A heavy-duty lever chain hoist, with its ratchet lifting action, offers a perfect tool in a fencing, boating, construction, or warehouse environment.

Chain hoists, constructed in high tensile alloy steel, with heavy-duty latches, and hardened forged steel hooks accept a load capacity 500 lbs to 12000 lbs (6 tons), chain length of 3 - 10-feet, and features a positive load control with toggle switch and brake – all resulting in exact tensioning and load positioning.

Neiko, CM, Ingersoll Rand, and Tractel all manufacture a series of construction-grade 3/4 - 6 ton lever chain hoists.

A mini ratcheting lever hoist, with a 5-foot chain length, and 500lbs load capacity retails in the region of $99.95 – an ideal lightweight hoist for professional applications. While a more resilient model, with 44-inch chain length, and ability to lift 3 ton, retails at $202.99.

The enclosed design of hoist is effective at protecting the inner working from damage in times of operating or ratcheting of the short handle.

A lever hoist comes designed to offer easy free chaining, with a 360° handle rotation, a reliable brake system holds a load in free-chain mode, while a ¾ - 3-ton capacity hoist requires less than 76lbs of force in short single strokes to lift its load up to 10-feet. Hoists with hardened swivel hooks often come with a safety latch to align and secure payloads.

All in all, a heavy-duty lever chain hoists offer the ideal solution to lift, position, pull, or adjust work loads in most engineering or building applications.