Kaptarlift® Lift for beehives with chain drive

01 · THE GRIP

Jaws from 38 to 70 cm, at a third of the height

The FlexiGrip jaws, with 165 × 60 mm vulcanised rubber, adjust continuously between 38 and 70 cm: Langstroth, Dadant, Layens and polystyrene, without marking wood or denting foam. The manual says to close them at a third of the load’s height from the top, with the centre of gravity below the clamp so the box does not pitch, and always with the fixing handle up while bringing them in; clamping force is set with two 13 mm spanners and one 10 mm. On uneven ground the FlexiGrips compensate up to 13° of tilt.

02 · THE LIFT

Chain and crank up to 107 cm

The crank-driven chain raises the 100 kg progressively and stops where you want; when done, the safety latch drops onto the cross member. The 107 cm is the maximum height of the fork from the ground, which an Italian customer asked: the trailer or van bed has to sit below it. At that height the unit can tip over: nobody under the load, and only when stationary. The auxiliary fork takes up to 60 kg.

03 · WHEELS AND MAINTENANCE

15/6.00-6 pneumatics at 2 bar, and a lock nut

Wide 15/6.00-6 pneumatic wheels, about 38 cm in diameter and 15 of tread on a 6″ rim, that do not dig into wet grass or sand; optimum pressure, 2 bar. The current model mounts them outside the frame: 70 cm overall width per the manual’s drawing. Maintenance: grease chain and rail, store dry, set chain tension with an empty 15 kg hive and leave 1 mm of play in the lever screws. A customer lost the tension spring on day one because the nut worked loose: lock nut and a check after the first loads.

04 · WHAT IT IS NOT

Manual, 100 kg and hives only

It is manual: lifting and pulling are on you; on steep slopes or mud, use your head. Only wooden and polystyrene hives up to 100 kg; full pallets and industrial loads belong to the electric PRO (1389). Removing the guards or modifying it voids the warranty. With the jaws open it serves as a trolley for drums and jerrycans in the honey house; for 300 kg drums every day there is the professional trolley 569.

05 · BEFORE YOU BUY

The complete lift is supplied with its manual; the electric PRO (1389) and the drum trolley (569) are other products.