Review on 🏢 Harken Self-Leveling Anti-Drop: Innovative One-Person Material Handling Solutions by Malik Axmed

We have 2 sea kayaks (16+17ft, 60-65lbs each) and an 8.5ft deck in our garage. I tried T-hangers first due to the much lower cost, but you must first lift the kayak to the ceiling before you can place it on these hangers, then one is on the bends of the bracket and the gap is on the other side. reduced. Plus, you have to leave kayak-wide horizontal space to stand up and slide on those hangers—that's 100 inches wide overall, and lifting 65 pounds for 8 feet isn't easy. So I bit the bullet and bought 2 Harken lifts. The rafters are open or the drywall is directly on top of the rafters, you will need a 2x4. The gear is ready and amazing. It took me a few hours to arrange everything exactly how I wanted it, but once it was in place it was absolutely amazing and a breeze to get her up or down. Adjusting the rope length to the 4th Lifting points takes some time but it's pretty easy. the gate is closed). In our case, there was not enough space above the garage door tracks. The instructions are very complete, detailed and well described. FOLLOW THEM. easy if you are. Problems with these straps: - since it's a pulley system, until you have the load on the ceiling your feet have a 60ft pile of rope, it would be nice to have something with you to wind up the rope - the spacing between the cord organizer (double ball bearing) and the wall bracket should be larger than the height of the lift, so make sure there is enough distance to the wall (originally I wanted the pulley to be at the stern of the boat, but due to the distance to the wall being too short, this had to be at the bow move in my garage) - Info only shows it's for 12ft ceilings but doesn't mention length of rope runs and how this affects wall clearance, organizer and 4 lifting points. Although my garage is only 8.5 feet high, 12 feet is barely enough to drop the kayaks to the ground as I have quite a large distance between the front and rear lifting points. Download the installation guide before you get your prep item. yourself. When in doubt, get the longer version (12ft vs. 10ft). You can easily swap out the ropes if they are too short. Once installed, it becomes solid.