In article ,
Chris Hogg wrote:
I'm looking for a small sheaved pulley system with maybe two or three
pulleys per sheave (if those are the right terms), capable of lifting
a max of say 250 kg. I guess the sort of thing used for lifting engine
blocks out of cars would be OK. Anyone point me to a supplier?

The "problem" with pulleys is that they will back-run when you let go
of the rope, so you might want to consider a block and tackle instead,
if you are lifting heavy engines, and the like.

Gordon

In article ,
Gordon Henderson wrote:
I'm looking for a small sheaved pulley system with maybe two or three
pulleys per sheave (if those are the right terms), capable of lifting
a max of say 250 kg. I guess the sort of thing used for lifting engine
blocks out of cars would be OK. Anyone point me to a supplier?

The "problem" with pulleys is that they will back-run when you let go
of the rope, so you might want to consider a block and tackle instead,
if you are lifting heavy engines, and the like.

My Haltrak has a lock to prevent this.

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