Hey guys looking at getting one until I can afford a new bumper to mount a winch. Been looking around and seems like the longest cable length is 12' so I would get like 5.5' of pull out of it max right. Any recommendations on brands?
Hey guys looking at getting one until I can afford a new bumper to mount a winch. Been looking around and seems like the longest cable length is 12' so I would get like 5.5' of pull out of it max right. Any recommendations on brands?
Not wanting to say you'd be better without it but 5.5ft is very short. A highlift can do the same thing when you get the full recovery kit sold for it. Additional lengths of chain could give you reach.
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Chris in Florida
Didn't realize you could use a high-lift to pull, would be one less price of equipment to bring. I'll look into that because a high-lift was already on my list
Thats what iv been usein. A highLift & a tool bag full of chains & straps !!
YouTube has videos by HiLift showing how.
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Chris in Florida
I tried using the hilift as a comealong in my backyard once, on level ground, and it was a beotch. It's heavy to hold up and crank, you need two people IMO, and getting enough tension on the lines to make it useful used up most of the run. I probably just suck at it, but I like comealongs for wheeling, they can get you off a rock, move stuff out of your way, and they're easy to set up. My only tip- bring two, and bring chains / links / straps for two. When you set one up a chain and link is the easiest way to start with the least amount of slack, and once you've pulled as far as you can with it you can set the second one up without having to release the first line / lose some of your progress.
The trick to using a Hi-Lift or comalong with a longer pull is to NOT use a snatch strap. It will just stretch and not pull. You need a static line.
Here is the video I found, I like how you can leap frog and not lose ground or time resetting. I found this kit at AutoAnything.com for 69.95 with free shipping. Anybody know of a local shops that would carry these?
Don't know about local but amazon sells it for 61.89 & FREE Shipping.
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Tom
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Cool thanks, trying to get all my ducks in s row for next year
The come-along is easier to use, and more compact. I have used them for years. I recently was pulling hard on the handle and bent the handle like a boomerang though. They are great for certain purposes.
Using the hi-lift to pull is relatively easy, but takes some patience to reset the chain, and you can't use a strap as stated. If you can, get a 60" hi-lift. You won't regret that extra 12" of lifting height or winching length as long as you have a place to store or mount it.
Iv been thinkin about pickin up a cheap light winch from like Harbor Freight
Just something to have in the rescue box. 2500 to 3500 would work !!
HF has had a 2000 for 49.99, watch their sales.
Murdoch's Farm Supply Store stocks Hi-Lifts as well as the accessories. Not sure if there is one in FoCo, but I know there's one in Longmont. Maybe they have come-alongs as well.
FoCo has Jax Farm & Ranch & Jax Outdoor.
I _think_ Jax has HiLifts but I'm not positive.
http://www.jaxmercantile.com/search....ery=bloomfield
They only show 48" models. I'd likely just stop in to see if they have 60's.
I like the More Power puller. To bad it's almost as expensive as a Harbor Freight Badlands winch. But it's made here in the good ol' USA and my dad hammered it into my head growing up that you can't replace good quality tools.
http://www.wyeth-scott.com/index.asp
http://www.amazon.com/Ratchet-Puller...e+power+puller
Got mine on my roof rack, Up and out of the way.
But I need to find a boot for it
Every time it rains I get rust on my B piller...
I use a 3 ton chain come along around the house. It had a 20' chain on it, and a pullable 18.5'. But that much chain on a 3 ton is freaking heavy.