Home butchers

[JDK]

Howdy
not the home butchers that put in doors with chainsaws or use 6 inch nails for hanging there kid's art works on the wall kinda question

OK has any one got a hayes block and tackle the self locking one 3 pulleys on the top 2 on the bottom i think with a 1/2 or 5/8 inch rope on it ..

i'm needing to find out how the rope runs over the pulleys as i snaped my rope today and as ya can guess pulled it out of the block and tackle while trying not to fall AoT and getting out of the way of falling things ..

ya may have a uncle bob in the back blocks who may have one i looked on the hayes site but they they don't have them listed
any ideas??
before ya say just put the rope on ,it has to go the right way around the pulleys to self lock on it's self ..

thanks
JDK

[Skyryder]

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Skyryder

[JDK]

Howdy
yea bit diffrent to that has 2 pulleys at the bottom like the ones in the pic but the top is like inline skates rope tied at one end then two pulleys one on top of the other the one off to the left hand side
(if looking with pull rope to the left and tied end on the right hand side )
with a weight on it the top block tilts so the ropes touch locking them up to release ya pull on a smaller 2nd rope that makes the top block level letting the ropes free flow ..

[Skyryder]

The block and tackle system will have a name. Bit difficult to find the system without the name. I've googled a bit and come up with nothing that you have described. You could try the local library but that is a long shot in Akaroa. The Christchurch library might be better or perhaps the Uni library if you ask in the Engineering Dept. Lay the B and T on the floor and take a photo who know you may find a student but there will be a book in there some where on this.

Years back I use the uni library to get a skull diagram for a salmon. i found them most helpfull

Failing all that find a rigging firm that can do this for you.


Skyryder

[JDK]

Yea i sent an email to a few guys i know alot of them farmers one of them may have one hanging up in the woolshed
i also know a rep that works for the co that sells hayes strainers and fenceing gear he may know someone in the co that may know or have a clear pic i can work out how it's done
thanks for ya help looking
JDK

[Winston001]

Why not try emailing and phoning E Hayes and Sons (Invercargill). http://www.ehayes.co.nz/contact_us.html They are very helpful people. I'm sure they could fix it but the cost of sending it would be a problem.

I well remember using one of those pulleys in our killing shed with my dad as a lad. The pulley is still there but not much farm killing done these days. Sorry I can't really help, if it was nearby I'd have a look and tell you.

The Hayes hardware store is possibly unique in the world being a huge old-fashioned place with lots of interesting stuff - including Burt Munro's Indian. Recommended visit any time you are down here.

[JDK]

yea sent them an email yesterday not heard any thing yet i recall seeing them in older farming mags early 1970's don't know maybe dropped off there line up and all the old school fellas put out in the back paddocks

[Winston001]

Ok. The nice thing about Hayes is the old-school guys still work there. Unfortunately you are right - that particular self-locking tackle is no longer made. I spoke to one of the guys who instantly knew what I meant and had put together many of them. However its been a long time and he said he'd need it in front of him to remember.

Sorry I couldn't be more help but don't give up.

[JDK]

thanks for that
the hayes family come up with a few good farming things i'm guessing out of a need like the selflocking block and tackle control over what ya doing no need to find a post etc etc to tie the rope off on to ..even the hayes strainer there must be 1000000000's of them around the world
good old kiwi can do ,bit of a shame some of that can do is going

[JDK]

Update
got a reply from hayes with a pic of how the rope goes not in a 1000000 years would i have worked out it went that way
good to see a family Co still backing up there product years after it was made and even after it was taken off the product list