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Hi all,After reading numerous debates about electric vs. hydraulic winches, I have a silly question. Why not just use a come-along?Some advantages I see: - Works with the engine off but won't drain the battery - Won't make an oily mess or catch on fire if it breaks - Works for front or rear - Works for anywhere else, too. - Costs less: A good come-along can be had for under $300.So why does anyone bother with anything else?
Hi all, - Costs less: A good come-along can be had for under $300.
Hi all,After reading numerous debates about electric vs. hydraulic winches, I have a silly question. Why not just use a come-along?Some advantages I see: - Works with the engine off but won't drain the battery - Won't make an oily mess or catch on fire if it breaks So why does anyone bother with anything else?
I can get a used winch for that. I couldnt imagine winching my 4k lb rig 40 feet through mud with a hand winch
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at which point why not just use your hi lift. it's basically a come along with more range and more leverage.
Cause youll die of heart faliure before you have moved four feet
It's only 30 pounds, geez. A spare tire weighs like 70 pounds...I don't see you dying when you gotta change it
Comealongs are slow, have a short range (generally only a couple feet)
I much prefer pushing a button to actually working.
Your 4k lb rig is twice the weight if its in up to its balls in mud especially if its silt/clay and is sucking you down.I pulled a landrover turd out of a ditch with a hi lift once, for two reasons.1: driver was a tit and took the wrong line.2: driver forgot to attach earth lead to 'broken' winch. Ergo he is a tit.It was a laugh (not) i only actually moved the damn thing four feet but it took an hour and six to ten pulls two feet at a time pulling 12"of slack out each time as the ass of the thing was six feet in the air. It went in left wheel first.Get a good winch, wire it correctly, service it regularly. Use it when stuck. Youll be glad you did.Also, i've never seen a correctly fitted and used winch catch on fire, or spew oil. I have considered hydraulic many a time but they are to much of a faff.Yeah they may be fast but if you buy the right parts an electric will go faster and your vehicle will be a hundred pounds lighter.Carry snatch blocks and tree savers and you wont need the come along in that vehicle. Ever.
Get a good winch, wire it correctly, service it regularly. Use it when stuck. Youll be glad you did.Also, i've never seen a correctly fitted and used winch catch on fire, or spew oil. I have considered hydraulic many a time but they are to much of a faff.Yeah they may be fast but if you buy the right parts an electric will go faster and your vehicle will be a hundred pounds lighter.Carry snatch blocks and tree savers and you wont need the come along in that vehicle. Ever.
Rebuttal time:A couple feet?? The more-power puller has a range up to 40' single line, 20' double line. That IS less than 60-100 feet on a winch, but seems totally manageable.Don't we all. This is a clear advantage of a power winchI'm not sure I am envisioning the situation you describe, and why you couldn't pull it all at once. I'm sure there was a reason, but I wasn't there. QuoteCause you cant move something ten feet that only moves four feet at a time less the two feet of slack cable to be pulled taught.I agree that come alongs will pull as long as the cable.. but for something that has truck weight capacity they are enormous and so is the snake of cable. Id still take a winch mounted on the bumper which comes with integral cable storage. If your worried about cost buy a second hand smittybilt off ebay
Cause you cant move something ten feet that only moves four feet at a time less the two feet of slack cable to be pulled taught.I agree that come alongs will pull as long as the cable.. but for something that has truck weight capacity they are enormous and so is the snake of cable. Id still take a winch mounted on the bumper which comes with integral cable storage. If your worried about cost buy a second hand smittybilt off ebay
you clearly have never used a highlift to pull a really stuck truck out
..... When jammed between a bunch large rocks, it's winchin' time!