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My wife and I have (for over 20 years) used a block and tackle for lifting bales of hay into our barn's loft. It's gotten harder on our bodies in recent years. I saw the drywall/panel hoist in your catalog and thought it would be worth trying.
Putting the various parts together was easy, and so was mounting the 3 sub-units in the barn. I laid a piece of plywood (with 2 X 2 supports on its underside to keep it from sliding on the hoist cross-members) on the hoist, then 3 bales of hay on the plywood. Easy cranking of the wheel lifted the bales to the upper level where my wife used a hay hook to easily slide them off the hoist.
After the work was finished, the sub-units were separated and stored together, out-of-the-way, ready for next summer.
The drywall/panel hoist is a tool for a specific use, but, wow . . . it was worth the purchase price."
What is your level of technical expertise? Home Handyman