How To Pull With A Pipe And Chain

How To Pull With A Pipe And Chain FARM SHOP Handy Hints Eric Grutzmacher keeps a chain and short piece of pipe in his pickup It’s come in handy often to move a fallen tree across the road or rip out invasive shrubs on his Sisters Ore property   How to use it is an old trick he shared in the Home & Shop Companion a free weekly email newsletter he puts out from Small Farmer’s Journal a quarterly periodical published and family-owned since 1976 “I called it a chain lasso but it’s probably more accurately described as a choker chain ” Grutzmacher says “It acts like a slip knot ” Instead of wrapping the chain around itself or making a couple of wraps the hook slips into the pipe With the hook safely secured the other end of the chain can be hooked up to a pickup tractor etc “It’s not an original idea by any means ” he notes but he recognized its usefulness and simplicity and shared it recently with readers He also tested its pulling power when he needed to demolish an old single-wide trailer He linked a few chains end to end through a door and window using the “chain lasso ” It worked well to tear the trailer wall in half he says Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Eric Grutzmacher Small Farmer’s Journal agrarian@smallfarmersjournal com; www smallfarmersjournal com

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