i showed this tool to my father he replied with "why would i need this when i have you". Thanks father for working me like a horse.

@marioalvarado3284

3 жыл бұрын

Trent Nelson, your dad is a hero 👍 I respect old school parents👍👏🏼, my dad was tough with me and I appreciate that a lot, I was little less my kids and they appreciate that too, sometimes when they are joking said I was tough but they are good adults. Nothing comparable to help your parents👍

@captainjack8823

3 жыл бұрын

If you can move those two logs onto that trailer manually you must be as strong as a horse!

@ronfox5519

5 ай бұрын

Honesty is the key to good family relations.

Thanks for turning me on to this excellent product. Took delivery today. I have a small suggestion: Add a loop of high-visibility 550 paracord to the 2 essential cotter pins that come with the product: One retains the pole handle and the other retains the pulley. Two benefits of doing so: (1) Easy to remove the cotter pins without searching for a tool. (2) Easy to find the cotter pin on the forest floor if you make the mistake of dropping it.

Way to go, Cody. Been using two of these the same way, and to induce a lean in felling trees, nearly every workday for the last 13 years. Old school excellent tools and company.

What an incredible piece of equipment. thanks for posting and especially the poem written by Ulysses about the many uses of of the wood harvested from Trees from cradle to grave ;). God Bless you and your family Cody

I and my dad have been using one of those for years and we have loaded many logs like that with one. Never had the money for equipment, not even a big tractor. Wish ours had the new rope. They really come in handy.

Cody, you've come a long way from this video! I'm going to purchase this cable puller today and I ran across this video. I'm fascinated at the upgrade you've made from this puller to your new CAT skid steer, track loader and Yanmar tractor. "Just because you're not using a quarter of a million dollar piece of equipment doesn't mean you're a real logger....If I had a machine I'd use it...I don't have a machine." Keep up the good work!

I have been using the power pull for many years. Keep it in my truck for pulling my 4x4 if i get stuck. I have the cable one but sure like the looks of the rope.

You understand the spirit of logging and I love it and draw inspiration and knowledge that I need from, so thank you!

craxd1 is correct. These have been made since 1906, and known as the More Power Puller by Weyth-Scott Co.: Here in WV coal mines they are Red Devils. Have rebuilt hundreds of them over 20+ yrs repairing coal mine equipment. Normally had to make new pivot pins for the claws. Press straighten the claws, (could not heat under any circumstances). If the claws or even the spool would break while straightening we just junked them and used the rest of the hoist for parts. Have seen many many hooks come in the shop with the hooks straighten out by the load put on them. The handle is made for a 6ft. slate bar to fit in. Most of the mines we worked for wanted 50ft of 5/16 multi-strand wire rope put back on them. One of the most common uses in the mines for them is pulling conveyor belts back together after they break. They would hook up two, three, four Red devils end to end to pull a loaded conveyor belt back together so it could be re-laced. Well enough about memory lane. jimb in wv

@jphickory522

5 жыл бұрын

Good info Jim thanks

@donaldmack7213

4 жыл бұрын

I worked in the mines for 40 years in southern west PA. Used them almost daily. Watch your fingers!

This is how you start a morning in the field, setting in my tank waiting to shot a gunnery and watching a new wranglerstar video. Thank you Mr. Wranglerstar and God Bless you and yours.

@barrygirky8194

9 жыл бұрын

Lol I wish I was in the woods.

@wranglerstar

9 жыл бұрын

Barry Girky I wish I was sitting in a tank, :)

@barrygirky8194

9 жыл бұрын

wranglerstar where you in the Army? I've seen a 3rd ID patch in your video's.

@waltlars3687

9 жыл бұрын

wranglerstar not if Your at Fort Irwin Calif in the middle of summer when its over 100°F

@barrygirky8194

9 жыл бұрын

Walt Lars don't mention NTC.. I have two rotations this year. Got to love the Cav.

I used to have one of those until someone decided they wanted it. Hands down the best puller or "come-along" I've ever had.

