It is so sad that people have become so disconnected from using their hands to make a living. I remember using these all the time as a kid on the farm. They were just part of the equipment. They worked great for baleing hay, for getting a tractor out of the mud, for getting a cow or calf out of the mud, and every other chore. Here today, you have to explain to people what it is. Nice video and thank you for doing this.
Lot of people dont have that kind of luxury. When you grow up in a 2 room apartment in the city you never encounter "problems" like this. I see that myself, cant do the same stuff I used to do on my grandfathers big garden in my 10 by 5 meter garden now. Hell, I find myself lifting up the Rainwater container with my farmjack for the 100th time because I have no other use for it anymore...
A 4 foot steel bar known as a rat tail crow bar will work as a lever to roll logs like that one. A couple cut pieces of 6 inch PVC pipe will work as rollers for moving felled and trimmed trees around. Use the bar to lift logs onto rollers and push, resetting rollers constantly. I have moved 40 foot telephone poles 1/8th of a mile that way to make a bridge. Can be done alone and no engines. Thanks for making your video on that great tools ability.
Don't forget to get a "Block and Tackle" to go with it, to redirect the direction of the pull. Say you're falling a tree, and you don't want it falling on you, so you can tie the "Block sent tackle" to another tree, and then "wench" your cable through it, and pull the falling tree down in a direction that falls away from you, like the two sides of a triangle.
I'm a small women who works all day outside alone on our farm while my husband has a city job. I'd be lost without a come along. Especially in winter. Common sense dictates caution with any tool. If you don't have that your lost anyway. If you know what a come along is, skip the video. If you don't, why not keep quiet and learn something.
You know why I don't like you? Because I'm about 40 years older than you, and I wish when I was your age I knew what you do. So, really, I do like what you're doing with your life. You restore at least a little of my faith in today's young people. Rock on, Ken!
I use one often. Since I am a female I don't have the strength as a man, so I use the come-along. I use it for everything. I live on a tree farm and am having to move tractors that quit working and have to get it on a trailer to get it back to the barn or move downed trees. truck gets stuck on a stump, or in the mud, even to pull game up on a gimbal in a tree to process. many more uses. Very good subject to video.
I wish you would make a video about how you use yours, since you use it in so many different ways. What is wrong with the one in this video that makes him have to push down the piece into the gear every time he make one crank motion.
Best update I made on mine was replacing the wire cable with winch rope (dyneema). Much lighter, no more tight coils and no more frayed wire cutting my hands. Very handy tool.
Make America great again! Let’s not forget how our ancestors (& still some of us in present day) used all these “forgotten” but very useful hand tools. Thank you Kenny for sharing, hope you’re doing good and take care
I just watched 5 videos to learn how to operated the come-along. Mainly I needed to find out how to release the tension on the one that we have. Yours was by far the best in instruction. Thanks for posting this. Also, I'd never heard the term "bush craft". I love this sort of stuff and will watch some of your other videos. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for this demonstration. I just ordered a come along, earth anchors and strap to move a vehicle and then pull logs up a slope. Watching you use one has probably reduced my learning time ;-)
You are on to something with that. Been using one of these for tens of years now. You can get one at Harbor Freight for about 15 bucks. It comes as a dual cable set up. If you undo the cable at the hook, you can make a single cable set up like what is in this video. Ive used these for pulling our 1,000 pound boilers from mechanical rooms in Hotels. I have used this for pulling out braces and compressors and other heavy equipment weighing in the hundreds of pounds. You are correct, BraveTheWilds when you made this video. Thanks for taking the time to put this info out there so others can learn from it. I have learned quite a bit on TH-cam in the last ten or so years. Channels like yours are awesome and really do help many people. Thanks bro and keep making videos. Thumbs up
BraveTheWilds just make sure its good quality. ive had two...the first one lasted me 10 years and got stolen, the second lasted me 10 days, and broke the first time i used it on anything heavier than a lawnmower.(would have been better off with a boat winch) the first one was awesome though. I ripped out engines, pulled myself out of bogs, and took it every time i went off road.
pepperoni prepper Ya, you are right. Products now a days, are really made with the thinnest and cheapest materials there are. Thanks for reply and God Bless
+skyym3 : Yes the older one are made of good strong steel. If you are lucky and find an old one at a yard sale, snap it up ! Harbor Freight is cheap soft junk. First time using the HF one it bent all to hell and so I took it back. Don't buy the cheap ones, they will fail when you need them most !
I could've use one of these over the weekend. Out in the woods, got hung up on some ice and could not get my truck off of it. Middle of nowhere, no one around. I was however able to get a cell tower and a guy with a tow truck took my call, braved the trip into the woods on some pretty nasty back roads and got me out of there. Having a come-a-long and a tow strap in my box would've made getting myself out easy and saved me a tow charge. Lesson learned.
Thank you Kenny, I lost my parents when I was 2. My grandma raised me and I know she did a good job, however she didn't have the knowledge of what the purpose of a come-along is for. I've l learned alot from you. City boy in Dayton....thank you.
NICE VIDEO. YEARS AGO I WORKED FOR A PROPANE COMPANY AND WE HAD TO USE ONE TO GET A BIG PROPANE TANK UP A GRADE. IT DID THE JOB. THEY DO WORK AND I HAVE ONE IN MY JEEP.
