UNABLE TO RAISE GEAR HANDLE AFTER TKOF. CONTINUED TO DESTINATION.

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AFTER TKOF I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE LNDG GEAR HANDLE ON THE MDT FROM THE EXTEND TO THE RETRACT POS. I ASSUMED THE PF FLYING DUTIES AND THE F/O REFERENCED BOTH OUR COMPANY QRF (QUICK REFERENCE MANUAL) AND MDT PLT HANDBOOK FOR A PROC TO FOLLOW. HE COULD FIND NONE. AT THIS POINT I GAVE HIM THE CTLS AND I ASSUMED THE PNF DUTIES. I DECIDED TO CONTINUE TOWARD DTW WHILE I TROUBLESHOT THE PROBLEM. WX AT TKOF; DEST AND OUR ALTERNATES WAS VFR WITH ARPTS SURROUNDING OUR DEST ALSO REPORTING VFR. NO ICING WAS ENCOUNTERED DURING OUR CLB TO VFR CONDITIONS ON TOP OF CLOUDS. BY THE TIME WE HAD EXHAUSTED OUR ATTEMPTS TO RETRACT THE GEAR USING NORMAL MEANS; WE WERE ALREADY 1/2 THE SHORT DISTANCE BTWN CAK-DTW. NOTE: I DID NOT WANT TO REMOVE THE SIDE PANEL AND MOVE THE ANTIRETRACT PLUNGER TO GET THE GEAR TO RETRACT UNLESS A GREATER EMER AROSE. AFTER CONSIDERING ALL OF THE FACTORS (ACFT PERFORMANCE; WX AND FUEL) WITH THE INFO AVAILABLE TO ME; I ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO MY DEST. NOTE: THERE ARE NUMEROUS ARPTS ALONG MY FLT ROUTE THAT I COULD HAVE USED HAD I LOST AN ENG WITH THE GEAR EXTENDED AND HAD ANY PROBS PERFORMANCE WISE. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER; I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'VE DONE ANYTHING WRONG; BUT I WANTED THE RPT FILED JUST IN CASE I DID VIOLATE ANY FAR.