From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Leon Fisk"  wrote in message news:10227pv$374ja$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   >The 1 to 2 ton range would be the likely candidates.   
      
   When I was cutting firewood I carried the 3/4T for moving logs and pulling   
   the tractor or trailer out of mud holes. It's large enough for the trees   
   that died before reaching the crown and not too heavy for the hand carry in   
   from the trail, a good balance between size/weight and capacity. My test is   
   how hard it is to hook onto a hanger overhead with one hand. A 3/4T can lift   
   the rated load of a full sized pickup truck. It's the one I usually grab for   
   any hoisting, such as placing the carbide grinder on its new stand.   
      
   I bought the 1T for the 12' length of its chain and the 2T to handle mature   
   oaks I hadn't expected to fall until one blew down. Otherwise the 3/4T has   
   done all I needed, above that finding a strong enough hanger becomes a   
   problem. In a test half a ton pulled my truck through a snowbank. If   
   starting over I'd first buy a 3/4T lever for horizontal and short vertical   
   pulls and a 1T chainfall to hang from higher beams, as the lever hoist can't   
   lift a compact sling load much above shirt pocket height.   
      
   After using the manual lever hoist once to free the stuck tractor I bought   
   an electric winch. If the ground is firm enough the lever hoist and tripod   
   can lift a wheel above the root or rock that caught it, then the winch pulls   
   past it.   
      
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