Most if not all fire departments that have a rescue/squad carry a heavy duty version of those for either stabilization or ripping up a steering wheel for more clearance inside a vehicle, useful for extraction.
If you just want to get rid of the log, dig a hole immediately in front of the end of the log, making sure you dig the hole slightly larger than the overall dimensions of the log. When done, push dirt away from the top edge of the hole, just under the edge of the log (where it meets the hole). Eventually, gravity will cause the log to fall into the hole, thus filling up the hole. Use some of the dirt that was removed from the hole to fill in any gaps between the log and the wall of the hole. Spread the remaining dirt around and on top of the filled-in hole or add it to a vegetable or flower garden....or to level out uneven spots in the lawn. Rather than parking your bike in the mud, park it on top of the log-filled hole, which will be sturdier and will support the kickstand.
BTW...I do realize the log was used for demonstration purposes on how to use the tool. I would have loved to watch you demonstrate how to pull a truck out of a mud hole using that come-along. We have a come-along and used it recently to upright a small bay-leaf tree that was partially uprooted during a bad storm and fell over onto our wooden fence. We attached the other end to the tongue of a trailer situated about 20 feet from the tree. Thank you for sharing your expertise with those who have never used one.
I purchased a 2,000 lbs come along at Harbor Freight. I know that they are lacking in quality, but as long as both springs are operational, I am happy.
Kenny: Another trick you can do is to put a pipe over that handle- gives you more power. This works for a tire iron, as well (another good reason to have one in your car- besides the obvious, haha). Another thing about this it that it might give you a better POSITION to get more strength & weight involved. Sometimes you've got the strength to do something, but you can't "attach" it. This lets you stand up & push with a lot of muscle against the handle or to really haul back on it with more safety & intensity.
Great video from an old man who keeps a come along - 75 feet of steel cable and BIG eye bolts with a steel pipe for turning eye bolts - in vehicles and snow mobile drag sled . THX for your video Brave The Wilds .
Agreed indeed. A small come-along is a Swiss knife of emergency tools to keep in your truck and you can mount one on a small trailer to pull a riding lawn mower onto it with.
Idea to flatten it a little bit: Change this screws anstett bolds with cotter on it, then ready to put it in the car without to loose space... Thanks for showing. Regards from Germany
Back in 1982 my brother and I jumped into my 1973 International pickup and headed up into Michigan's Upper Peninsula. If I didn't have one of those with me and 35 feet of chain I might still be up there in the woods. I only have five or six of those of all sizes. I have a half dozen winches that are 12 Volt but where would I be with a dead battery.
I am so glad you took longer then 2 minutes to do this video, made it easy to understand. Thank you for a super video! Enjoy your videos. Great teacher!
you are spot on sir, one use, dead falls for large animals, I would like to see most people try haul a piece of wood heavy enough and high enough just using para cord, I always bring or keep a couple od double wheel pulleys in my bug out box.
Sonny, fine Video and good safety instructions. I have some but find they are on the weak side and some of my jobs are not near as heavy as what you have. If they are mass produced and so available why not improve it. I have it on stand by but wrecked some. Gloves for sure. You can do things on your own and You do that very well. Friends are so few and not always available but You are young enough to make more! I am 80y and still like to rely on myself a lot!
I’ve carried the US made More Power Puller for about 30 years now. Intended to get a winch when I had more money, but never ended up buying one as the More Power Puller does everything I needed to do. A second one with the AmSteel line was added a year or so ago, but I can do everything this the old wire rope/cable one. AmSteel is nice and once I use it for a few years I’ll see what I think!
The actual dragging of the log would have gone much quicker if he still had a spring in the come-a-long which would eliminated his having to push the catch lever back in to the toothed gear. Very practical knowledge everyone should know.
Those whinches are banned in Australia unless they have a stamp on the handle with the Safe Working Limit. A man in the Blue Mountains tried to winch his car up a steep hill. The cable snaped, he killed his wife and child. He was never charged.
We each made one in Machine shop in High School. Hand filed the teeth, no milling allowed, SUCK!!! I used a come-along to straighten a falling down small garage, using a lot of extra cable and a tree about 40 feet away ;>) A winch that uses NO power but manpower. A snatch block pulley can add A LOT of mechanical advantage. Having extra wire cable with loops triples it's usefulness.
Good job Ken....What a tired old come a long eh? Actually just a stout rubber band or two would serve well to spring back the pawls. Not to be a safety granny or anything but a little warning about too much tension on the cable and the super danger of a violent whipback might be in order. A flying cable will rip your head off...lol. Hey when are you going to show what happened with that pontoon boat you cooked up? thx for posting
+Bill Evans nice comment.....nice to see some folks still have manners and can make a recommendation without making the guy look and feel like a moron! Rubber bands not a bad idea at all...beats the price of a new pawl of spring..if you can still get them
Come-alongs are really handy tools. Glad you made a point to mention Chokers too. If you're going to need to move a bunch of logs that aren't overly heavy, maybe you can look into a Peavey. They are pretty handy tools too...
Great Vid! We used these on construction jobs {US Navy Seabees} in remote areas. You may be right about 'self reliance' Most folks out there are pretty nice but, we have seen A-holes charging outrageous prices to pull out an ATV or vehicle. I will get one for my father in law who is a REAL outdoor's man in the mountains. Again, Thanks. I will teach the wife & older kids to work it as well. Some of those cheap electric winches burn up also.
