How to lift something really heavy by yourself

I am trying to find a way to lift an 80lb kettlebell. I'll try this. Thanks.

I got to lift about 1200 cases from about 30/50 pounds in weight.. a day I'll try this .. hope it helps

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I was kinda thinking truck bumper? But if not available and someone was needing to come up for an emergency... Like someone fell.

wouldn't it have been easier to load the stones onto a a wooden cart attached to a rope that went around a pole, then let the counterweight go down the side to pull the object up? You could have even used a bigger pole, wrapped enough rope around it that would reach to the bottom, and attached that to a counterweight. Had your rope from the object to be lifted secured to the pole through a hole so it wouldn't slip. Then just push the counterweight down the side, the pole turns and winds the rope from the object you want to lift, lifting it up.

Well done! Applied science at its best!
AAR

The lost art of using a winch.

Great workout

Well done! That set up can come in handy.

why?!

How heavy was that?

if he would have louped the rope back down the hill and made a water wheel pull it up that would have been much more impressive

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uh carrying yourself down and back up twice and then running in circles all day is slower then breaking it down and carrying it

By Crom!

he's winding the rope up that's pretty neat

Surprise the rope did not break

Turning around all day like that.... I'd rather use my manly muscles !

Uh oh, the music

brilliant,saw this and used it at work the other day,we had stronger materials to hand and an easier slope to lift on so our efforts were not so great as yours, this video was a great help,bravo and thanks for sharing

It would be much safer to use multiple levers and lash them to the spindle. It can be dangerous to be standing between the capstan and the load if the load gets stuck and something gives, and if your lever slips out and releases the spindle, wildly unpredictable things can happen when out-of-balance objects start spinning at high speeds.

what the rope he's using

Notice how he never shows the whole system at work at the same time ?

Persistence at it's best.

Nice hobby.

Headlines " Man get dizzy making video, FALLS FROM CLIFF!" :) You need a bigger leeever, but you cant have one! Thankyou.......very nice demonstration.

Well done!!

not 100% but cordage would be the weak link. I'd like to similar theory applied to something heavy

I don't know why, but I kept expecting that old forked stick to break.  Glad it didn't break.  Wouldn't want to see you get hurt.

Very cool video (except for the Ride of the Valkries). The scene at 1:55 is especially cool. This is rather ingenious. Wonder how it would work with a boulder that is difficult to maintain on a strap... hmmm, I just might have to try it

AMAAAZINK !

You would make the greeks,egyptians, incas and romans proud. Well done.

ty... I hope this is seen by the overactive imagination shills cause all this LOST ANCIENT HIGH TECHNOLOGY bullshit just means they have no idea about engineering and mechanics they would say the same thing about computers if there was no one around to explain it to them.

Excellent video.

I hope your around if i fall off a cliff, just dont tie the rope around my neck

the nylon rope is .......modern technology ....get ur facts rite mate

u coulda just pulled it up lol

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all that work and then you dropped a board in the river. haha

Bigger diameter spool stick will save you some laps, little harder pull tho

Very impressive! You should be King of the ants!

Hmmm... rocks and bits of wood, yes, but where would the ancients have bought their 120 feet of super strong rope?

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yeah you need some slaves bruh.......slavery made contraptions obsolete........

Nicely done, sir.
Pretty location as well. (Now, thanks to your efforts, even prettier.)

Good job!

Witch!! Oh sorry I mean Winch!!!

Cool! Capistan, I will remember that, may come in handy someday. What song is that playing at the beginning? Thanks

wow you lifted 30kg when they ve done the same thing with 30Tons :o

so how heavy was that object?

looked like the boy from the original willy wonka

Yeah, that's pretty cool.
You can lift more with this technique: https://youtu.be/M2w3NZzPwOM
My question is, how do you lift 50 ton blocks out of a 100ft+ ravine?

ARRRG a windlass you gotta lovem. "Nice work"

or you could have just rolled it up the hill like at the end of the video