Excellent product...! Great demo....! Thanks for posting! Gordon

Great video. I know I was supposed to be watching your hard work and the winch but guys, watch it again, isn't that just a beautiful place, the low mist hanging in the trees.

My first time viewer and I am a subscribed member. I noted that snatch block for redirecting. A tow truck operators best friend and the tool for everything you need to maneuver . Thank You,I really enjoyed watching

I bought one of these about 20 year's ago been a great tool. First time I used it I pulled a 63 Cadillac with 4 flat tires and a locked up rear end on my trailer. I've pulled many motors from car's and truck's with this tool.

Not sure if you tried or maybe you already know this, but you can also use the snatch block to increase the winch's pulling power - in this case, you can attach the block to the chain, and the hook in the end of the line back on the winch, or on a port near it. If half the length of the rope is enough for you (well of course you can extend it with a chain or anything like that), then you get even more power from your more power puller :)

Wow, those are very impressive!!!

Absolutley love the 2 power pullers i own. They are a must have.

That Amsteel is amazing stuff. We use it all over our tugs and barges. It's so strong the metal on the boats fail before it.

Nice Cody! Cool free stuff. I'll buy a couple for sure. Thanks

Great nuggets of wisdom! Yes great poem! Green Doug fir, love the smell!

excellent video! I have used cable jacks for quite a long time. stretching fence, pulling engines, and recovering vehicles that are stuck. this type of tool works very well away from the trailer or a vehicle out in the field. where you don't have any power. but when you have a flatbed trailer, that has a square mount for a trailer hitch that can be bolted onto the back of an electric wench with remote control. when you get it close to the trailer go ahead and use the electric winch.... it's a lot faster and easier, after you've been dragging those logs out of the woods!

Awesome Mr. Wranglerstar, tnx for sharing!!!

I bought one of those for my truck over 30 years ago and it still works better than anything else I have as far as come along hand power tools.

Bought one last week due to this video. Needed to pull my broken down land rover onto a transport trailer. Worked like a champ and now I have another quality tool in the truck box. Baileys Online had them for under $300 shipped.

I am defiantly going to have to buy couple of these for my property. I have to move my shed away from the house and I bet I can do it with this power puller. Thanks for sharing the video!!!

Thanks for showing this ~ I've been looking for ways to move some blow-down logs out of our woods

All of these so called helpful and negative comments...he was simply demonstrating how useful the power puller is. Of course he could have backed up to the log, of course he could have done the job with other methods, he did in fact, demonstrate how useful the tool is and the possibilities of all the uses it was made for. Great demonstration, Mr Wranglerstar!

You seriously crank out quality videos. I don't know how you do it! I missed a few days of youtube and suddenly there are 10 new videos to watch!!

Hey Cody, these pullers are awsome. Quick story for you. I purchased one and paid of course 300 plus for it, very happy with it. The other day I was in an antique mall and there was one sitting in a booth, it had been used and all the paint was off of it and it needed a new steel cable. Heres the great part, it was priced at $12.50 . I about had a heart attack, lol. now I have two of them.

Wow my friend you are a top dog in those woods. Great videos!!!

These have been out for many years, by far the best if used properly.

Thumbs up as always Cody. More please. --CMC

These are an indespensable asset in the world of the manly man. I had a couple really nice aluminum ones about the same size as yours. They were involuntarily and permanently borrowed by an unknown person. Though mine had stainless cable in them. I got myself in and out of more disasters using them. Now I have a few cheap China cable pullers (scary dangerous unreliable garbage)and a couple very heavy old school chain type pullers did I mention heavy. Once again thank you. I haven't sent that book yet but I will.

That is amazing work ! I'm getting some for backup I still prefer my winch.

Thanks for the review. I’m getting one.

Enjoyed your video. Thank you for sharing.

Awesome video Cody! I actually pulled one out of the pile at the scrapyard a few years ago. Thought it was just probably worthless, but cool old antique. Now I need to restore it to use, as you said parts are available. Thanks

That's just the back saver I need for firewood hunting. Aussie jarrah, redgum, and whitegum is bloody heavy. And the Jeep hood is still good ! ...... with a little panel beating.

