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5 / 5

Heavy Duty Hoist-Material Handling,

July 20, 2009

By brewer

from Kansas City, MO

"I work in the material handling business and we are always looking for new inexpensive ways to get products from point a to point b. We designed a system for one of our customers utilizing a hoist to raise and lower one end of a conveyor bed to meet up with 2 different exit points. We purchased 3 of these units overall and they have all met and exceeded our expectations. These have been sturdy and completely hands off since they were installed. We have been very pleased with the performance of our Northern Industrial Hoists and would absolutely recommend them to anyone!"

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5 / 5

Hoist Review,

July 13, 2009

By fly4fun

from Concord, NC

"I purchased this hoist to use in my shop as a freight hoist to lift items upstairs for storage and it has been a real back saver. It operates smoothly and is very strong.
I doubled the cable to allow me the full capacity of the hoist. I haven't had any problems with it and have used it often during the few months I've owned it. Just wish they had put a longer control cable on it for the push button box. I'd recommend this hoist to anyone that has an occasional use for a cable hoist. For more heavy duty use you need to spend a lot more money and this unit serves my need well."

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4 / 5

good for the money,

March 23, 2009

By petef

from oklahoma

"have not had any problem with this unit. The only problem is trying to mount this to a overhead trolley. Not very good mounting,but the winch never stall out. Would reccomend to anyone though."

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5 / 5

A Great Decision,

April 14, 2008

By Eddie258

from Grantsville, MD...Northwestern mountains of MD

"We heat our home with a soapstone woodburning stove, and when we built our new house in 2005, we installed a small elevator to bring up the firewood to the main living floor. We used an old Powerwinch hoist to power the elevator; it did an adequate, but slow, job bringing up the wood, but it stripped its gear wheel this winter. We found the Northern Heavy-Duty Electric Hoist on-line and it fit our needs to a tee: it was very inexpensive, compared to other comparable hoists on the market, and it had the 2000 Lb. capacity we needed to bring up a weeks load of firewood. The added bonus was that it was extremely fast and only took about 20 seconds to bring up a load of wood from the ground, while the old hoist took approximately 3 minutes! We were also able to load a carload of groceries on top of the wood, which saved us several trips of hauling groceries up the stairs.
I would recommend the Northern Heavy-Duty Electric Hoist to anyone who has a need to lift heavy materials, whether they are a mechanic to lift heavy motors, a roofer to haul materials to top of the house, a contractor to lift building materials to the second floor, or just a homeowner, like myself, who needs to get heavy items into their second-story house. And, of course, the price was very affordable."

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4 / 5

Northern Industrial Heavy-Duty Electric Hoist — 20,

January 15, 2008

By lodipoint

from Lodi, NY

"I bought this Hoist for the shop because of my bad Back. It works great and has saved my Back several times now. The one thing I did notice was, the Lifting capacity of 1000 lbs single line is not correct. I have a small Wave Runner which is 500 lb. or a little more. The Hoist would just quit and not try to lift it. I switched to the two line lift and it worked okay. For the money spent, It's worth it. Just don't plan to lift anything close to its 1000 or 2000 lb capacity."

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5 / 5

heavy duty electric hoist 2000 lb.,

January 14, 2008

By flyingwheelranch

from pleasant view, colorado

"this is a great buy. the hoist makes lifting our game and anything else we need it for. If you need a electric hoist this is the one to buy."

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4 / 5

2000 lb. hoist,

January 14, 2008

By skeet

from Longview, WA

"I've been using this hoist for about three weeks and I'm very happy with it so far. This unit is well built and has saved me a lot of work already. I've only lifted about 5-600 lbs. but it's handled that with ease. My only complaint (and the reason for 4 stars) is that the cords are too short. I've been able to work around this for now, but I plan to mount it on a trolley, and then I will definately need to install longer cords. I would recommend this hoist to anyone in the market, it is a great value for your hard earned dollars."

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3 / 5

2000 lb hoist,

January 14, 2008

By Hoistman

from Maryland

"For light duty hoisting with intermitant use this prduct with price in mind is a good buy. I have attended many schools for all hoisting applications in the U.S. and in Findland and this hoist mimics the European style of conical drive motor braking technoligy. It is a reliable form of safe hoisting. When used in proper clasification it is the best buy I could find on the market and I have many crane resources."

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4 / 5

1 Ton Electric Hoist,

January 14, 2008

By larryl47

from Ida, MI

"The hoist does have lots of lifting power and is very well built. The only down side is that the control wire is very short and makes it difficult to mount the unit very high off the ground. it needs to be about 10' long."

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5 / 5

Heavy-Duty Electric Hoist — 2000-Lb up up & away,

January 14, 2008

By Anonymous

from Somerset, MA

"Not that I do anything normal but I have to always find a better solution. My problem was my jetski..living in Mass the winters are brutal and leaving it outside was not an option. putting in inside took up to much garage space..so my bright idea was to hoist it up to the cieling of the garage over my sports car and let it rest there for the winter. This is where the Northern Industrial Heavy-Duty Electric 2000lb Hoist did the job and then some. Simply reinforcing the roof rafters and hanging the hoist on the conveinent pipe hanging clamp took less than an hour. From there I backed the trailer in and using 2 heavy duty hoist straps, centered the machine under the hoist and up up and away. It took a few minutes to get the balance right but the hoist worked flawlessly and effortlessly. The convienent hand held control made guiding it a snap. Its been hanging there since September 07 and not once budged. I recommend a dafety chain back up and over the rafter but as for the hoist I could not have picked a better piece of equipment for the job or especially the money. Everyone who sees it cant beleive it and say it will fall until the see the Northern Industrial Heavy-Duty Electric 2000lb Hoist holding it and then it changes to "guess not"...so the patent is pending on my new PWC storage system and if things work out Northern tool should be seeing ALOT of orders from me !!!"

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