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I purchased it a week ago and hooked it up that day and waited for the weekend to give it its first workout. It seems perfect size for my Tractor and I didn't want the "I wish i went bigger" problem. So I found a down top part of a tree which was junk, but figured i would give it a try just to get myself familiar with it. The part of the tree was 18-20" for about 12' then forked into 2-12"/- limbs and it was Maple and punky in the middle, just beyond burnable. I took the cable about 150' in and hooked the choker up and walked back to the tractor and had it at an idle. I pulled the rope all I could and the winch didn't pull it!! I raised the rpms and still wouldn't pull it.....needless to say I wasn't impressed, but did smell faint clutch. I went back in and cut where the forks joined and it had no problem pulling that or the 2 forks together. I went away with my pride in shambles. I re-ajusted the clutch thinking maybe it needed more. I hooked on to a blow down 20" poplar just behind the house. I cut the stump off and didn't bother to limb it as I figured It would rip it right out then limb it.......same thing....it was stopped dead in its tracks. On both trees it would bury the plate but it surely didn't toss around the tractor like I've heard some say....am I honestly expecting too much from this? Is 11,000 lb capacity a lot smaller than I envision? I was pulling from the top pully, would the bottom one help it? These trees were not hung up, but I admit the 2nd one had limbs (live) still on it laying in brush, but not against anything substantial. The directions are horrible about clutch adjustment, but it's not rocket science. Maybe I'm missing something???