Bucket pulley/hoist for kids climbing frame

vitaminz

I've just finished assembling a climbing frame for my son (with great difficulty!) which had a sand pit underneath it. What I'd like to do is add in a very simple bucket pulley system - that will allow him to fill a bucket with sand, and pull it up to the second level, and hoist it back down.

For an example, see below picture at a local playground


I've been looking at pulleys online but they seem like they would fall back to the floor once you let go - I want it so that the bucket stays on the 2nd level til you pull it back down, if that makes sense?

I'm not the best at DIY so I do apologise if I'm being stupid!

Kiran

I think you are looking for a chain block rather than a pulley? I'm not sure if they make light duty ones as this kind of defeats the purpose but you can get cheap ones usually 1t setups.

GDB2222

People are doing away with cords on blinds to avoid risk of strangulation.