I bought one of these with cable at a garage sale for 25 dollars, the best purchase ever!

My dad found one of these in the junk along time ago... ancient old thing, completely covered in rust, but, still works great....

REAL manly work juxtaposed with poetry as it relates to the empirical, but also acknowledging the transcendent, a problem solved. Now, time for a beer.

been around fer -ever I have one as old as all my pulleys and block and tackle..... all Gramps old "schtuff"-still works great!!!

I grew up using one of those. wish I could had a use for one now. very much worth the money

Worth every penny I've got one and it pulls way More than rated pulled my off-road truck up hill in waist deep snow slow but reliable absolutely last a lifetime

Wasn't expecting the poetry but wow that was cool and appropriate. Great video!

That is defiantly a useful tool that has been around for a long long time, and it has many uses but do yourself a favor and just mount a hand crank boat winch on your trailer. Less chance of hurting yourself and 10 times faster.

My father gave me a Wyeth Scott puller ( Come-A-Long) almost 30 years ago It was old and wore out when he gave it to me made in the early 40s . Come to find out they are made here in the town I live in Newark Ohio, I took it over and they rebuilt it for me good as new! They are bullet proof and will last more than a life time!

Best hand winch ever made. Don't go anywhere with out mine. Also that's not just dyneema line that's amsteel blue. Wyeth-Scott Co. states 3 ton dead lift capabilities and 6 ton drag. I've been amazed for years that this isn't the most common kit for 4x4ers and farmers.

You and Mrs. Wranglerstar are good stewards.

one of the best things about your videos is that fact that you usually do things alone - for those of us that live alone, it shows how to do it safer and easier. unless you have a deep wallet or a huge group of friends, doing things alone is just avoidable for some of us.

@tomsautebin1636

6 жыл бұрын

one less rat mo

Cody the blue line is called am steel I use a 3/8 line for my chipper winch and it is awesome I have never owed one of those but after seeing what you did with it I am going to bye one thanks again for the great video

My grandfather had one of these that he got from his dad. His looked exactly like these, but had no paint. I actually used it a couple of times while in high school in the late seventies. Wish I knew where it was today.

Great tool. I can see multitudes of uses in the north Maine woods where there's no grid or place to get a winch in.

Nicely done.

This reminds me of a Tirfor pulley that I have been using for many years but much more simple, but good never the less.

a very clever piece of kit would come in handy for a few uses

Thank you

I have several power pulleys that were passed down from my dad, they have been around for year's, have one that has been carried in every truck we owned over MY 60yrs of life and it still work's quite well. The others have been used in logging, mining, field equipment repair, ect. If you maintain them and keep them clean ie, oil them, wiping the cable down and oiling it, I think they could turn into family heirlooms! LOL!

I have done tree removals for 12 years and one day injured eight vertebrae maneuvering a tree log. Even though your muscles can handle this type of work your spine can't. I had no choice but to go back to school. I chose to become an MRI specialist. I recommend using machinery to move all logs if possible. Love your channel. God bless.

@Graveltrucking

9 жыл бұрын

It doesn't take much to ruin your back and it screws you up for the rest of your life. I agree use machinery as much as you can.

@dougthomson7852

9 жыл бұрын

Work Smart not Hard.

@tymorrison1007

9 жыл бұрын

Spent my life in Healthcare RCP, loved the woods and would rather take my lumps in the woods being fit, rather than sedentary.

@MrGlorybe

9 жыл бұрын

I have seen or heard of sudden back failures for many years. A man does the same things that he has done for years and out of the blue a vertebra or two suddenly rebel quite often leaving a man wheel chair bound. Hard scabble living does have consequences. Arthritis is another plague that haunts men who have done heavy labor. Even common arthritis can stop a man's working life.

@arjanwilbie2511

9 жыл бұрын

Jim Sadler sometimes it takes a fall in the snow to finish it off. My back was diagnosed with wear and tear of a 70 year old... End of career and after 5 years still no new work as no one helps out.

