Model: Cargo-Only Island Lift, 400 lbs. Capacity
Track: 60' at 40°
Area: Lake Rosseau
Year: 2008
The owners of this new island cottage needed a way to get groceries, luggage, and supplies from the lake to their island cottage; in particular to the porch directly accessed through the kitchen. This lift carries up to 400 pounds directly from the dock to that porch.
We designed it for minimum visual impact from both the house and the water. The track is narrower than our normal light track, so it did not go in front of their picture windows. The track was set to utilize the already constructed deck and access gate.
This is a few steps from the Kitchen door. We set the track so that the floor of the car is at waist height when the car is in the station. If this lift were intended to carry people we would have set the track so that the floor would be at deck height.
We made the track narrower than usual and actually set the car further to our right on the dolly to keep the lift as unobtrusive as possible when looking out through the picture windows.
The panel and motor cover are partway up the track. We now mount the panel inside the motor cover.
Looking down the track. On this cargo only lift we used "light track" with legs every 20'.
The dock station with the car ready to load.