Rev.: 10/13 – NA
Installation and maintenance manual
Tractelift
®
Type II
Page 6 of 24
Copyright 2013,
Tractel
®
P4795 NA
all rights reserved.
2.2 Principle
The Tractelift
™
Type II al-
leviates persons climbing a
vertical ladder (Fig. 1) with
adjustable pulling force ap-
proximately 60% of the of
the person’s weight entered
on the remote control. Two
user remotes are available,
Blue rubber casing for users
between 102 - 160lbs. (51
- 80 kg) and a Red rubber
casing for users between
160 and 250lbs. (80 kg -
125 kg).
The drive comes with a re-
mote control that is directly
connected with a Carabi-
neer and a rope grab to the
pulley belt. The other end
of this remote is attached
to the climbers approved safety harness with another
Carabineer.
Use of the system is described in Section 5 page 9.
For Safety the Climber must also be attached to an
independent fall protection system supplied on the
ladder. After being attached to both then only the
climber can proceed with the assisted climb.
Fig. 2
Fig. 4
2.3 Drive and Control
At the lower end of the ladder (Fig. 3), a motor with
that drives pretension endless round belt by means of
a driver pulley. Shown with and without the removable
control box in place.
The continuous welded round belt, made of special
synthetic material (Ø 1/2 inch / 12,5 mm) runs on the
driver pulley of the motor and a diverter pulley at the
upper end of the vertical ladder (Fig. 2).
2.4 Connection to the round belt
The connection to the round belt is made by a belt grab,
fixed to a locking carabiner, with the top of the remote
control attached, on the bottom side of the remote a
second carabiner is attached which attaches to the us-
ers safety harness. (Fig. 4).
Fig. 3
Round belt
Belt grab
Locking
carabiner
User
Remote
Locking
carabiner
2. Description of the Tractelift™
2.1 General
This manual is valid for Tractelift™ Type II with remote
only.
Fig. 1