Using the Jeep hood for a smooth sliding float is genius! Tips like that are why I'm a subscriber. I have one of the cable More Power Pullers, and I've used it MANY times. Sure wish I had the blue poly rope instead of the cable.

@o2boutdoors

8 жыл бұрын

+Aaron Rippentrop I looked at the pre-made lines right after watching the video and noticed they were kind of spendy. Your reminder has me looking for splicing videos here on KZread to make my own. Thanks!

Interesting. I'm considering something like this product. Thanks.

I've had one of these for years although mine has steel cable on the drum. I call it my 'mule' and keep it in my truck for my trips to the "Old Place" which is a 1.5 miles off the paved road..

you have an old red devil come-a-long they have been around for over 50 years. they are actually fairly primitive , I like the lug all type they have cable, rope, strap and stainless marine types also

met a gentleman back around 1991 who was a finalist in the Camel Trophy and he told me about this. At the time, he told me just about everyone had one in the vehicles because it was easier than a winch in many cases

I would have back the trail back some to save time cranking the power puller but good to see how this worked

A more easier way to do this, is to line up your log hood to your trailer ramp. Connect the chains to the log and through the hood and over the trailer, and hook it to your cars trailer mount. and just drive. you will drag the log on to the hood and the hole thing would slide on to your trailer with ease

I've actually drug a 6000 lb van upside down onto a car trailer with the cable version of this winch. Worth there weight in gold! Mine was give to me though, so that's easy for me to say.

Nice logs there!

@ 1:20 "...used in the rafters of my timber frame...". Brought a tear to my eye. I hope you were not joking. And that we get some sort of an update on this. Now back to the video...

After using come-alongs for pulling logs and trees, these look like a much better option. I especially like the amount of rope on that spool. You don't have to keep resetting your winch.

I prefer a Grip Hoist. Does the same thing, but the hoist cable runs through the hoist. The nice thing is you can can pull out the slack before you start pulling. I haven't looked for one recently, but I know that you can order one with 150ft of cable. The hoists come in different ratings. The one I was looking at was rated for 8,000lb pull. I do a lot of trail work and we use them to move large (1,000lb plus) rocks to build stone stair cases. We rig a high line where we secure the hoist to the base of a tree or rock with a strap to protect the tree. The cable end we secure to a strap hung ten feet or more up in a tree. To move rock or log we hang a block on the wire before we attach it to the tree. The cable has a welded point on one end that goes through the hoist, the other end has hook. We wrap a heavy strap net around the rock. We gather the ends of the net straps and hook them to the block. We also hook a tag line to the block. When we're ready we crank on the hoist until it just lifts off the ground. One or two people push it down the hill or use the tag line to belay the rock. The hoist has a reverse feature so if things get out of hand a crank or two will lower the rock to the ground. We also use them to direct the fall of trees when there is limited space to fell them. This is important when working on trails where you can't cut other trees around them or an obstacle you must miss. They aren't cheap, but they are the best back country winch I've ever seen. The hoist fits in a regular back pack and cable wraps up and fits in another. So the work is spread between to people.

Nice tool. A word of caution/advice,always make sure that any Hooks you are using under a load should have the mouth or opening of the hook facing up,never down . That way when something breaks (and it will eventually) the force will throw the hook down not up or back at you.

@joycecallender8310

5 жыл бұрын

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I like the use of the jeep hood as a sled.

Lug-all makes GREAT come alongs too

Awesome so much lenth pulling power i want

The uses for a puller like that are truly endless. That's a fine tool! There's no sheet metal to be found on that one! I would have sworn that it was a restored antique buy the quality in it.

