[TowerTalk] Come-a-longs

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/12/01 6:57:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time, k3hx@juno.com 
writes:

> Maasdan (Maasden?) in California makes a gem.
>  
>  I bought 4 of them many years ago and they are orders of magnitude better
>  than the
>  
>  imported crap.  
>  
>  About 50 bucks a piece.   But they will be the last ones you buy.
>  
>  I've seen them at either Home Depot or Lowe's.

    There are a myriad of cable puller (comealong) manufacturers and this IS 
a case of you get what you pay for. 

    A comealong should have hooks with spring-loaded gates on them and should 
have a cast aluminum cable reel with double ratchet pawl and gear arrangement 
on the reel. Something like this will run fifty bucks. Ones with a single 
pawl/gear are in the $30-35 range. They both work for typical ham projects - 
moving masts up and down, pulling guy wires, etc.

Cheers,   Steve     K7LXC
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