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how exciting is it to stumble upon
things that are very
valuable you may or may not think this
is
valuable but I know it's
valuable I was at the pawn shop the
other day just looking to see what they
had and lo and behold this beauty was on
the Shelf buried underneath
some cheaper versions of it the
cheap $50 versions you can find at the
Harbor
Freights but this
one if you don't know what it
is it's called a
calone this one is made in the USA it is
cast
aluminum by a company called lug all and
I so excited to find it guess how much
this thing
was 20 bucks
$1 19.99 sitting there
so prepare to be stunned at how much
these retail
for this retails
for
$270 and it is in fantastic condition
yes it's a little dirty yes the it's got
a tiny bit of surface rust right here on
the hook and yes there's one tiny little
fragment of the cable that is frayed
right here that can easily be fixed but
it's not a worry this is not not
significant damage that it
would cause the cable to
fail if you're unfamiliar with a c along
these are very valuable a lot of
firefighters use them they're used on
ranches and Farms to pull large heavy
objects you can get a mechanical
advantage by using this dual hook or
dual uh this pulley in uh dual hooks
here look at that works perfectly I
checked it before I left the the store
but I am so very excited about this just
keep your eyes open this thing I don't
know why it was turned in maybe somebody
needed the
money but this should last
me a lifetime
absolutely I like that you know the only
other thing here is this little little
clip here is uh out of alignment the
spring is is broken but you know what
that's easily fixed as
well I can pull a truck with this this
beauty right here I can pull a truck
with a load double this up this is a 1
and 1/2
ton uh pull right
here
this is a quick demonstration of that
beautiful lug all come along tool that
we found at the pawn shop
um absolutely essential
tool pulling Vehicles pulling large logs
in the in the
forest or on your
property this is just for demonstration
purposes obviously this is easily moved
but we just wanted to show you how to uh
how to utilize the tool this is a great
addition to any Homestead we wanted to
show this to you uh it's great to keep
in any vehicle if you need to assist in
getting another vehicle out of trouble
and you know it's a hand winch that's
what a c alarm tool is so you got the
extra hook here for the mechanical
advantage that you know doubles your
pulling power it's absolutely
amazing so what we're going to do here
we're going to hook it up show you how
to do that and give you a quick
demonstration what you going to do is
you're going to lift up on this lever
first that's going to allow this catch
to release from the gearing which will
allow it to free
spool there's another lever right here
that allow this is another safety catch
this will allow you to pull out the
cabling now watch your fingers obviously
this is this can you know pinch and
damage
uh your fingers and uh and other parts
of the body if you're not careful all
right so we've run a little line out
here let bring the main body of the
calong tool back to an anchor point a
solid Anchor Point uh this is obviously
for demonstration purposes we've just
got it attached to a metal fence pole
that's driven down into the ground
probably 3 ft here you're going to want
to attach it to a vehicle or tree if
you're pulling out another
vehicle attach it to your vehicle to
pull
logs so now we're ready to move our
object whatever that may be we're going
to
engage the catch mechanism again and
that gives us the ability
then to start utilizing
tool again keep
your keep your hands back and as this
tightens up
here you can let go of it cuz the
tension on the cable is going to keep it
up for
you as you utilize and move your object
towards
you
you want to be very careful if this is
under
tension if you let back down on
it cuz that can uh that can spool out it
can snap the cable back at you and you
don't want
that so you're going to slowly let it
down here to the
ground
slow it I'll let it down until there's
no tension left in the cable so we're
going to do is we're going to take
our our hook intermediary hook with the
pulley on it and we're going to hook
that on
to the object we want to pull we're
going to
take the end hook here and run it back
to the
tool and securely fasten it there as you
can see the mechanical advantage you've
now split your load in two and you can
pull twice as much just make sure that
the calong that you're utilizing is
rated for the poundage you're trying to
pull also make sure that the chain and
any connection piece that you have any
Hook is also rated for the poundage that
you're trying to pull these chains are
rated for 5400 lb so is the hook so you
want to be safe and make sure those are
all rated
properly now I can already tell this is
is twice as easy to pull cuz we have
twice the pulling power
here it's moving a little slower
but you can pull twice the amount of
weight so it's a huge huge help when uh
getting yourself out of a sticky
situation you don't have a power winch
this is a this is a great alternative to
a power wench if you can't afford that
and
it is a tool that you're going to use
like I said for so many different
things it is a must have on the
homestead you know maybe not one unless
you can find it at a pawn shop or garage
sale that's this expensive if you can't
afford it maybe it's a little bit less
expensive Harbor Freight one and if
that's what you got to do that's what
you got to do I highly recommend that
you get one that is is a little bit more
pricey because it's going to last you
forever this tool was used by somebody
else for a long time and now I'm going
to use it for a lifetime unless I need
to get rid of it and the Harbor Freight
Tool you know buddy of mine had one and
it just stamped steel thin stamped steel
and it blew apart on him so money down
the drain for
him
today I have my helper with me Ariel say
hi Ariel hi Ariel what are you making
I'm making um tools you're making tools
what are you making with the
sawdust you going to bake a cake or
something yeah awesome what's the tool
you're using what's this one that's a
screwdriver good job Ariel thank you for
helping
daddy say bye bye love you
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