Thanks for the video. I was in the crowd of "never heard of that" and this seems like a great idea for any type of long term kit. This, along with a good ax and saw and you can build a decent cabin with work.
Good video. The price range for these is pretty broad. Like so many tools, you get nothing for nothing and darn little for two cents. The cheap ones don't seem to last long. And of course, tool maintenance is really important. A come along is really important when you live and work alone. Thanks Kenny. A lot of good information.
i had one of those come alongs when i used to junk when i was younger, i had a 1965 3/4 truck with a 1975 bed on it, i used some 2 by 4's removed the tail gate and used the come along to pull a small engine with tranny on it right up in the back of the bed of the truck, by my self using that style come along, about a yr later the bars i guess thats what you call them under the truck hooked up to the axle, had a brake line running thru it, one day i was doing 35mph and the left support bar broke in 2 and yanked on the brake line, i had about a 35 ft tire mark behind me and i came to a really quick stop !!!! it was the strangest thing that ever happen to me, so a cop asked me how i was getting the truck home, i showed him the broke bar under the truck, i told him i will use my come along rapped around that bar and wench it to the frame, taking the pressure off the brake line, i couldn't go forward, but i was 4 blocks from home and i drove the truck in reverse all the way home !!!! the cop couldn't believe it neither but it worked !!!!! he said get the truck home, he didnt say how !!!! so a come along is very useful tool to have,, thnk god,,,
Since the early 70's I've owned about 10 of these. The HF / other Chineseoated are junk. I use them for so much stuff I've forgotten many. Some of them come configured for "double line" I take them apart and rig with shackles, hooks, etc, so I can use them EITHER single or double line. ALSO slip hooks are USELESS I replace my hooks with grab hooks. I used to use a pair of comealongs to winch a vehicle onto my trailer, EG. String out chain, and you can "leapfrog" one past the other, without losing "slack." Lifting, pulling, tie down, We pulled a stuck Jeep up in the Pack River in the seventies that was sunk CLEAR UP TO THE door cutouts. Chain, and a comealong
Absolutely I take one with me when I car camp..had a great camp site once but some group of people moved a very heavy camp table too close to the fire ring ...used this it was back where it was supposed to be ...they are not expensive at all nor do they take up much space but nice to have tucked into the trunk of your car if you live where it rains or snows it can save the day
A bit boring but a very good thing. I have a number of come-a-longs, as well as a 12,000 winch on my truck. I use them all regularly. using a come=a=long is like a very portable lever and fulcrum. In camp by using the come-a-long you can get your ridgelines fiddle string tight, you can use one to make the engine for a trap stronger than by hand the sky is the limit, I have a couple pocket hoist 500's which are pocket sized come-a-long using banding strap in lieu of wire rope, they stay in the vehicles at all times, I have used them for rescue, camp things trapping, load securing the list goes on, bottom line good plan and vid.
When I was a kid my dad had a really heavy duty one with chain in stead of cable, used to unstick cars would hang it off an A frame and change out engines, I have a little one I use to load cars on and off my trailer. Hmm I wonder why I haven't ever bothered to throw it in the truck I know to do that, guess I just haven't but I will, right now.
Thanks. recognize the B.Bros logos. Worked in Raleigh for years and have spent a small fortune with them and don't regret a single purchase. Tootles... Wade
You need one or something similar if you go out alone. And a good shovel. Trouble is, there is rarely anything to hook the come along or winch to. Take a good shovel and a mattock.
Thank you. I have one just like it I have my lawnmower up in the air right now😳 to unstick a big stick stuck between blade and deck. Now I just need to know how to drop the mower down. I am looking to find how to undo the come along... So thank you for the explanation how to actually use the come along prior to moving the log😘
Great video but I have one major criticism of the actual come alongs built today. You used to be able to buy a decent one back thirty or so years ago but most you buy today are junk and wear out or bend or break after one or two uses. I had one that had the brand name "Thurn" or "Thern" maybe on it. It was a very good one but I can not locate the company anymore. They probably went out of business trying to compete with the cheap Chinese built ones. If anyone reads this post please tell me were I can get a good quality come along.
1crazynordlander Look for one made by a company called Lug-All or one called More Power Puller. They are not cheap but will last for a long time and are still available new if you can't find a used one.
+1crazynordlander www.amazon.com/Maasdam-A-O-Long-Puller-4-Ton/dp/B002RL7UGW Here it is. Though, its a rope puller. Not a comealong. I feel them to be superior because you have unlimited length, if the rope breaks it wont slice your head off unlike cable or chain, and you can just put another rope on it.
Could you use one one of these to winch yourself up something? Like a tree, by hooking up the chain to something high up and then ataching something to stand/sit in at the other end and pulling your self up? By the way I know about nothing about these
The mechanical advantage is awesome especially if you add to it. But one question? Have you used the one in the video with steel bars bolted together without an advantage bar to pull? I have used the heavy cast steel casted ones in the past and they last a lifetime. The aluminum casted come alongs I have heard break and what you have with the steel bars seems like a nice alternative but seems to have lots of nuts and bolts. Side note - if you lay a tarp/heavy wool blanket over the cable during winching it will keep the cable from snapping and injuring you if it snaps or pulls out during a heavy load. I learned that in the fire service with any winching. Also drove a tow truck for a bit and picked up some tricks. I don't have much experience with come along. I have also seen the use of two large branches used as a come along once but don't know what it is called. I saw it being used 2 move a log couple hundred pounds but the branches used like poles wrapped somehow looked heavy also
My advice for new users is to set up a light load test situation first until you're familiar with how it works. They aren't very intuitive at all and you don't want to learn while things are under significant loads.
