Comments on: Finds: Lug-All Come Along http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/17/finds-lug-all-come-along/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:28:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Reusing « View From a New Vrindaban Ridge http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/17/finds-lug-all-come-along/#comment-447374 Reusing « View From a New Vrindaban Ridge Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:53:09 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/17/finds-lug-all-come-along/#comment-447374 [...] I got a soccer ball for a dollar, a Ross ten speed bike in good condition for $10, some home grown tomatoes, and a come-along for $10. The come-along was about half new price. While I usually look for stuff at about 25% of new or better,  I need one for a job this week so it was still a bargain for me. [...] [...] I got a soccer ball for a dollar, a Ross ten speed bike in good condition for $10, some home grown tomatoes, and a come-along for $10. The come-along was about half new price. While I usually look for stuff at about 25% of new or better,  I need one for a job this week so it was still a bargain for me. [...]

]]> By: Nick Carter http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/17/finds-lug-all-come-along/#comment-7842 Nick Carter Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:00:03 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/17/finds-lug-all-come-along/#comment-7842 A comealong with chain/straps is a good way to get a car out of a ditch, I've seen it used that way many a time. I've seen it used to coax a tree to fall in a particular direction when falling it. They are great for pulling fence as well. They are great for getting stuff in or out of a tilt bed truck, when a forklift isn't at hand, by controlling the sliding. This week I spent a lot of time watching power crews hooking up lines (big windstorm!) and what they do is use a bloack and tackle to get the wire up and almost in position (guy on the ground pulling a large loop of rope through the block) and then a comealong to give enough slack to place (these really cool!) push/push cable splices. Power crews have fiberglass handles on their comalongs it seems, for obvious reasons. A comealong with chain/straps is a good way to get a car out of a ditch, I’ve seen it used that way many a time.

I’ve seen it used to coax a tree to fall in a particular direction when falling it. They are great for pulling fence as well.

They are great for getting stuff in or out of a tilt bed truck, when a forklift isn’t at hand, by controlling the sliding.

This week I spent a lot of time watching power crews hooking up lines (big windstorm!) and what they do is use a bloack and tackle to get the wire up and almost in position (guy on the ground pulling a large loop of rope through the block) and then a comealong to give enough slack to place (these really cool!) push/push cable splices.
Power crews have fiberglass handles on their comalongs it seems, for obvious reasons.

]]> By: Myself http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/17/finds-lug-all-come-along/#comment-7827 Myself Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:15:40 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/17/finds-lug-all-come-along/#comment-7827 Hell, for $25 I should throw one in the car for winter, along with 50' of extra cable and some chain. :) I already have a nylon strap that's perfect for wrapping around a tree without damaging the bark... Every time I think that, I think 200' of quality rope with a block and tackle would work just as well, more quickly if I don't string all the pulleys, and have fewer parts to break. Hmm. What say ye, Toolmongers? Hell, for $25 I should throw one in the car for winter, along with 50′ of extra cable and some chain. :) I already have a nylon strap that’s perfect for wrapping around a tree without damaging the bark…

Every time I think that, I think 200′ of quality rope with a block and tackle would work just as well, more quickly if I don’t string all the pulleys, and have fewer parts to break. Hmm. What say ye, Toolmongers?

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