Cable-Lifted Storage Rack

[Garry B]

Does anyone know if such a thing as follows can be bought in Canada? This store does ship here but cheapest shipping is 120. I want to use it to store my sled, tent, auger etc. up and away.

http://www.ipmart.com/main/product/Racor,PHL,1R,Pro,HeavyLift,4,by,4,Foot,Cable,Lifte d,Storage,Rack,55248.php?prod=55248

Would like to find something similar here. Costco and Canadian Tire have something like this for bikes but I want something heavier like this.

Thanks

[npauls]

You could get a couple rope hoists from princess auto for $13 a piece and attach them to a sheet of thick enough plywood and it would be similar to that. I will be picking up a couple of them and getting my father or a friend to hoist all my ice gear in to the rafters of my garage for storage while not in season. If it works good enough I will probably get a few more of them and store some other larger items up there also.

[Willowtrail]

I thought of that same lift but he needs it to be able to lift easy, like a winch or a crank of some sort. The PA ones are manual. Great idea though.

[Garry B]

Manual rope hoists might be good but I am just trying to think how they would work to keep the thing going up square? I suspect there would need to be one in each corner and that might make it tricky. I'll keep thinking. Thanks.

[pikester]

Looking at that picture the hoist looks to be based on an overhead door opener type device. Maybe something along those lines could work? At least it could be electric.

[chubbdarter]

my sled gets stored pinned to the underside of the rafters ...2 long cargo straps get hung down....2 guys put the frabil 3 man into the cradle the 2 straps form. Then 1 guy on each strap and pull till its pinned to the rafters. Its best with 2 people but my wife helped me no problem last year. Really easy in the bed of the truck backed in