[TowerTalk] Come-along recommendation needed

[Les Kalmus]

Where is Maasdam sold? Their web site is no help.

Les W2LK

Steve London wrote:
> In the hardware-store variety, the Maasdam PowrPull is built reasonably well. 
> When the leaf spring that switches between "up" and "down" broke, they sent me 
> several replacements for free.
>
> The Walmart come-a-longs are junk.
>
> I had a LittleMule wire rope puller. This is an industrial-duty come-a-long, and 
> priced accordingly. Absolutely fantastic until a spring broke.
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
>
>  >P.S. That's the difference between a come-along and a real hoist for
>  >lifting.  And the difference between a 1 and two ton come-along is that the
>  >latter has the hook on a pulley going back to the wratchet so there is a 2
>  >to 1 ratio on the pull.
>  >----- Original Message -----
>  >From: <sabrams at nycap.rr.com>
>  >To: "jeremy-ca" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>; "Jim Miller"
>  ><JimMiller at STL-OnLine.Net>; "TOWERTALK Reflector" <TOWERTALK at contesting.com>
>  >Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 8:25 AM
>  >Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Come-along recommendation needed
>
>
>  > If you read the materials that come with the come-along you will see that
>  > the rating is for pulling dead weight; i.e. dragging 2 or 4 thousand
>  > pounds.
>  > The force on the come-along is the coefficient of drag/friction needed to
>  > move the object.  It is NOT rated for lifting those weights where the full
>  > force of the 2 tons is on the cable.  73  Saul  K2XA
>  > ----- Original Message -----
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