NEIKO 02256A Come Along Winch, 5-Ton (10,000 Lbs) Pulling Capacity, 10Ft, 3 Hook, Heavy Duty Power Cable Come Along Tool with Dual Gears, Hand Winch Cable, Automotive Hoist Winch Puller, Recovery Gear

WARNING! SAFETY ALERT!UPDATE: 8/30/11I've been using two of these Come-A-Longs since 2007. A failure occurred on 8/29/11 that could have caused serious injury or death. I always inspect this equipment before use. Even so, close inspections while pulling heavy loads is sometimes hard to do.Look closely at my uploaded photo image on the product page. Notice the bolts or steel pins that hold the hook and pulley. These bolts are held in place by paper-thin, U-Shaped Retainer Clips seated into a shallow grove around the tip of the bolt. If one of these retainer clips is accidentally bumped during use, it can dislodge and the bolt can come free suddenly releasing your load. This happened to me. These 5-ton pullers weigh 18 pounds each. When working with these Come-a-longs in conjunction with various cables and ropes, this can easily happen without notice. This is a serious safety issue.I'm replacing these stock bolts and U-Shaped retainer clips with hardened steel bolts and lock nuts coated with Red Locktite 271 which must be heated to 500 degrees to remove. Coating the threads with JB Weld would also work. I strongly suggest anyone else using these Come-a-longs do the same.It seems that I was wrong in my early reviews of this product. I apologize to those who called it cheap. I should have listened.BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY. GOOD LUCK.Heavy duty and top quality. As far as I can tell, since I don't have a 5-ton scale, the actual capacity is probably over 5-tons. I had several huge trees, 90-foot hardwoods, that needed to come down. With 14,000 lb. test-strength bullrope in the top of the target tree and the pully anchored with log-chain to the base of another tree, I began cranking the lever. I wanted to make certain the tree fell exactly where I wanted. I had to back off to keep from pulling some out of the trees out of the ground, root ball and all, before laying a chainsaw to them. This puller works - and it appears to be made well enough that I feel safe using it. That's very important. I inspected every detail before I put it to use. I could not find any markings indicating where it was made. That might be important to some. When placed next to the standard 2-ton come-a-long, it is easy to see the difference in size, weight and quality. Two connected in tandem to 14,000 lb. bull rope is sufficient to pull a monster hickory tree that is leaning over a house and make it fall away from the house. Tree experts wanted $800.00 for the job. I did it for less than $100.00.UPDATE: 5-9-10 After nearly two years of use, the only complaint I have is the spring clips on the hooks bend easily and at times refuse to release whatever is in the metal hook. Recently, I broke a section of bullrope rated at 9500 lbs. test strength. The running bowline knot I had looped onto the steel hook held. The rope snapped in a place where nothing was touching it. I'll use only 23,000 lb. test bullrope from now on. And for those who are wondering why I don't use chain, chain does not stretch. Bullrope does. When 200 feet of bullrope is tightened to the limits to the top of a tall hickory or oak, several thousand of pounds of force continue to pull the tree in the right direction for several feet even as the tree begins to fall.The average DIYer will never need more power than this. If I was needing 5-tons of pulling power on a commercial application, I'd look for an OSHA approved 10-ton device.There is an old military saying that goes like this: Always ask for double of what you need if you expect to get what you need.

Nice tool, is working great for me.

Comes with a decent wire cable, easy to handle. The ratchet is simple enough to use, just read the instructions first. The free wheel release is not so intuitive, and i found it easier to release it from the underside while pulling the cable, rather than the instructions which suggest pushing the release from the top.The slip hooks provided are adequate, but not great, i replaced mine with higher quality ones, as i have plenty in stock.A plus for this type of puller is that you can detach the end hook and switch from double to single line, which halves the load capacity, but doubles the potential working length without resetting the pull and doubles the speed of the pull.It is strong, but make sure you keep it clean, and dry it off after usage, otherwise it will likely rust very quickly. But if looked after and stored clean and dry, i would expect a decent service life of many years, from this puller.

Very sturdy and strong. Quality was good. used this to put up a zipline for the kids. This made the job so much easier.

BLUF: Well worth the price - this winch performs well above it's price point.I was able to rip out a couple of 18+" white pine stumps - not going to say it was easy but this winch held up to the task without a hint of bending or springiness.Also pulled over a 16" standing dead oak - thought it would just come over easy given the condition but the root ball was pretty much intact. A little more work than the pines but it still took it down without issueAs far as use - the operation is straight forward but can be awkward to get to freewheel line out. Not bad just awkward (I'm left handed so YMMV if right handed)

Pros:inexpensivehasn't broken yetmostly does what it is supposed to doCons:I had to disassemble and grease the unit to get the cable roller to rotate free of the lever arm (which is required for both loading and especially unloading the tension)the levers you have to compress to allow the cable roller to unlock and to allow the lever arm to move free of the ratchet device are not user friendly - recommend some extremely heavy duty spring clamps on hand unless you have 3 or 4 hands.

My husband is obsessed with moving heavy rocks into a rock wall. He is moving rocks that are well over 1,000lbs with this thing. Also, we had horrible stumps that were super stubborn and we used this tool to get those out of the ground as well! I will say, we have used it like 20 times for very heavy items and it’s definitely getting harder to use because of wear and tear, but worth it. We may buy this product again if needed.

Broke during first use. Very dangerous situation. The handle broke while using it and led to the spring releasing making the winch inoperable and was no longer able to tighten or loosen the tension. Had to recover the tractor another way in order to get the tension off the winch and it was a very dangerous situation. Do not buy cheap foreign made stuff… it can KILL YOU

Ten times better than my previous one. Shifted my shed single handed approx 20m without a problem.

Producto de buena calidad y la entrega rapidisima.

Strong.

Very cheap it's not good product also this store also... We complain Amazon support he asking our boy pickup and change the product but still waiting for that last 20 days

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