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Oh yaa I forgot I got some of those and your video just reminded me that I got 2 of those. I didn't know what they were but I knew obviously it pulls and it has a lbs rating. I used it to get some tree stumps out between a fence and a house. Get a good pull to make it tight, get some 2x4s and tool-bars under there to hold the stump, do some root snips, pull it tight again to lift the stump few inches, and repeat until the 300 lbs stump was able to come up out. Sure I probably could have used a truck but then that might make ya less detailed about safety and also tried to keep minimal damage to the property of the crazy neighbor lady that has to inspect the progress several times a day.
Make sure you know the weight limit for your come-along. If you try to pull too much with a given come-along and it fails catastrophically you could be injured by a snapped cable whipping through the air or by an object falling or rolling when released. (by you, I mean anybody reading this as opposed to specifically addressing the video poster who presumably knows this)
Even if you doubled up, it's a bit old to risk. Great video, and where you live looks like where we live. We've got montane and beaches as well. Keep up the good work. Thankyou.
Harbor freight is great for tools that you're not going to use all the time. You need a worm drive for one project, yes harbor freight is the best. If you're using a worm drive everyday, harbor freight falls way short. Come-a-longs, same thing. If that cable breaks, you'll have 2 seconds of pure terror! Hope it doesn't hurt you to badly. That whipping cable.... No thanks. I'll go to Sears for my come-a-Longs. Yes, they are awesome and useful. Once in my life I've witness a snapping steel cable, Wow!! You really don't want to be anywhere close to that.
I am betting that if you had rolled that log onto a large piece of old cardboard before you assembled everything with the cable puller, that it would slide about much easier as you put more tension onto the cable. As it is, the log drags along the rough and muddy surface in how you set it up and has more resistance toward moving forward. Just a thought though and I am not being critical in the least in saying it. Nice video and thanks for sharing.
if there is a log around 1 foot down to few inches diameter and you have rope and a axe or machete you can quickly make a chinese winch or differential winch .... also the spanish windlass works well for pulling cars or any load
Well done, it seems that I need to add another tool to my collection... Edit: one month later.... found one for $20, a little oil & I'm good to go. Thanks, Kenny.
If you have a person fall off down into the water and no way to get back up... there you go. If you want to lift a log, no problem. Want to build a log cabin... go for it!
I love my camo and blaze orange sole- snow cleated crocks. But they are no good in the brush. Sticks can pierce the sole. So be careful in the woods. Wish they made a steel toed version !
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It is so sad that people have become so disconnected from using their hands to make a living. I remember using these all the time as a kid on the farm. They were just part of the equipment. They worked great for baleing hay, for getting a tractor out of the mud, for getting a cow or calf out of the mud, and every other chore. Here today, you have to explain to people what it is. Nice video and thank you for doing this.
Lot of people dont have that kind of luxury.
When you grow up in a 2 room apartment in the city you never encounter "problems" like this.
I see that myself, cant do the same stuff I used to do on my grandfathers big garden in my 10 by 5 meter garden now.
Hell, I find myself lifting up the Rainwater container with my farmjack for the 100th time because I have no other use for it anymore...
A 4 foot steel bar known as a rat tail crow bar will work as a lever to roll logs like that one. A couple cut pieces of 6 inch PVC pipe will work as rollers for moving felled and trimmed trees around. Use the bar to lift logs onto rollers and push, resetting rollers constantly. I have moved 40 foot telephone poles 1/8th of a mile that way to make a bridge. Can be done alone and no engines.
Thanks for making your video on that great tools ability.
Don't forget to get a "Block and Tackle" to go with it, to redirect the direction of the pull. Say you're falling a tree, and you don't want it falling on you, so you can tie the "Block sent tackle" to another tree, and then "wench" your cable through it, and pull the falling tree down in a direction that falls away from you, like the two sides of a triangle.
I'm a small women who works all day outside alone on our farm while my husband has a city job. I'd be lost without a come along. Especially in winter. Common sense dictates caution with any tool. If you don't have that your lost anyway. If you know what a come along is, skip the video. If you don't, why not keep quiet and learn something.
+Char Aaron AMEN!!!
Char Aaron amen amen!!!
Absolutely! I'm going write down what you said, "common sense dictates caution with any too. If you don't have that you are lost already"
You know why I don't like you? Because I'm about 40 years older than you, and I wish when I was your age I knew what you do. So, really, I do like what you're doing with your life. You restore at least a little of my faith in today's young people. Rock on, Ken!
Spot on. But I admire him no dislike here, Mate!
I use one often. Since I am a female I don't have the strength as a man, so I use the come-along. I use it for everything. I live on a tree farm and am having to move tractors that quit working and have to get it on a trailer to get it back to the barn or move downed trees. truck gets stuck on a stump, or in the mud, even to pull game up on a gimbal in a tree to process. many more uses. Very good subject to video.
