RAD Sportz Kayak Storage Hoist - Overhead Pulley System with 125lb Capacity for Canoes, Bikes, Ladders, and More - for up to 12-Foot Ceilings

I bought this along with the companies bike lift and cannot believe the difference in quality and ability. This is a double rope pull system, vastly superior to the single pull bike lift. The lifting hooks are industrial quality and the nylon straps look like they would support a small car. Now, can I easily life by 70lb ebike using just the ropes - no but I'm old and don't have the strength I used to. And, I don't need it to store the bike, only to service it which means it only needs to be about a foot off the ground so I lift each end and my wife locks in the ropes with the braking mechanism - easy. Beats having to have a dedicated bike stand in the way all the time and at about 20% of the cost. While I use it for my bike, it would obviously do well with ladders, kayaks, roof top carriers, etc. . The included straps are long and will allow it to go about a variety of sizes so it is compatible with a lot of objects most of us would not want taking up floor space. Included rope was plenty for my purposes (10ft ceilings, pulleys on 25" apart for a bike), seems reasonable durable and strong. I expect to get a good 5-7 years out of the product as the nylon pulleys will deteriorate in the desert heat of my garage but I've gotten used to replacing anything plastic or nylon in that timeframe. So, hats off to a really well made and thought out product at a more than reasonable price!

Ordered this hoist to get a rolled up sun pad & paddle boards up and out of the way on my dock. Installation was simple, bolted to an aluminum beam and threaded the ropes as directions showed. Pretty easy solution, wish I had done this a few years ago! Both set ups worked well!…. These are nice hoists and appear to be well made.

The hoist works quite well. You raise or lower each end of your boat with separate ropes, and can easily raise or lower it evenly. However the force required to lift is substantial for my 60 pound roof top cargo box. A smaller person might find it difficult to lift a 100 lb.+ canoe or kayak. The Brake System works very well and prevents sudden, uncontrolled drops should you lose control of the ropes. Overall this hoist is easy to operate. The suspension straps provided use a plastic snap together buckle (like on a backpack waist strap). This seems dangerous. I don't believe those types of buckles are intended to be load bearing. It's the weak link in this hoist. I'm going to replace mine with cargo straps that come with a proper load bearing rating. Installation was easy, I screwed the pulley blocks into a stud that I located in the ceiling by following a line of nails driven through the sheet rock. Drilled a pilot hole for the wood screws to verify I was going into solid wood (very important); the kit's wood screws have bolt heads so you'll need a socket and ratchet, it takes some considerable force, they are sizable screws (that's good- you're hanging a lot of weight off these things). The instructions require you space the pulley blocks a minimum 6 feet apart. That wasn't an option for me given the spacing of storage racks, the garage door, and furnace ducts. So I set mine at 5 feet apart and I'm not having any problems- it operates fine- you should have no worries ignoring this rule if you have a short kayak. Threading the rope through the pulley blocks and tackle is easy; they give you a drawing to show how. But securing the 2 loose rope ends onto each pulley block is not so easy. They want you tie those rope ends around one of the horizontal bolts that attach each of the pulley blocks to the mounting plates. Problem is you've already bolted it together, it's screwed into the ceiling, and you don't have a lot of room to work with to make some fancy knot (they don't supply a diagram of what type of knot to use). You'll see what I mean when you do it yourself. So I simply ran the rope ends through the hole in the block and tied a simple double knot that prevents the rope from slipping back through the hole. Seems to work just fine. I recommend you test your installation by suspending your boat just a few inches off the ground for several days before lifting the boat up high into its storage position. Check to make sure the pulley blocks aren't pulling loose from the ceiling, and tug on the ropes suspending your boat to further ensure those pulley blocks won't rip loose. You will note the ropes stretch, your boat will drop about a half inch in the first 24 hours. Aside from the strap buckles being poor quality, I would have given this 5 stars. It's a slick product that optimizes precious floor space in your garage.

This worked great for my moms kayak! Now she just has to let it down on the bed of her truck and she's ready to go. Just as easy to hoist back up. Pretty impressive for the price. The installation wasn't difficult. Directions worked fairly well.

