SoB Block and Tackle Pulley System for Lifting Heavy Objects, 65 Feet of 3/8" Rope and 7:1 Lifting Power, 4000LB Capacity Heavy Duty Rope Hoist Pulley System for Garage Warehouse Building Automotive

I got this to lift a/c units up into a ceiling. Light lifts and short distances. Worked like a charm. Runs smooth. Didn't tangle. I used a cleat to hold the rope while I was working.Will it lift 4000 lbs? Maybe, but not without a winch to pull the rope. What could I hook it to that will hold 2 tons plus a safety factory of 2? Dragging something I might give a try. That brings me to why I replaced the rope.For the price I would buy again.A 3/8" twisted nylon rope is plenty strong but nylon stretches a lot. If I have 4000 lbs of tension on it what I've made is a giant slingshot. If something breaks there will be parts flying about. I put a 3/8" by 100' Dacron climbing rope on it. The Dacron rope doesn't stretch and recoil the way nylon does and I got some more lift length. The rope did cost as much as the pulley system but safety first.

I use the Heavy duty hoist for lifting stuff in our garage up & down from a shelf I built years ago. Works slow but great - well made. It suitedmy application ok. Fred B.

I got this to replace a 2-pulley system which I’d used to raise and lower a 350 lb. foldable utility trailer. When using the 2-pulley system , I was fraught with anxiety due to how very hard I had to pull to get the trailer raised. This 4-pulley system allows me to much more easily raise and lower the trailer, reducing both the physical and mental stress on me.The issue of the rope twisting was easily remedied by taking my time running it through my gloved hands a number of times, until it stopped untwisting. I did this with the block & tackle mounted at the ceiling, with the two blocks up against one another. It will now hang with the lower block pulled all the way down without twisting, unlike before I untwisted the rope. Hope this helps.

I use this to lift my Zodiac up on to the swim platform of my yacht

I found the item to be very easy to use and it worked seamlessly. It made the job of hoisting my summer tires and rims much easier to raise into the tire rack some 10 feet off the floor.