HELP! Quality Come Along (Cable Type)? Recommendations

[Danny Boy]

Hello,
Have had it with "crappy" come-alongs!

Not properly spooling and then getting tangled/stuck while trying to pay out. Tired of this.

Most cable type I've seen are the inexpensive Harbor Freight type. Maybe HF makes a quality come along..

Need recommendation(s) for a quality "come-along", 2-4 ton, not necessarily used as a hoist but more for general pulling such pulling/moving a car about 5-10 feet.

What do you recommendation quality wise?

 

[chtampa]

Get back to basics. Block and Tackle.

 

[RussT Plymouths]

I've went through a few myself, bought this one at my local TSC about 3 years ago and it's held up pretty well so far. Loaded a couple big Chryslers, (67 and a 72), and the last was an old truck frame without wheels, literally drug it on the trailer. 2000lb lift, 4000lb pull.

 

[CarolinaCharger]

I'm not sure that anyone even makes a high quality Come-Along now.

 

[bobsgtx]

Not a cable but I used lever chain come-along for many years aligning springs and axles on class 8 trucks. I don't know if the HF ones are any good.

 

[yella71]

Harbor fright and quality dont belong in the same sentence

 

[BeatersRus]

what you really want is one of these.
the ratcheting comealong,solid body housing/Cast metal and a strong enough handle to slip a piece of pipe over for leverage.
ive used these for over 30 years.
they want a hefty price for a new one,almost 300 bucks..
ps,fair warning,if you are looking at the vintage ones at a yard sale,or ebay or whatever,
do Not buy/use the Alum body ones for heavy use,they will shatter like an egg.

 

[Tony Tee]

I bent the handle on my old come a long. Loading a car. So I upgraded to a 12000 lb harbor freight winch. Should have bought one years ago. Makes loading a car like it weighs nothing. But I still use the come a long for other lighter jobs. And it still never spools the cable evenly.

 

[YY1]

Also, the lower pic in post 7...some of those types have a nasty problem with breaking the internal pawl ring.

Make sure it works in both directions, under load.

 

[Cranky]

Bought an electric winch over 30 years ago.....besides a sawzall it's the best tool purchase I've ever made!

 

[YY1]

Yep.

I had the HF "marine" winch that lasted almost 10 years stored outdoors, and now have the HF $50 winch, which has done well except for the junk wireless remote.