Kaptarlift® Lift for beehives with chain drive

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1420 ,00 €

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Lift hives up to 100 kg and 107 cm high working solo, with no motor and no battery. FlexiGrip rubber-coated jaws (38–70 cm) grip Langstroth, National, Commercial, Dadant and polystyrene hives without marking. Chain crank, wide all-terrain tyres and converts into a barrel trolley for the honey house. Galvanised steel frame with powder coat, 34.5 kg.

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Details of Kaptarlift® Lift for beehives with chain drive

You arrive at the apiary first thing, open the van and start unloading. The Langstroth with three supers already weighs a serious load, and you still need to inspect the brood box, move two nucs and carry the empty supers back to the workshop. If you work alone and don't want to wreck your back on every round, this Kaptarlift® Manual Hive Lift does the heavy work for you: it lifts up to 100 kg to 107 cm high, with no motor, no battery and no need for a second pair of hands.

⚙️ FlexiGrip clamping jaws from 38 to 70 cm

The rubber-coated jaws adjust continuously between 38 and 70 cm, so they grip Langstroth, National, Commercial or Dadant brood boxes and also polystyrene hives without marking the timber or denting the foam. Clamp at the brood box or super level —no extra straps or screws— and the hive is locked in seconds. The rubber on the jaw is what prevents the chipping you start to see after two seasons with rigid sack barrows.

⚙️ Chain-drive lift up to 107 cm

The chain-drive transmission with hand crank raises the 100 kg useful load up to 107 cm with progressive, controlled effort —no jerks, no sudden drops. That is the real difference compared with a ratchet jack, where one slip can let the hive drop a few centimetres and upset the whole colony. Here you turn the crank at your own pace, stop where you want, and leave the hive suspended at the height of the trailer, the extraction bench or the boot of a car.

🔄 Wide all-terrain tyres and barrel-trolley mode

The wide pneumatic tyres 15/6.00-6 are deep-treaded: they roll without sinking into wet grass, sandy ground in eucalyptus stands or the rutted tracks of an upland apiary. And once the day in the apiary is done, the same frame converts into a barrel trolley: use it in the honey house to move 300 kg honey drums, syrup containers or sacks of sugar. One tool, two jobs —and that counts when you are watching the cost of kit.

⚠️ Honest about its limits

It is designed for wooden and polystyrene hives up to 100 kg. For full pallets, concrete bases or industrial hive setups above that load it is not the right tool —that is where the electric PRO version with all-wheel drive comes in. And it is manual: lifting and movement are down to you, so on steep slopes or deep mud you need to use your head. In exchange it weighs only 34.5 kg, fits easily into any van and never runs out of battery on the worst day of the year. The frame is galvanised steel with powder-coat paint (lemon-yellow body) and the rear mesh keeps the hive steady against the lifting carriage during transport.

💡 Old-hand tip

Centre the jaws slightly above the hive's centre of gravity: you gain stability as the load tilts and the hive will not nose-dive during transport. On polystyrene, clamp just enough —the rubber grips on its own, no need to crush the foam. And before releasing the jaws on the way down, make sure the hive is properly seated on the ground or the lower super: the clamp is no substitute for a firm base.

📋 Technical specifications

Maximum load capacity	100 kg
Maximum lifting height	107 cm
Clamping range	38 – 70 cm (continuous adjustment)
Compatibility	Langstroth, National, Commercial, Dadant and polystyrene hives
Lifting system	Chain with manual hand crank
Wheels	Wide pneumatic 15/6.00-6, all-terrain tread
Dimensions	164 × 43 × 48 cm
Unit weight	34.5 kg
Finish	Galvanised steel + powder-coat paint (lemon yellow)
Barrel-trolley mode	Convertible to transport drums, containers and sacks