I wish you would make a video about how you use yours, since you use it in so many different ways. What is wrong with the one in this video that makes him have to push down the piece into the gear every time he make one crank motion.
Best update I made on mine was replacing the wire cable with winch rope (dyneema). Much lighter, no more tight coils and no more frayed wire cutting my hands. Very handy tool.
Make America great again! Let’s not forget how our ancestors (& still some of us in present day) used all these “forgotten” but very useful hand tools. Thank you Kenny for sharing, hope you’re doing good and take care
I just watched 5 videos to learn how to operated the come-along. Mainly I needed to find out how to release the tension on the one that we have. Yours was by far the best in instruction. Thanks for posting this. Also, I'd never heard the term "bush craft". I love this sort of stuff and will watch some of your other videos. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for this demonstration.
I just ordered a come along, earth anchors and strap to move a vehicle and then pull logs up a slope.
Watching you use one has probably reduced my learning time ;-)
You are on to something with that. Been using one of these for tens of years now. You can get one at Harbor Freight for about 15 bucks. It comes as a dual cable set up. If you undo the cable at the hook, you can make a single cable set up like what is in this video. Ive used these for pulling our 1,000 pound boilers from mechanical rooms in Hotels. I have used this for pulling out braces and compressors and other heavy equipment weighing in the hundreds of pounds. You are correct, BraveTheWilds when you made this video. Thanks for taking the time to put this info out there so others can learn from it. I have learned quite a bit on TH-cam in the last ten or so years. Channels like yours are awesome and really do help many people. Thanks bro and keep making videos. Thumbs up
skyym3 Thank you.
BraveTheWilds just make sure its good quality. ive had two...the first one lasted me 10 years and got stolen, the second lasted me 10 days, and broke the first time i used it on anything heavier than a lawnmower.(would have been better off with a boat winch)
the first one was awesome though. I ripped out engines, pulled myself out of bogs, and took it every time i went off road.
pepperoni prepper Ya, you are right. Products now a days, are really made with the thinnest and cheapest materials there are. Thanks for reply and God Bless
+skyym3
In France (europe) there's 'vide grenier',
found key tolls from germanry,Urss etc (best old steel)
for 1€, maybe 5€ for toll as this
+skyym3 : Yes the older one are made of good strong steel. If you are lucky and find an old one at a yard sale, snap it up !
Harbor Freight is cheap soft junk. First time using the HF one it bent all to hell and so I took it back. Don't buy the cheap ones, they will fail when you need them most !
I could've use one of these over the weekend. Out in the woods, got hung up on some ice and could not get my truck off of it. Middle of nowhere, no one around. I was however able to get a cell tower and a guy with a tow truck took my call, braved the trip into the woods on some pretty nasty back roads and got me out of there. Having a come-a-long and a tow strap in my box would've made getting myself out easy and saved me a tow charge. Lesson learned.
I have a 115 year old barn on my property that was falling over. I straightened it back up with one of these 3 years ago, it is still holding it up.
Thank you Kenny, I lost my parents when I was 2. My grandma raised me and I know she did a good job, however she didn't have the knowledge of what the purpose of a come-along is for. I've l learned alot from you. City boy in Dayton....thank you.
Enjoyed the video those are called loggers tongs you had attached to the log.My the blessings of the Lord be upon you all. Randy
NICE VIDEO. YEARS AGO I WORKED FOR A PROPANE COMPANY AND WE HAD TO USE ONE TO GET A BIG PROPANE TANK UP A GRADE. IT DID THE JOB. THEY DO WORK AND I HAVE ONE IN MY JEEP.
Skidding dogs , is what we call them in timber country, after a closer look those are tongs ! Seen that type of tongs around ice houses
Most if not all fire departments that have a rescue/squad carry a heavy duty version of those for either stabilization or ripping up a steering wheel for more clearance inside a vehicle, useful for extraction.
If you just want to get rid of the log, dig a hole immediately in front of the end of the log, making sure you dig the hole slightly larger than the overall dimensions of the log. When done, push dirt away from the top edge of the hole, just under the edge of the log (where it meets the hole). Eventually, gravity will cause the log to fall into the hole, thus filling up the hole. Use some of the dirt that was removed from the hole to fill in any gaps between the log and the wall of the hole. Spread the remaining dirt around and on top of the filled-in hole or add it to a vegetable or flower garden....or to level out uneven spots in the lawn. Rather than parking your bike in the mud, park it on top of the log-filled hole, which will be sturdier and will support the kickstand.
BTW...I do realize the log was used for demonstration purposes on how to use the tool. I would have loved to watch you demonstrate how to pull a truck out of a mud hole using that come-along. We have a come-along and used it recently to upright a small bay-leaf tree that was partially uprooted during a bad storm and fell over onto our wooden fence. We attached the other end to the tongue of a trailer situated about 20 feet from the tree. Thank you for sharing your expertise with those who have never used one.
I purchased a 2,000 lbs come along at Harbor Freight. I know that they are lacking in quality, but as long as both springs are operational, I am happy.
Excellent video sir. Thanks. Where to get this winch
Love the videos! My nephews now want me to buy them one. Thanks for inspiring them in a positive way.
