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The Nifty Lift is finally here! Please keep an eye out for more products in the future. Thank you for visiting and we hope you love our new website!
The Nifty Lift is finally here! Please keep an eye out for more products in the future. Thank you for visiting and we hope you love our new website!
How much does the complete unit weigh?
I’m thinking I could use something like this in my back packing kit.
less than 1 pound
Hi Albert- I just saw this on Wranglerstar on youtube & was amazed! So I came here to see if you had any videos; the one with the Chevy small block was really great. When you lifted it with a single cord & the engine still had the distributor, water pump & the exhaust manifolds on, I just laughed & shook my head. Congratulations on building a wonderful tool; my husband won’t believe me until he see the videos.
Thank you Abba!
I also saw this on Wranglerstar video just a few minutes ago it looks like a handy tool to have a around. My husband is a Veteran with Air Force for 20’years. Since he is disabled I have try to do things on my own and not a very strong lady anyway so I was thinking this might be helpful for me around the home. Mae Hay
I also am 50% disabled…I did this to help doing things alone… i’m single …wish I had a woman to help doing stuff 🙂 0
Looks like a nice little unit. Just watched Cody lift his generator.
Great product. When you say “two ball bearings” you really mean two “sets” of ball bearings correct? Or are the “sealed bearing” sets?
Thank you
total of 4 skateboard bearings…figure they’re tough enough for the kids to ride on than this is “piece o cake” and besides they’re readily available…keep it simple s
Just saw on wranglerstar. I’m going to order one soon. Need to replace my water heater…in the attic. Think this is the DIY way to lift up there. Turns a two person job into one.
be safe and don’t depend only on the locking cleat…tie off the cord…don’t want anyone to get hurt.
I forgot my high school physics but am trying to figure out the actual mechanical advantage.
I think it is either 4 to 1 or 8 to 1. Meaning you pull the rope 4 inches and you lift up something
only 1 inch and you pull only one fourth of the items weight. ( or 8 to 1) I assume you are
using braided nylon cord either 3/16 ” inch diameter or 1/4″ diameter. I have a need to lift some
heavy stuff and I think I will need 200 feet of rope. What is the length of rope that you supply ?
Do you have inventory ready to ship now ?
It’ll take about 10 days….never planned on the landslide of orders. I supply 40 feet which gives you a 10 foot power pull. If you need more line I can supply it @ one dollar per foot…and that’s the 1/8 line with a 1,700 pound break strength.
4:1; The force you apply at the free end gets multiplied by 4 at the bottom of the lower pully, but at the cost that you have to also pull the free end 4 times as far.
The easiest way to see this is to note the 4 runs of cord which actually support the weight (the 5th run is going down to your hand)– the tension in each will be one fourth of the weight of the load, so the tension in the free end will also be one fourth the weight. And the user is supplying that tension in the free end.
Pretty cool tool!
Saw it on Wranglerstar. Pretty cool tool!
Hey Al. Great vids, saw your new block and tackle on Wranglerstar. Quick question though, what kind of cord are you using?
Thanks and have a great day Sir.
Ok, so I bought one. Everytime I need to lift something heavy no one is around. What is the line you’re using, Manufacturers name & type? If the SHTF I think I’d like to have more of it.
that’s propriety as it’s made for the government. I can sell you whatever amount you want
Is this from government surplus or are you producing these under a government contract?
Is the rated working load of the single line basically the specified load limit divided by four?
Practically speaking, if someone gravitationally challenged, weighing only 145 lbs, then the weight limit would be 580 lbs, assuming there’s nothing to hook their toes into the ground to enable pulling with greater force.
no I wish they would buy them…they would be great for the troops to have. thats when you get some real strong younger person to help…lol
Al,hi.
Great bit of gear. Would you be interested in shipping to Australia?
yup…got the forms from post office….additional cost for shipping of $ 22.75
the extra cost for shipment happens automatically depending on your country.
saw your product on youtube. Very cool mini lift. by chance are you going to be releasing a better demo video? I could definitely show a few different uses this lift is capable of like loading a generator into a truck bed, lifting another person in an emergency situation, using it as a come along for pulling a quad or side by side out of mud. i have all sorts of ideas for a product demo
that’s why I put it together. as far as demos…ya but I’m trying to get product ready for shipment so I’ll get there but not for a while.
there has been several videos done recently….https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGDW9mFgt68 this is a great one done by zippo varga on you tube. Cody from wranglerstar also did a great one as well…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn19u0xgPd0
Hello Albert, I just saw this on the Swedish Homestead and Simeon lifted 1543 lbs of chicken grain with the help of a 4 wheeler winch. Impressive..
it’s times like that that prompted me to design this….imagine getting stuck with a snowmobile….it’d be real nifty to have it under the seat…never know when you’d need it.
Just watched Swedish Homestead safely lift 1,500lbs with the little block and tackle and the paracord “shoestring “
Absolutely amazing!
thanks…hope you buy one and tell all your friends…gotta get the word out.
Hey, would you consider listing your product for sale on Amazon.com? I try to use Amazon for all of my online shopping that I can get away with. I would definitely buy one if you did and I bet you would even sell more units if you did.
Did you just send one to Swedish Homestead and he demonstrated it lifting a huge weight? Congratulations!
I see two different max loads listed- 6,800 and 1,700, on two different pages here. Which one is accurate?
Thanks
the cord has a break strength of 1799 lbs x4 = 6800 lbs even though it held 5,600 lbs in testing I recommend no more than 750 lbs…safety factor it was not planed to be used with a winch…but it does work….just if it’s used that way you’re on your own.