Gin pole and hoist for my Bckhoe

[Frank S]

To make my gin pole & hoist more user friendly IE to slow down the rate to lift or lowering I added the 2 snatch blocks I made this gives a 3 to 1 reduction in speed and also increases the load capacity of the hoist not that I needed that
now the gin pole takes on the resemblance more similar to that of a small crane
First the 4 inch block was added to the top

Next the cable was reeved through the 2 blocks and hooked to the top of the 6 inch block giving me the 3 to 1 reduction in speed.

It is worth noting that the hook on the cable is rated for 1 1/2 ton the hook on the block is rated for 5 tons which keeps the proportional strength in play not something that was planned it just happened that I had a 5 ton hook laying around and it looked like it would be the perfect place to use it