Racor PHL-1R Pro HeavyLift 4-by-4-Foot Cable-Lifted Storage Rack

Product Details

Product Dimensions: 48 x 6 x 24 inches
Shipping Weight: 61.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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ASIN: B0009I8AO6
Item model number: PHL-1R

By : Racor
Price : $138.47
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Product Description

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The RacorPro PHL-1R Pro HeavyLift Storage Rack lets you load and lift heavy items to the ceiling for storage with out the have to have for a ladder. It helps to free up valuable floor space in your garage or storage region and enables you to shop heavier items, such as furniture, lawn mowers, tires, canoes, snow throwers, and a lot more. The heavy-duty 4-by-4-foot platform is built to last and offers 16 square feet of additional storage space in your garage or storage region.

The RacorPro PHL-1R Pro HeavyLift Storage Rack:

Frees up an extra 16 square feet of floor space.
Handles up to 250 pound items.
Securely and safely locks into location.

The heavy-duty design can deal with 250 pounds. .
Raising and lowering heavy items takes minimal effort, thanks to the lift's exclusive pulley technique. .Heavy-Duty Lifting Capacity for Heavier ItemsThe PHL-1R is each hard and durable, and it really is built to handle heavier items up to 250 pounds. The heavy-duty steel help beams and four-by-four-foot platform are created from high-top quality materials that are made to deal with tough loads and provide years of constant performance. The unit is built to lower 8 feet from the ceiling, accommodating storage spaces with taller ceilings. The drill driver attachment allows you to raise and lower the platform applying your own drill.
The unique pulley system tends to make it straightforward to raise and lower heavy items with minimal work on your component. With a durable winding axle that works in conjunction with the pulleys and strong nylon cables, the PHL-1R handles the brunt of the weight so you do not have to, though raising or lowering the platform easily and smoothly.
Safety Lock Ensures Security and StabilityThe innovative safety lock ensures that the load stays locked into location when totally raised to the ceiling. Basically use the winding crank to engage the security lock when the platform is raised to its highest position, and use the winding crank's integrated hook to disengage the security lock and safely lower the platform.
An Extra 16 Square Feet of Storage Space for Your GarageThe PHL-1R's difficult four-by-4-foot platform gives you an further 16 square feet of useful storage space in your garage or storage region. This permits you to store your lawn mower out of the way in the course of the winter or to retailer your snow thrower in the course of the summer months, clearing beneficial floor space and producing tidier, way more helpful quarters.
The RacorPro PHL-1R HeavyLift Storage Rack measures 49.25 x 17.five x 7.25 inches (packaged) and weighs 74 pounds (packaged). It comes in a smooth black finish and consists of all needed hardware. Further tools necessary for installation include things like: stud finder (for drywall ceilings), adjustable or box finish wrench, socket wrench, cordless drill/driver, Phillips screwdriver, pencil, and a four-foot straightedge or chalkline.
What's in the BoxWinding crank assembly, two arm assemblies, two cable assemblies (such as nylon cables), three wire grids, two wire beam supports, center spindle square end, center spindle round end, gear drive, Allen wrench, 4 end caps, 20 hex bolts, four Allen head screws, two hex head screws, two fender washers, eight lengthy machine bolts, 16 washers, eight nuts, 12 "J" hooks, 12 washers, 12 nuts.
This ceiling-mounted garage elevator lets you load and lift storage items overhead, out of the way, without having a ladder. Just load the 4-by-four-foot steel platform while you safely stand on the ground, then raise it to the ceiling by cranking the handle. It really is amazing for boxes, tires, massive tools, snowblowers, ladders, lumber, third-row car seats, canoes, kayaks, and much more.