Kenny: Another trick you can do is to put a pipe over that handle- gives you more power. This works for a tire iron, as well (another good reason to have one in your car- besides the obvious, haha). Another thing about this it that it might give you a better POSITION to get more strength & weight involved. Sometimes you've got the strength to do something, but you can't "attach" it. This lets you stand up & push with a lot of muscle against the handle or to really haul back on it with more safety & intensity.
its called a snipe and using one on a piece of junk that he was talking about will get you killed.
Great video from an old man who keeps a come along - 75 feet of steel cable and BIG eye bolts with a steel pipe for turning eye bolts - in vehicles and snow mobile drag sled .
THX for your video Brave The Wilds .
Agreed indeed. A small come-along is a Swiss knife of emergency tools to keep in your truck and you can mount one on a small trailer to pull a riding lawn mower onto it with.
Idea to flatten it a little bit: Change this screws anstett bolds with cotter on it, then ready to put it in the car without to loose space... Thanks for showing. Regards from Germany
Drill a golf ball with a drill and attach to your bike stand with jb glue or strong glue and it will not sink into the mud.
A trick : watch movies on flixzone. I've been using it for watching loads of movies recently.
@Aldo Melvin definitely, I have been using flixzone} for months myself :D
@Aldo Melvin Yup, been using Flixzone} for since december myself :)
Back in 1982 my brother and I jumped into my 1973 International pickup and headed up into Michigan's Upper Peninsula. If I didn't have one of those with me and 35 feet of chain I might still be up there in the woods. I only have five or six of those of all sizes. I have a half dozen winches that are 12 Volt but where would I be with a dead battery.
I am so glad you took longer then 2 minutes to do this video, made it easy to understand. Thank you for a super video! Enjoy your videos. Great teacher!
you are spot on sir, one use, dead falls for large animals, I would like to see most people try haul a piece of wood heavy enough and high enough just using para cord, I always bring or keep a couple od double wheel pulleys in my bug out box.
Sonny, fine Video and good safety instructions. I have some but find they are on the weak side and some of my jobs are not near as heavy as what you have. If they are mass produced and so available why not improve it. I have it on stand by but wrecked some. Gloves for sure. You can do things on your own and You do that very well. Friends are so few and not always available but You are young enough to make more! I am 80y and still like to rely on myself a lot!
Congrats. Great presentation . I will buy it tomorrow at Harbour Freight.
Good stuff. Thanks for keeping it real, and straight forward. Looking forward to seeing your other TH-cam videos.
I’ve carried the US made More Power Puller for about 30 years now. Intended to get a winch when I had more money, but never ended up buying one as the More Power Puller does everything I needed to do. A second one with the AmSteel line was added a year or so ago, but I can do everything this the old wire rope/cable one. AmSteel is nice and once I use it for a few years I’ll see what I think!
The actual dragging of the log would have gone much quicker if he still had a spring in the come-a-long which would eliminated his having to push the catch lever back in to the toothed gear.
Very practical knowledge everyone should know.
Thanks for the time and concern to share your great idea. Pretty easy for people who might need it.
Those whinches are banned in Australia unless they have a stamp on the handle with the Safe Working Limit. A man in the Blue Mountains tried to winch his car up a steep hill. The cable snaped, he killed his wife and child. He was never charged.
***** I was just making a public service anouncement I don't know whether to take you seriously with a name like that...
+fourbypete good point, an average sedan weighing 3000+LB is probably too heavy for a come-along made for 2000 LB pull.
Thank you. After living in S.F. for 50 years I inherited 5 very rural acres and a "come-along". Now I know how to use it.
I fucking hate logs being in my personal space!! Buying one!!
Qual o nome desse equipamento? obrigado .Brasil.
We each made one in Machine shop in High School. Hand filed the teeth, no milling allowed, SUCK!!!
I used a come-along to straighten a falling down small garage, using a lot of extra cable and a tree about 40 feet away ;>)
A winch that uses NO power but manpower. A snatch block pulley can add A LOT of mechanical advantage. Having extra wire cable with loops triples it's usefulness.
Used one of these to fix my garage door a few weeks ago. Really useful!
Good job Ken....What a tired old come a long eh? Actually just a stout rubber band or two would serve well to spring back the pawls. Not to be a safety granny or anything but a little warning about too much tension on the cable and the super danger of a violent whipback might be in order. A flying cable will rip your head off...lol.
Hey when are you going to show what happened with that pontoon boat you cooked up? thx for posting
+Bill Evans nice comment.....nice to see some folks still have manners and can make a recommendation without making the guy look and feel like a moron! Rubber bands not a bad idea at all...beats the price of a new pawl of spring..if you can still get them
You are so right. I bought one many years ago and used it in so many situations over the years.
Great video Kenny. The come along and tree tong gizmos are awesome. My wife has a red thong she wears while I pull stumps. Great job sir. 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸✈️✈️
Come-alongs are really handy tools. Glad you made a point to mention Chokers too. If you're going to need to move a bunch of logs that aren't overly heavy, maybe you can look into a Peavey. They are pretty handy tools too...
Great Vid! We used these on construction jobs {US Navy Seabees} in remote areas. You may be right about 'self reliance' Most folks out there are pretty nice but, we have seen A-holes charging outrageous prices to pull out an ATV or vehicle. I will get one for my father in law who is a REAL outdoor's man in the mountains. Again, Thanks. I will teach the wife & older kids to work it as well. Some of those cheap electric winches burn up also.
