Using a 118 Year Old Man-Lift In a 118 Year Old Feed Mill

Riding an old wooden man-lift to the top of an old feed mill. Yes, it still works, and yes it was fun!

[@TheCajunHomestead]

Awesome antique equipment. Great video.

[@Davett53]

I had my art studio in an old warehouse built in 1900, it had an wood framed-in freight elevator. Meaning wood slats enclosed the elevator, and door was wooden slats too. To move up or down, you had to yank a blackened greasy twisted steel cable, up or down, this freed the car, and set it in motion,....more or less, gravity took you downward, though the car's weight was offset by counter weights. Raising the wood slat door, when you got to the floor you wanted to exit to, is what stopped the car. You had to watch closely to see when the car floor was aligned with the "exit floor", so you could stop it. It was the counter weights, that moved the car,.....not a motor. Even so often the whole thing would jam up,...which was terrifying, if you were in it during the evening when no one was around. Luckily it only happened to me twice, in 15 years. The worst time was when car went into the sub-basement, and only would rise back up a foot. This was all before cellphones were invented.

[@bradleyhouse3180]

Awesome man lift, brings back good memories. Forget about arm day at the gym, that's how it's done.

[@jackkonnof4106]

Every grain elevator I have ever been in the damn man elevators gets stuck in the winter when the wood draws moisture .

[@zachhudson2489]

Loved the manlift! I've always wanted to see one!

[@darryldarwent3676]

Enjoyed the video. Worked at a grain elevator 40 yrs?ago. The manlift I rode didn't have a rope you pulled yourself up. As I recall you stepped on the brake, and it propelled you upwards quite fast.

[@yukisohma19]

neato I love oldass buildings

[@JaniceinUtah]

Thanks you! Wonderful.

[@plakor6133]

Hope someone can salvage some of that stuff.