BrewZilla Lift-N-Lock Pulley System

I have both Brewzilla's, 65L and 35L, and one thing I wasn't happy with was the sparge/Lauter time. It just went to fast, unless, I managed to compact the grain bed just right - I managed this once. Using this and a beer stand I can slowly raise the malt pipe and sparge/lauter for the desired time and increase my efficiency, not to mention save on back pain. Add a trolley system to the works and getting that heavy malt pipe out of the way is actually pretty easy.

Very sturdy, hefty pulley. Doesn't release easily. Hook is big enough to make it cumbersome to hook the lifting rod that came with Brewzilla

I wanted to love this unit but instead have been very frustrated with the difficulty in releasing the locking mechanism. It is true that having a trolley mounted screw eye that the unit hangs from is part of the problem, but in a brew room, lifting and then moving the object is the main reason I purchased it. I ended up mounting a smaller pulley above the release clip on the trolley several inches over from the screw eye the unit hangs from, and ran a small heavy duty cord over it. The cord is looped through the clip (or brake) over the pulley and weighted at end about 6-7 ' off floor. This allows me to release the brake once I have lifted and moved the load to where I want it. Without that diy release cord, when holding the load in place I was unable to reach out far enough to pull up and away far enough to release the brake on the load. If you are just pulling loads up and then releasing then down onto mobile carts, truck beds, etc. then you can probably stand far enough away to jerk the brake loose to lower the load.