Will be purchasing one next week. Good informative video. Well done.
Thank you for posting this! I'm definitely going to add this to the workbench.
Thanks for the video. I was in the crowd of "never heard of that" and this seems like a great idea for any type of long term kit. This, along with a good ax and saw and you can build a decent cabin with work.
+Matt Jones Yeah i never herd of a comeon before.
Good video. The price range for these is pretty broad. Like so many tools, you get nothing for nothing and darn little for two cents. The cheap ones don't seem to last long. And of course, tool maintenance is really important. A come along is really important when you live and work alone. Thanks Kenny. A lot of good information.
I just inherited a come along from my grandma's garage and had no idea on how to use it.. Thanks for your time!
i had one of those come alongs when i used to junk when i was younger, i had a 1965 3/4 truck with a 1975 bed on it, i used some 2 by 4's removed the tail gate and used the come along to pull a small engine with tranny on it right up in the back of the bed of the truck, by my self using that style come along, about a yr later the bars i guess thats what you call them under the truck hooked up to the axle, had a brake line running thru it, one day i was doing 35mph and the left support bar broke in 2 and yanked on the brake line, i had about a 35 ft tire mark behind me and i came to a really quick stop !!!! it was the strangest thing that ever happen to me, so a cop asked me how i was getting the truck home, i showed him the broke bar under the truck, i told him i will use my come along rapped around that bar and wench it to the frame, taking the pressure off the brake line, i couldn't go forward, but i was 4 blocks from home and i drove the truck in reverse all the way home !!!! the cop couldn't believe it neither but it worked !!!!! he said get the truck home, he didnt say how !!!! so a come along is very useful tool to have,, thnk god,,,
Since the early 70's I've owned about 10 of these. The HF / other Chineseoated are junk. I use them for so much stuff I've forgotten many. Some of them come configured for "double line" I take them apart and rig with shackles, hooks, etc, so I can use them EITHER single or double line. ALSO slip hooks are USELESS I replace my hooks with grab hooks. I used to use a pair of comealongs to winch a vehicle onto my trailer, EG. String out chain, and you can "leapfrog" one past the other, without losing "slack." Lifting, pulling, tie down, We pulled a stuck Jeep up in the Pack River in the seventies that was sunk CLEAR UP TO THE door cutouts. Chain, and a comealong
This looks like a cool little tool to have for my offgrid property. Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely I take one with me when I car camp..had a great camp site once but some group of people moved a very heavy camp table too close to the fire ring ...used this it was back where it was supposed to be ...they are not expensive at all nor do they take up much space but nice to have tucked into the trunk of your car if you live where it rains or snows it can save the day
A bit boring but a very good thing. I have a number of come-a-longs, as well as a 12,000 winch on my truck. I use them all regularly. using a come=a=long is like a very portable lever and fulcrum. In camp by using the come-a-long you can get your ridgelines fiddle string tight, you can use one to make the engine for a trap stronger than by hand the sky is the limit, I have a couple pocket hoist 500's which are pocket sized come-a-long using banding strap in lieu of wire rope, they stay in the vehicles at all times, I have used them for rescue, camp things trapping, load securing the list goes on, bottom line good plan and vid.
When I was a kid my dad had a really heavy duty one with chain in stead of cable, used to unstick cars would hang it off an A frame and change out engines, I have a little one I use to load cars on and off my trailer. Hmm I wonder why I haven't ever bothered to throw it in the truck I know to do that, guess I just haven't but I will, right now.
Thanks. recognize the B.Bros logos. Worked in Raleigh for years and have spent a small fortune with them and don't regret a single purchase.
Tootles... Wade
You need one or something similar if you go out alone. And a good shovel. Trouble is, there is rarely anything to hook the come along or winch to. Take a good shovel and a mattock.
You just got me out of an embarrassing situation... thanks, your video saved the day!!
Thank you. I have one just like it I have my lawnmower up in the air right now😳 to unstick a big stick stuck between blade and deck. Now I just need to know how to drop the mower down. I am looking to find how to undo the come along... So thank you for the explanation how to actually use the come along prior to moving the log😘
Great video but I have one major criticism of the actual come alongs built today. You used to be able to buy a decent one back thirty or so years ago but most you buy today are junk and wear out or bend or break after one or two uses. I had one that had the brand name "Thurn" or "Thern" maybe on it. It was a very good one but I can not locate the company anymore. They probably went out of business trying to compete with the cheap Chinese built ones. If anyone reads this post please tell me were I can get a good quality come along.
1crazynordlander Look for one made by a company called Lug-All or one called More Power Puller. They are not cheap but will last for a long time and are still available new if you can't find a used one.
Thanks!
+1crazynordlander
www.amazon.com/Maasdam-A-O-Long-Puller-4-Ton/dp/B002RL7UGW
Here it is. Though, its a rope puller. Not a comealong. I feel them to be superior because you have unlimited length, if the rope breaks it wont slice your head off unlike cable or chain, and you can just put another rope on it.
Ingersoll Rand C Series Ratchet Puller is what American fire department uses.
There have been a few occasions which I could have used one of these. One that comes to mind is when a tree gets snagged upon felling.
