These 2 ton come-alongs are truly a good quality item. Maasdam has been making come-alongs for over 50 years and you'll notice this the first time you use them. These also carry a lifetime warranty!
Quality product. Very happy with performance. Manual not correct as to instructions to release cable.
Doug, Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:13:37 AM
High quality item. Looks alot more complicated than it really is. This is quality tool not a toy like some of the stuff you find.
Mike, Tue Jan 08, 2008 09:48:27 PM
Great tool and also the best price I could find.
Charles, Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:01:56 AM
Well designed, well made in the good ol USA, I'll pass this down to my grandkids, need I say more.
P.S. Thanks Az tools, received my come-along next day. Could you in future carry model# 144c-6 as well as the 144sb-6. It has an extra hook and clevise to enable use as a 12' 1-ton single line or as a 6' 2-ton double line. Also I found this on the web and thought you & your customers would appreciate this article. >>>>>> Come-alongs are a must-have for country living. They're most often used to tug vehicles out of ditches and unsuccessful stream fordings, and to tighten fencing. I've also used mine for erecting and tightening large tents and canopies, pulling objects into and onto trucks, hoisting 350 lb carcasses for butchering, encouraging crunched automobile bodies back into proper shape, pulling stumps, straightening sagging barns back to verticality, moving large logs, turning trailers to face another direction, erecting pre-assembled 2x4 wall sections built on the floor, cinching loads onto flatbed trucks, dragging heavy boats up the ramp onto the dock or onto their trailers, erecting wind generators, extracting and installing engines in vehicles and boats. In other words, moving just about anything up to 2 tons. Come-alongs should not be used to move people, since a well-used cable can snap.
The Maasdam Pow'r Pull is the best (though not the cheapest) come-along you can buy. It is built better than knock-off copies -- especially the $19.95 ones -- in every way. There's an accessory wire gripper that enables the Maasdam (or any other pull tool) to tighten fences, clotheslines etc. I've beat the hell out of my 1969-model, and it has never failed. It will pull 2 tons. You can buy very expensive aluminum giant come-alongs from several firms, but the fine print with them sez that they are also 2-ton, so I don't see much point in them except they are beautiful and classy-looking. Any tool that carries a high loading should be of the very best quality, as failure can be deadly or at the least scary. The Maasdam is good stuff.
Hints for working with a come-along: Many folks loop a come-along's cable hook around an object and then hook it back onto the cable like a noose. This is very unsafe, as the hook will either cut or seriously damage the cable. Users should invest in a couple of suitable "Shackles" (any hardware or boat store) for such duty, and never hook anything directly to a come-along's cable. Hint for come-along use where there are no trees or objects to anchor it to: Bury your spare tire a couple feet down and hook to that. Come-alongs also need some sort of anchor for the mechanism. I keep a length of 3/8ths chain for that purpose.
-- J. Baldwin
And thanks again, Charles
garry, Thu Dec 04, 2003 12:14:28 PM
I finally found a cable pull that will stand up to what I need. I farm and the Chinese stuff just don't cut it.
