WOW! What an ingenious idea!!! I wish I had that 30 years ago when I had to carry bundles of shingles up 3 different ladders to the 3rd story of a house in south Charlotte. Love it Ken!!! 👍👍
You've inspired me to build 1 for myself. Your info and detailed instructions give me confidence I can build 1 of my own. Thank you for sharing. Much appreciated. Keep up the great work and the build videos.
Good morning Ken. Getting ready to start my own house and decided I'm going to build your ladder lift. Question I have is did you add longer hoist control cord (wire) to the switch or did it come thst way? Most hoists I find only have 6 foot lenth for the up/down control switch and yours looks longer than that.
I've seen these sell of almost $1700 each. Build it yourself is sure worth it. Ken gives away a lots of his trade secrets. I bet his employees learn a lot from him. Some may even go on to start their own garage/construction companies. I'll bet Ken is just the type to love to see those who learned under him go on to also be successful, rather than resenting it.
That’s a back saver! Ken you should be selling those lift ladders! Something you could do when the weather is bad... They would be hard to ship but you could put a kit together with the winch and all of the other parts along with instructions and let folks buy their own ladder using the exact make and length.
I really appreciate it. This rig can surely save your back, save your energy, save on labor, ... clearly it was a awesome window dismantler as well! 🧵🥽🥽🥽🔩⚙🩹🩹🩹🩹
VERY CLEVER ‼️ To buy one of those commercial units are very expensive. The bearings on the lift section is a very important part of the build. THANK YOU for sharing your set up 👍👍 Vinny 🇺🇸
hahaha good ending! I have had this exact same lift for 10 years now of shingling. Bought the plans off some guy on youtube. wore out 2 cables and 1 motor. Sure saved a pile of work with shingling!
If I only could make a ladder hoist I think I wouldn't have to carry roofing shingle rolls up the ladder.... because it's hard work. Today Dec 22, 2022 I crawled up the ladder three times with roofing shingle on my shoulder. My knees hurt and my legs were exhausted by end of day omg! I'm not a young man no more.
I used to help a friend with roofing when I was a teenager and they had a similar setup but it had a gas motor on it and it saved a lot of back breaking work!
With extreme sincerity , thank you for sharing this wonderful invention . I have knowingly purchased an old community hall that requires a new roof , and this will greatly assist me , as well as provide a small side business of renting it out for the day . Again , thank you very much ... " T " >>>...
A manual boat winch would also work (though obviously slower). Some folks drive those with a cordless drill. BTW the "angle irons" are more easily found searching for "Dexion" (the original brand). Dexion is like an adult erector set and famously versatile.
Hi and God bless you... Really innovate hoist... Congratulations and where do you find or purchase the bolt with the bearing??? If any body know please appreciate... And God bless you mister kens karpentry...
2:37 I don't care for the way you recessed the mounting hook for the cable. It makes the cable rub on the rung. Just offset it so the cable doesn't touch.
SO what happened at the very end? Well you know, besides gravity rearing its ugly head? That being said, very cool video. Why didn't just buy one though? What lead you to take the time to try and build one? B/c starting out, that was a small project to get into...
This would be useful bringing things up basement steps. The only problem i would have is, mine are heavy arcade cabinets and getting them on your platform would not work. would have to redesign it....? New project for you ? thanks.
Hahahahahaha !! What an ending to a really nice build. Guess you'll need to screw a step on the edge of your platform. If I get a hold of a motor lift Ill build one my self. Very nifty for a one guy operation such as me.... I pulled a jacuzzi up a second floor by self, two easy pulls not designed for lifting. Easy does it! not recommend. The kids don't like manual labor jee wiz! Great and simple but very very useful build !! Thanks for sharing.
Hi, Ken I have everything to build a hoist except the shoulder bearings. Where do you buy them how many and what size? Thank you I really enjoy your videos. Bill
My husband is building me a ladder hoist to move our Christmas decorations up and down our stairs from your video. We're using an old ladder and the two pieces are very close to each other, doesn't seem like enough space for a shoulder ball bearing (3/8" x 7/8") to slide between the two. Are the shoulder bearings absolutely necessary? Great Project for us and hope it will work well to move our decorations. Thanks for your detailed video.
Nice build! I wish that there is a part fasten the ladder against the house to prevent tipping over. Well worth the money for the build and priceless at the end. lol
thank you for giving me an idea for a lift to the attic space above my garage/shop, where I store material and odds and ends. I have a similar ladder that was left by our contractor when our home was built which he never returned to retrieve. I have kept it my shop for the past 25+ years thinking I would eventually have need of it for painting the outside of the home. But, now I feel I will re-purpose this ladder in much the same way you have illustrated here, a lift that I had for years thought about building out of framing lumber. Now, you have given me a better idea.
A great video and a great hoist. Am looking forward to watching the other videos. David Foster from across the pond ( Milford on Sea , Hampshire, England to be precise ! ) .
Would like to know if this can be used in a vertical position. I am thinking of using this design for a dumb waiter from the basement which has a ten foot ceiling. Would be used for groceries and luggage.
Thanks for the video, loved the surprise ending! I think I may make something similar to this that is just a shelf on rails that is hand-raised to help raise a honey bee 'swarm trap' box up to the level of a swarm. Hope to figure out a way to implement the ladder auto-clip/unclips that hold the upper ladder rail in place to hold the sled in place too.
Ken can this set up be used to lift a person? I'm thinking if you had two of them with a walking plank between them you could more easily paint a two story house. I used a similar hoist, one size smaller, and installed it in my attic to raise and lower my chandelier for cleaning and changing burnt out bulbs.
I built 1 of those about 8 yrs ago,,,,,same hoist and concept,,,Used it to lift bundles of shingles up on the roof saved my poor old back and still have all the parts