Could you use one one of these to winch yourself up something? Like a tree, by hooking up the chain to something high up and then ataching something to stand/sit in at the other end and pulling your self up? By the way I know about nothing about these
You could use it to ascend something. It would be a bit time consuming with the short distance of cable but none-the-less do able!
No, the reel only holds six feet of cable.
The mechanical advantage is awesome especially if you add to it. But one question? Have you used the one in the video with steel bars bolted together without an advantage bar to pull? I have used the heavy cast steel casted ones in the past and they last a lifetime. The aluminum casted come alongs I have heard break and what you have with the steel bars seems like a nice alternative but seems to have lots of nuts and bolts. Side note - if you lay a tarp/heavy wool blanket over the cable during winching it will keep the cable from snapping and injuring you if it snaps or pulls out during a heavy load. I learned that in the fire service with any winching. Also drove a tow truck for a bit and picked up some tricks. I don't have much experience with come along. I have also seen the use of two large branches used as a come along once but don't know what it is called. I saw it being used 2 move a log couple hundred pounds but the branches used like poles wrapped somehow looked heavy also
My advice for new users is to set up a light load test situation first until you're familiar with how it works. They aren't very intuitive at all and you don't want to learn while things are under significant loads.
Oh yaa I forgot I got some of those and your video just reminded me that I got 2 of those. I didn't know what they were but I knew obviously it pulls and it has a lbs rating.
I used it to get some tree stumps out between a fence and a house. Get a good pull to make it tight, get some 2x4s and tool-bars under there to hold the stump, do some root snips, pull it tight again to lift the stump few inches, and repeat until the 300 lbs stump was able to come up out. Sure I probably could have used a truck but then that might make ya less detailed about safety and also tried to keep minimal damage to the property of the crazy neighbor lady that has to inspect the progress several times a day.
I have taken one of these to deer camp for more than 20 years. great for hoisting deer.
you got a excellent point...tho...I'm thinking of getting one and retiring my old one and use it as a display object. cuz it's cool looking
Excellent video. Thank you.
Make sure you know the weight limit for your come-along. If you try to pull too much with a given come-along and it fails catastrophically you could be injured by a snapped cable whipping through the air or by an object falling or rolling when released. (by you, I mean anybody reading this as opposed to specifically addressing the video poster who presumably knows this)
Even if you doubled up, it's a bit old to risk. Great video, and where you live looks like where we live. We've got montane and beaches as well. Keep up the good work. Thankyou.
Self reliance. You're dam right
Been there and done that! A super handy piece of gear.Good video!
Harbor freight is great for tools that you're not going to use all the time. You need a worm drive for one project, yes harbor freight is the best. If you're using a worm drive everyday, harbor freight falls way short. Come-a-longs, same thing. If that cable breaks, you'll have 2 seconds of pure terror! Hope it doesn't hurt you to badly. That whipping cable.... No thanks. I'll go to Sears for my come-a-Longs. Yes, they are awesome and useful. Once in my life I've witness a snapping steel cable, Wow!! You really don't want to be anywhere close to that.
I am betting that if you had rolled that log onto a large piece of old cardboard before you assembled everything with the cable puller, that it would slide about much easier as you put more tension onto the cable. As it is, the log drags along the rough and muddy surface in how you set it up and has more resistance toward moving forward. Just a thought though and I am not being critical in the least in saying it. Nice video and thanks for sharing.
Good demonstration...giving me some ideas!
I carry one on my belt at ALL TIME!!! It is essential in life. I make my two kiddos carry one to elementary school also.
Did you build that cabin? Looks sweet.
Great advice brother .
I have a 4ton comealong in my car, never had to use it but its always nice to have
if there is a log around 1 foot down to few inches diameter and you have rope and a axe or machete you can quickly make a chinese winch or differential winch .... also the spanish windlass works well for pulling cars or any load
Interesting video. It look like I need to add to my workroom tools.
chain hoist are very handy so I'd rather use one if possible over the come along both very useful clever for your age brother I enjoy your videos
i have these with snatch block in my trucks tow truck any where. they are worth haveing !!!
Add a heavy duty spring or two if you are trying to get a vehicle out of a ditch or something.
Kenny.. this is an excellent tool. Buyer beware though.. Many of them are complete junk.
Thanks..
Shad
Thank you Ill buy one but dont know where to buy
This one stays in the truck. Works great for getting engines in and out of the truck bed.
Well done, it seems that I need to add another tool to my collection...
Edit: one month later.... found one for $20, a little oil & I'm good to go. Thanks, Kenny.
That log looks like good material for a dam, I would be tempted to make one below the cabin.
If you have a person fall off down into the water and no way to get back up... there you go. If you want to lift a log, no problem. Want to build a log cabin... go for it!
i live in the south on the country side, ive seen one but ive never used it. thank for the info
I cant seem to find one anywhere that has the 2nd attachment point/hook like yours.
iv got a old jac-lift brand hand winch...same concept...works on vehicles and logs and engine lifting
Why are all the come alongs on amazon only have a 2 or 3 meters cable. Aren't there any with a longer cable?
I've used mine for everything from freeing my truck to squaring up 30x50' timber frame structures. I got my 4T for $100 new
I love my camo and blaze orange sole- snow cleated crocks. But they are no good in the brush. Sticks can pierce the sole. So be careful in the woods. Wish they made a steel toed version !
those log tongs are from a bygone era when that job was done with horses