Technical Details

Roof-mounted garage stock rack; pulley system raises and lowers for easy access
Lifts and stores up to 250 pounds high above garage floor without using a ladder
Heavy-duty steel support beams; assembly required
Includes support beams, 4 by 4 platform, winding axle, vinyl coated steel cable, mounting hardware
4-square-foot storage platform; 76 pounds; 1-year limited warranty

Customer Reviews

After shopping for a garage ceiling storage system, I purchased this device. I was attracted to the ability to raise and lower the platform to load and unload items. This avoids the obvious pitfalls of using a ladder to hoist large or heavy items up from the ground.
In summary, I am reasonably happy with the overall product with some exceptions mentioned below. However, I will caution potential buyers that the design of this device is unforgiving. Unless your ceiling joists are EXACTLY 48" apart (they can be 1.5" less but not more than 48"), installation will be no where near as easy as the video on the website. You may need to mount this to a rigid board first if your joists are not 48" apart. The axle is not made to be adjustable and I find this to be a major design flaw of the device.
The foundation of the system includes 3 heavy metal grates that are secured to two metal cross beams with J hooks. I had a little trouble aligning the J hooks with the holes on the metal beams. However, by far, the most trouble I had was with securing the system to the ceiling. I really did not want to mount this to a board before securing it to the ceiling for aesthetic reasons. My ceiling joists were about 49" apart (instead of 48") and this created a VERY problematic installation. You need to secure this into wood (and not just the ceiling drywall) and you cannot mount the arms of the device further than 48" apart as the axle will not be long enough. I ended up lengthening the axle by a few inches by screwing both halves of the axle together with only the first set of holes. The two halves of the axle are supposed to come together with one inside the other aligning two sets of holes on each piece. I only went as far as the first set thus making it a little longer. Then I bought some aluminum 1/2 inch metal from a hardware store and reinforced the axle by screwing it to two sides of the axle. Keep in mind that the axle is not completely load-bearing so as long as it is rigid and reinforced, the system will work fine (see my uploaded picture of the lengthened and reinforced axle).
Problems continued when I used the included hardware lag bolts to screw the arms into the ceiling joists. Using a drill, I pre-drilled the holes as instructed and used a socket wrench to screw the lag bolts to the joists. I torqued 4 of the heads off of the cheap lag bolts. Do yourself a favor and go buy some better lag bolts at a hardware store before installing this device. The included lag bolts are totally inferior. After finishing the installation, it worked as described and I loaded it with a few hundred pounds of things I had previously kept on my garage floor. I will also mention that using the included crank device to raise and lower the platform, while not overly difficult, is a good work out.
Overall, I would recommend this product IF you know your joists are no further than 48" apart (or you are comfortable mounting it to a board first) and you go buy some decent lag bolts before trying to secure it to the ceiling.

This is a great storage solution for garages with high ceilings. Once installed the heavy lift works very well.
One drawback is that many garages have a double layer of 5/8" drywall on the ceilings as mine did. The mounting lag bolts are only 12(the metric equivilant) screws 2" long which is woefully short if the extra thickness of drywall is considered. The only easily available lagscrews I could find that were longer were 1/4" by 3" long. These were too large in diameter to fit through the 12 mounting slots in the ceiling brackets, so I had to drill new holes which was very labor intensive and cumbersome.
Secondly, The order of operations as described in the installation instructions is not very usefull if you are installing the lift by yourself. It is much easier to loosely mount the center of each ceiling bracket to the ceiling first and then attach the extension arms one at a time. If this is done first as indicated in the instructions, the assemblies are prety heavy, and cumbersome to be holding over your head while up on a ladder, pre-drilling holes through the bracket, and then installing the lag screws. This cost me at least an hour to assemble, and then dis-assemble the brackets just so I could handle the peices.
Thirdly, the instruction have a flat out error when it comes to the order of operations for installing the winding shaft. If you follow the instructions as written, you will again have to dis-assemble what you are instructed to do. The winding shaft must be inserted through both ceiling brackets first, through the gear box brakcet, and back into the bearing bracket. Following this the gear box can be installed.
Lastly, it is very important that the brackets are not installed too far apart. I did not calculate the tolerance available, but ran into a problem when my available ceiling joists were between 49 and 50 inches apart. This rendered my lift incapable of being assembled without modification.
So far I have installed 2 of my 3 lifts, and each lift had one nut which had no threads in it. This left me one nut short for each assembly. If this is a standard piece of hardware for the installation, there were no self tapping screws included for this nut. I ended up needing a different solution for holding the winding crank together.
The drawbacks of this lift are pretty typical of most "low cost" products these days that are being manufactured "off shore". This is a great device with many quality oversights, including the lack of a mastery of the English language.