Harken - Cargo Box Overhead Garage Storage Hoist, Self-Leveling, Safe Anti-Drop System, Easy One-Person Operation, Smart Garage Organization

I have two 65lb bags each). In our garage, there is a five-foot ceiling. My decision was based on the much lower cost of It's easier to slide the kayaks onto the hangers first, but you have to lift the kayaks all the way up to the ceiling before you can accomplish this, and once they are on the hangers the clearance on the other side decreases. Further, you need to get out of a kayak horizontally - The width of those hangers is needed to pick up and slide them onto them It's difficult to lift 65 lbs 8ft up with that much width and if it's 100" wide, it's 100" wide. In the end, I bit the bullet and bought two Your rafters are essentially exposed or your drywall will be right on the rafters, so you should have access to some 2x4s. It has a complete and awesome set of hardware. The process took me some time to position everything exactly how I wanted, but once everything was up, it was totally awesome and a piece of cake to move or drop. The rope lengths on the 4 hoist points must be adjusted individually, which takes a little while but is fairly straightforward. Alternatively, if you have a higher garage, you can align your kayaks with your roof carrier and drop them directly on top As a result of the tight clearance above the garage door tracks, this solution was not feasible for us. There are many details in this manual, which is why it is very comprehensive and detailed. I urge you to follow it. Normally I keel up the kayaks first and turn them over once they are half way up, which is easy to do when they are hanging in these straps- I have some issues with this- As it's a block and tackle system, by the time you've got the load at the ceiling you'll have a 60 foot pile of rope at your feet. Would be nice to have something to wind the rope up
- In the information, it only says it's for 12ft ceilings, but it doesn't mention the length of the rope pieces and how that affects the distance between the wall, the organizer, and the four hoist hooks. Although my garage is only 8 feet wide, it has everything I need. Since I have quite a large gap between front and rear hoist points on my 12 ft hoist, it just barely allows me to drop the kayaks to the floor. To prepare yourself for the installation, please download the installation manual before you purchase the item. Whenever you are in doubt, go for the longer version (12ft vs 10ft). If you find that the ropes are too short, you can swap them easily. Once installed, it's easy to maintain. A solid investment.

Flynn Sandoval

| Apr 28, 2021

My Yakima Skybox 18 will be hoisted with this hoist. I found the installation process to be fairly straightforward. I did not find the instructions to be inadequate. A great deal of quality seems to be evident in the hardware. As a result of my layout, I had to flip a few things in order to pull the other way. Furthermore, I attached the pull rope to a winch in order to raise it so that the brake lever would not be activated. The rope is turned 90 degrees and connected to the winch at the other end of the pulley that I got from McMasterCarr. The box did not reach the ground all the way and I had trouble getting the straps level, but a lot of this was due to my specific garage geometry, as well as the add-ons. There is enough line in the 7802 (10 foot) to reach my 10ft ceiling, but I feel like the pulleys are too close together, so the straps fall out before the bottoms are reached. It would also not really lower without any weight attached to it. My solution was to build a little frame with some eye bolts to hold the box and raise it I love how it works. So far, the ropes appear to hold up well with no creep and it hasn't fallen on the van. I am pretty happy with this. The only thing I would say in addition to the above is that I am a mechanical engineer, so I did not have any issues with the installation, the instructions, or the knots I saw in other reviews. Honestly, what I had in mind was just to get the hardware so I could set it up and tweak the dimensions for.

Stefan Williamson

| Jun 09, 2021

It was purchased to hang my Thule Force XT Large roof box in the carport. The roof box is OK, but I did not get the Thule hoist since it seemed cheap and flimsy compared to the Harken and was more expensive. Because my carport roof is 13 ft tall, I bought the 16 ft/90 lb rope version to ensure that I had enough rope to lower the cargo box to the ground. Ropes, pulleys, and blocks and tackle come with high quality and are fully assembled and ready to use. It is just a matter of locating the organizer correctly, and everything will fall into place. This manual, written by Harken, is extra-good quality with good photos, gives clear, complete descriptions of every My first attempt failed because I didn't understand why Distance 2 has to be greater than Distance 3 (you will see why when you read the manual a bit more carefully than I did) and I didn't get enough lift to lower the box to the ground. A little head scratching later, the light came on, and I relocated the organizer to the wall at waist height, fixed the excess line and everything worked as it should. I made a 10 inch cleat to tie off the surplus line and attached it to the wall. My first impression of the hoist mechanism was that it reminded me of sailboat rigging. It operates smoothly and is like marine quality. As I recall, I used to buy Harken rigs and tackles when I owned a boat, so the reason it looked familiar was because it was similar to what I had. This hoist is the best one for the money. Buy it and you won't regret it.

Helena Cohen

| Oct 11, 2020

Rocket science, yes it is. Thus, it took so long for it to be installed. Once you figure out the angles and limits to the amount of lift compared to the distance from the block on the side wall, the whole thing isn't as bad as it seems. Since I am very picky and only have a 21 foot kayak/surfski, I had to work with limited space. When I first saw the price, it really bothered me since I had purchased three other lifts under $30 each previously. When I saw it at the trade show I had the chance to receive a discount, but I refrained from buying it. As it turns out, the main block/cam is a significant part of the cost. Later, I realized that I could store my toys much closer to the ceiling if I used As a matter of fact, I can lift the kayak It turned out that there was space beneath one kayak where another kayak could be stowed. I installed a second Hoister over the same area about 4 inches away from the first, with no problem. The second installation was similar to the first, but the pigtails lag screws were set 1 inch wider on the same mounting boards and the organizer block was mounted on a 2x4 to change the elevation of two sets of ropes so that they wouldn't rub against each other. My kayaks can now be stacked, and I can access either the top kayak or the bottom kayak in a matter of In the event that a new credit card statement arrives before the wife finds the current one, the price of the hoister will be forgotten.

Kole Peterson

| Mar 26, 2021