was a tree stump on our lawn , its diameter is about a bit greater than 4 feet , it had annoyed us for quite a while , we’ve tried chainsaw on it but nothing can go through it, lately we got 4 ton rated cable pullers , hooked onto a pickup and took the stump out like a decayed molar in no time.
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 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 hoists , chain puller , snatch pulleys , and more, in a word, a come along is a hand operated ratchet lever 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. 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, hold or pull trees when you’re logging, pull big rack or shed around your house, pull the stuck vehicle out of somewhere , compare to electric powered winch, e.g. ATV Winches , cable pullers are inexpensive alternatives. We made our point let’s get a real cable puller, the way to do it is to get it online, more than hundreds of good stores at your finger tip. In order to make sure you get the best deal, you should refer to online forum for advise on the very product you’re going to buy.
Say you can use either hand puller or electric winch, it’s no doubt that the hand puller should be used for it’s environment friendly feature, hand puller is totally clean when you use it, no waste, no emission, no nothing, and since there are only mechanical parts the hand puller is cheaper and cleaner to make.