Where can I buy a rope hoist?

search on block and tackle suppliers.

locally I would nip round to a ship chandlers

If you want something to lift stuff into the loft then a wire rope winch for a boat trailer would do.

mrcheerful

Or a jeweller's, which is cheaper.

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Have you seen the price of yachtie chandlery ?

I was thinking more of this type of thing

==================== That looks like a 'Haltrac' engine hoist. They were common enough in most car accessory shops a few years ago. It might be worth trawling around a few of your local car shops.

Cic.

I have one (a "Haltrac") sculling around in the garage (I think), which the OP can have for the P&P. Drop me an email - details in my sig.

Aah, I see, round here there are 'real' ships chandlers, as opposed to 'captains hat and a fibreglass cabin cruiser' places. So I didn't think of cost.

If the OP says the likely load and lift length perhaps we could give more ideas?

mrcheerful

Trouble with haltrac is the limited lift length. You can buy very cheap wire rope versions nowadays, but they have the same limitation.

I use a tirfor wire rope winch, which has practically limitless pulling distance, as the wire goes straight through the unit, no pulleys to get full up.

mrcheerful

I dont know how much youll use it, but if its just for occasional use, you could probably make one for a few quid using a metal bar and no pulleys, and nylon rope. If you use it day in day out the rope will fray after a while because of the lack of pulleys, I mention it cos most of us will have enough bits in our box to make something up in 10 minutes.

Even a decent piece of wood could be used as a pulley block if the load isnt too much, just drill generous holes in it and curve the hole corners round so the rope sees a smooth graduated bend.

Note I've not made them that way, but have used enough of the techniques described here to think it should work.

Many times I find its quicker to make my own kit than go to a shop.

NT

If you had a sensible email address, no matter how presented, I could have offered you one!