I laughed when I first viewed this vlog. I absolutely hate those cheap cable comealongs. You get what you pay for. The last time I was helping my father cut birch on a newly logged right of way in Northern Alberta when my truck got stuck. Tried the cheap cable unit which broke and after a lot of frustration I threw it into the bush. A dangerous piece of garbage. Later it was replaced with a 2 ton chain comealong I bought in Prince George. The ones you are testing look great and because they are cast I will purchase in future. Thanx

As far as the griphoist/tirfor question. I have both. Wyeth Scott More Power Puller is the best for my purposes. I'm 53 and came into this world with a big red come along at the house. I'm not knocking the griphoist style. But, a 5/16" cabled griphoist is no match for a red come along. I also have 7/16" GH and 5/8" GH. Length of cable is good on tirfors, but I can use chain with my come along.

I used a new 2 1/ 2 ton to pull out some bushes and the darn come a long self destructed. I then use a high lift jack as a horizontal pull like a come a long and the Jack got the job done.

I love synthetic winch line. Great stuff. Just have to protect it from pinches or abrasion

I was saving up for material for a workbench... But now I have to save up for one of these too!

Great pullers!

Hi Wranglerstar, always enjoy the vids! Very impressed by more power puller n couldnt find it on link. Was able to purchase thru Forestry Supply. Thanks 4 info on this tool. Mike D

Ive had the same one with cable for 30 years.. paid 140 bucks for it back then..at my local ace hardware store..

That winch is a lot safer then a jack for felling difficult trees.

This is what makes America great.

Heard about using hoodz for harvesting before, great to see how this is done.

awesome! Would be good if we could use those around here, but we cop a huge fine if we're caught using winches of any kind. If we can't cut it up small enough or pick it up, we're not allowed to take it. (gotta leave the big stuff for the "professional" loggers) .. Would be nice to find a windfall that size too!

An A frame mounted such that you can stand it up when needed, mounted on the trailer would make a great place for that extra pulley. The idea being that getting the front of the log elevated a bit means a lot less friction against the earth and ramps such that the car hood gizmo is not required. It would save a lot of work.

Really cool video. I've done very little logging/timber processing but I do know that would've been a ton more work without those pullers if you didn't want to process all of it on the spot. Good work

I grew up using these, probably have a half dozen of them and carry one in my truck and side by side.

GREAT REVIEW

you could also use that pulley setup to double the pulling power of the rope by connecting the end hook to the puller and putting the pulley end on the log doubles the power of the pull if you had another pulley you could triple the effective pull great device!

Yup- We use those in logging to pull trees over against the lean, among other things. Haven't broken one yet!

@Davids_United-Fam

4 жыл бұрын

I have a leaning tree big and stout pretty tall to leaning toward our house on our property and im about to take it down how well do these work in fellin the tree in the opposite direction.

Again, very good movie for a very good tool. small question though... instead of pulling the log those 25 feet to the trailer, couldn't you back the trailer to the log? I mean, you got it to the road, back the trailer up, and pull it up on from much closer... or did you go the extra mile just for the sake of the video? :)

@ckchin5673

6 жыл бұрын

Steve Wilcox

@rattlerjake2362

5 жыл бұрын

If he really wanted to test the pullers then he should let his wife sink the tractor in mud again and use the puller to get it out of the mud. THAT would be a good test!

They are great,, my 40 year old one just broke,, so will be getting a newer one.

I like your poem.

I have had one of these with the blue poly line for about 6 years now and I can't tell you how many times I've used it, when you double line it you have 3 tons of pull that thing is worth its weight in gold, i got it directly from the manufacturer i think it cost about 285.00

I had a custom hitch tube setup made for my Warn 9500 winch, (It's mounted on a cradle) with a fairway lead on the trailer. I can pull the heaviest logs right up onto the trailer (Trailer has sides so the fairway is 2 feet high) using a piece of MDO plywood as "grease". I have an isolated battery on my rig, but you could just put the battery back there, anywhere, standalone and it will load a BUNCH of logs before running down, easy as you please. The winch can stay right on the hitch for driving, it points back at a 45 dgree elevation. OH, and unloading? Use a choker cable on the log(s) tied to a tree or other strong mount, and just drive away. Or you can use a winch setup like mine with a mobile battery the same way and pull them off slowly