Hitch Master Rope Winch

Boys and Girls,

I bought my Hitch Master at the Melbourne wood show about 16 years ago… based on the date the manual was filed on my PC (2007-10-12)… I always try to keep an electronic copy of instructions/manuals.

The set I got also included a mini-me version in the pouch.

 

The Hitch Master is often referred to as a block and tackle in your pocket. As my pockets are not deep enough, so it’s permanently resident in the boot of my car along with roughly 10 meters of 12mm rope.

 

Where do you get it … Google “hitch master rope winch” to narrow the search return to include this gizmo.

 

When I was building my puzzle cabinet (everything I seem to do reverts back to puzzles), I had to lift it up off the ground which was a tad then with my dodgy arm. My Chain Block 

lift’s swing too big to permit sufficient upward lift nor had I bought my hoist back then and devised a method for lifting from the side,

so I could only think of lifting from the top.

 

I already had my GRABO and considered using my Hitch Master to lift it.

Attached my BRABO to the top of the cabinet and tied one end of the rope to its handle,

Then following the threading instructions,

I attached the Hitch Master to the rope,

and using the rope shortening process,

Because of the “pulley system” of 1:4 ratio, lifting was a gradual process with continual “re-tightening” the rope, however, if I practiced more I would have been more efficient.  I made a video of my bumbling process,

It wasn’t cute, but it got the job done which is what we need under a pinch… results, not beauty… that’s what I always tell SWMBO.

 

Unless you have a winch attached to your mode of transport, I highly recommend one of these (if you can find them) and a reasonable length of rope in your boot… and then put your boot in the back of your car so you can operate the pedals with your feet.

 

For greater detail on this gizmo, check out its doco here.

Watch this video to see how you can get 16:1 pull ratio...

though you may need a bloody long rope.

 

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