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@nycap.rr.com>
> >To: "jeremy-ca" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>; "Jim Miller"
> ><JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>; "TOWERTALK Reflector" <TOWERTALK@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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