come alongs

Whats a decent brand to look for when shopping for a come along. What brands do you avoid like the plague? I'm still new to trucks and offroading so I've been researching and shopping like a fiend today.

 

WTF is a come along?

 

I don't know of any brands so to speak, I would try to buy at a reputable hardware store or a company strong in the lumber industry.

 

I recommend something with a sturdy/solid handle. The others will bend on you.

 

Lowes has a couple too. Forty bucks or so.

 

http://www.arizonatools.com/tools/come-alongs-and-cable-pullers/?gclid=CNT56qes45ICFQQtswodiktP4A

Come along: noun. A manual winch like device used to pull an object by means of a ratcheting handle attached to a spool containing a short length of cable or chain, with another hook on the fixed end for attaching to an immovable object that is in the general direction that you wish to pull the movable object.

 

Thanks, Mav!

 

Agreed! I've used my Hi-Lift to get out of snow packed to the frame. Jacked up under the hitch mount, tipped the jack over, and pushed the rear end over 6ft so the wheels were on solid ground.

There's a winch kit like mentioned above, but you can also switch the parts around on the jack. That lets you compress or open things like a jaws of life if you need something like that. Mine's mounted in the truck 24x7 too.

 

cool. I'll order a hi-lift tonight as far as jacking points: I have a receiver hitch installed but everything else is factory. What are my options besides spending $3k on sliders and bumpers.

 

I'm planning on sliders at some point. At the moment my Hi-Lift is more useful around the house than with the truck! But I'm not planning on paying more than $600 for sliders. And that much is only if I get the bolt-on stone crushers from Demello. If I work up enough balls to try making or assembling some myself they'll be considerably cheap.

 

ouch thats tempting. But I already have a go rhino sport rack on order and my pennies are dwindling

 

Yeah, I've been looking at those too. Any idea why they only do 3 legs instead of 4 like most others?

You still have to drill the frame for those to bolt on right? Demello's bolt on with existing holes. So it's either pay more for cake installation, or go cheaper and have to work harder to install (drill frame, or weld them on myself).

I could weld them myself (I think). I'm just worried about all the brake lines and crap inside the frame rails. My luck I'd get the metal too hot and melt a brake line or something.

Either way, I can't even afford the $200 DIY sliders at this point so it doesn't really matter.

 

Thanks for the info! Wish I had a couple grand just for Shrockworks right now! I'd be ordering a bumper, winch and sliders.