To: upcountry miss; nw_arizona_granny; All
upcountry miss is looking for help with a name for the following apparatus - It was used in a country butcher shop many years ago.
Any help with the name would be greatly appreciated.
The heavy rope on the left hangs down in a long loop making it very easy to hoist heavy loads
![](http://www.pixiesites.com/hoist1.jpg)
![](http://www.pixiesites.com/hoist2.jpg)
![](http://www.pixiesites.com/hoist3.jpg)
3,251 posted on
02/28/2009 3:30:53 PM PST by
DelaWhere
("Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Frances Moore Lappe)
To: DelaWhere; upcountry miss
Well I do see a meat hook.
The wheel has a name, it shows up in the old torture chambers in dungeons.
Have not met one in real life.
3,259 posted on
02/28/2009 7:20:02 PM PST by
nw_arizona_granny
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To: DelaWhere
I showed the pictures to my husband. He grew up on a farm in Wisconsin. He said its a winch or a hoist. He’s got a chain hoist in our barn. It’s not as big.
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