Load the large counter weight basket with cement blocks to support the two piece hand beam and offset the weight of the hoisted materials.
Roofing hoist plans.
One of the many roof loading hoists i ve made.
Compared to a poor soul lugging 70 pound bundles of roofing shingles up a ladder.
Building a ladder hoist start to finish.
Hand powered hoist our two piece hand beam is an inexpensive and efficient means for transporting materials to the roof.
It took one hour to design and two to build.
Transporting personnel and material vertically in a safe and speedy manner.
Needed to get 4 200 lbs of shingles onto my friend s roof and the nearest rental place with a power ladder was very far it was expensive and we lacked any way to transport it and an appropriate ladder.
I m sure they have saved lives and plenty of falls and injuries.
Light weight and easy to assemble.
Dec 31 2012 designed and built this shingle material tool lift to use when helping my dad roof his house to get around the worst part of roofing carrying shingles up.
Just put it on your werner extension ladder and install the motor with include.
And using one hand to grasp rungs and the other to steady the bundle on his shoulder then dismounting to the roof s slanted surface from the side of a ladder powered roof loading hoists are a dream.
Roofing hoist demo i m now building the platforms for 300 including shipping.