I don't own a kayak and I'm feeling too old to learn how to paddle one now. Okay, I probably could learn, but my recreation plate is full enough right now. Maybe when I'm 80. What I am using this hoist for is to get the third-row seat for the old Ford Excursion up off the garage floor. The seat weighs probably 30lbs and it feels like that much weight is right at the true maximum load for this thing. Yes, the ropes and hardware would hold the stated125lb limit. But you'd get some seriously nasty rope burns trying to hoist something that heavy. I suppose if you wore some sturdy gloves that might help. It's working great and easy to install. The instructions could be a little clearer, but they were better than most.

I purchased this hoist to store my 24 ft extension ladder on the ceiling. I have an 11 ft ceiling in my garage so clearance wasn't really an issue. I read other reviews that said you should replace the rope and lag screws because they were cheap so I bought replacements. I got slightly longer lag screws and a 100 ft polypropylene rope. My ladder is 12 ft long when collapsed. The measurement calculations in the instructions are for kayaks, not ladders so I decided to mount the pullies about 8 feet apart which would leave me a couple feet on each end beyond the hooks. I screwed the pullies into studs so I didn't bother with mounting the pullies to a board and then mounting the board as mentioned in the instructions. It's a much cleaner look for one thing. The lag screw holes are 1/4" diameter. I really wish they would have went with something larger like 3/8" or 7/16". I could have drilled out the holes but I didn't want to modify it and void the warranty. The included rope is a soft rope but it seemed like it would be OK for as often as I would use it (only a few times a year) so I went with the included rope. And like others have mentioned, I didn't cut a piece off the rope and cut the remaining rope in half. Instead I tied one end of the rope to the front pully and threaded it through and tied the other end to the rear pully. I placed the ladder on the ground under the pully and started bringing the hooks down to the ladder. As I did, the end that you would attach to the wall cleat started moving out of my reach. I should have went with the longer rope I bought. Rather than switch out the rope I decided to use the straps on the ladder. That gave me the extra slack I needed to reach the end of the rope when the ladder was on the ground. I adjusted the straps as tight as they would go because I wanted the ladder as close to the ceiling as possible. One thing I noticed is that you need a lot of room to bring the rope back far enough to unlock the pully system. Make sure you don't mount the locking pully too close to a wall or you won't be able to pull the rope back far enough to unlock it. A ladder is fairly narrow so it doesn't interfere with the locking mechanism much but I could see where a wide kayak might be hard to unlock because you can't pull the rope straight down and back. I'm sure these are strong enough to hold my aluminum extension ladder but there is one flaw in the design. To attach the rope to the pully you thread it through a hole and just tie a knot in it. The only thing keeping the load from falling on you is the knot you tied. I double knotted the rope to ensure it is big enough that it won't pull back through the hole but it still concerns me. They could have designed a more robust mechanism to secure the tied ends of the rope like a cleat or a clamp. I think the next time I have it down I will clamp a rope ferrule to the end of it to ensure there is no way it could come out of that hole.

Love these hoists. I use them to hang bicycles and kayaks from my garage celling, and they work great for both. easy to install and use. excellent construction and quality materials.

Works ok. Ropes are not high quality. Not sure how long they will last. Install was not difficult, but like many others I have seen on YT and here on Amazon, I added extra lag bolts to hold the supporting board to the ceiling of my garage. I may upgrade the ropes. This flimsy nylon braid is already getting fuzzy with just a handful of runs through the pullies.

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Es una excelente producto la calidad y resistencia del material son satisfactorias, ha pesar de que en las especificacion mencionan que debe ir con fijacion en techo sobre viga de madera o concreto, funciona de igual manera con una fijacion en pared, dejo una imagen de la instalacion que hice en pared. Recomendacion (Tome en cuenta que el paquete trae sus taquetes, tornillos, etc. Estas recomendaciones son para instalacion en pared) Broca de 1/2 en conjunto con taquete de 1/2 Tornillos pueden ocupar los que trae el paquete por defecto u optar por unos mas largos Adiscionar previamnete arandelas al momento de ajustar los tornillos Sin duda una gran opcion para ahorro de espacion y mantener seguro tu equipamiento!

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Zag er stevig uit, nog niet gemonteerd maar vermoed dat het precies doet wat ik ervan verwacht.

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