I have two of these, and I use them to pull down tall trees in the direction I want them to fall. I use them with a 3/4 ton 20 ft long chain come-along and sometimes with a block and tackle. These provide enough stretch that my static block and tackle or come-along doesn't have. So once the tree begins to fall, there it still has some pulling power in the direction I want the tree to fall in. Hey, it works every time for me. I have cut down over 20 scrub oaks in my forest backyard using them.