Woman Builds Stairlift For Her Elderly Dogs 

same and it wasn't as cool as that

Omgoodness I wish I could pick up my big girl and carry her.

cute animals

God bless you.

Did you find a way to get her on the stairs ?

do you think the pulleys are what enable the winch and battery to be housed in the dog box, as opposed to having the winch and battery at top of stairs and using a hook onto a latch on the dog box to lower the dog box and pull it back up? I'm looking to do something similar but not sure what the advantage of the pulley is.. must be some physics behind it. also wondering if the only battery option is a boat/car battery and how safe those are to use indoors for this application, and if there are other (safer) options. lastly, wondering if the board with the wheel tracks needs tto be screwed into the floor or side wall at all.

@@StefanUrkel It's unfortunate that the video was just posted for entertainment and not as a how to video showing the construction. Adding the pulleys will double the effective lifting power of the winch and halve the speed. If the winch was a tiny one, I can see needing to double its power. You can easily find winches on Amazon that lift 220 or 440 pounds or 440/880 pounds using a pulley. I would think any of those would be strong enough without the pulley...? Maybe slowing it down is better for not making the dogs nervous, for example when it starts it doesn't make as much of a sudden movement. There is another video with an identical setup, although it doesn't have as completed of a look as this one and it also does not have any how to information. This one has to have a pulley because the winch appears to be at the bottom of the stairs, not mounted on the box, so the cable has to go to the top then back to the box to pull it up. It is here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aaVTlPU_2oc.html. And here is another that shows really basic pictures of the construction and has the winch plus a car battery in the box so it is self-contained and uses a straight link to the top of the stairs: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-djnV-jj625Q.html. And in this video you can see how they made a mini elevator using the same winch idea except here the winch is at the top and runs straight to the box: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-inUEUIhoNSA.html.

@@tornadokat thanks for the reply! i got a winch from harbor freight for $100 but it's like one of those atv ones (a model mentioned in one of the video comments I saw). It does 2500lbs max, which seems like overkill. I will check out the other lower powered ones and see how much less they cost. the harbor freight one requires a battery and i'm a little apprehensive about getting a car/boat battery just for a winch and putting it indoors. wondering if there are other power sources/batteries that aren't so big and heavy that will do just as well. i just need enough power to lug up maybe 50 lbs at most (not counting the cart). My dog weighs 30. Sometimes I'd like to use the cart to run groceries up stairs rather than carry them (some items get heavy, like a case of bottled water). so you're saying witih each pulley added, it actually slows the speed down 50%?

Yes please! I have a 60 pound bulldog who needs this!

Maybe add a second story to your home? Kidding ;P

I feel like you're trying to make a joke?

So do I.

She built it. Search for bubbas stair bus lift for help!

A little harder when your pup is 110+ pounds like ours. :o

I'm disabled and all my dogs are 50 pounds and up.

Cause this solution is a million times cuter! :D

he said one dog could not be carried up and down anymore because it caused it discomfort. Also he has several elderly dogs who need to go up and down. I love the the love they have for their 'babies'.

Not everyone has that ability. Being elderly, having bad hips, knees or a bad back can make it so you can't carry even the smallest dogs.

@@naynaymeyer5358 agreed but those folks should really invest in a one level hone if they’re in that bad of shape. I want to build one for an 85 pound lab but haven’t seen a viable solution unfortunately

Buzzkill. Not everyone can. Why did you even comment?

This is not a zip-line! It’s similar speed of commercially available chairlift for senior humane.