“Unleash Power: XtremepowerUS 500LB Hydraulic Hoist Crane for Pickup Trucks – Red Hitch Mount Wonder!”

5 reviews for “Unleash Power: XtremepowerUS 500LB Hydraulic Hoist Crane for Pickup Trucks – Red Hitch Mount Wonder!”

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   Patriot Rising – 28/04/2025

   Great lift for the money, but ….
   For the money this is an excellent hitch mounted hoist! Keep in mind “for the money.” This is the only hoist I’ve ever purchased, but I have seen others up close. I purchased mine as others did to remove and reinstall a 5th wheel hitch in the bed of my truck. The materials seem to be easily strong enough to lift it’s load limits at both the 250 and 500lb positions. As noted by other reviewers, it does come up short in a couple of areas. First, as you can see in a couple of photos some nylon spacers would have been a very inexpensive parts improvement for the function of the lift. If you don’t have the spacers on hand, and you don’t want to wait assembly until you can purchase them, it hardly seems worth the trouble of retrofitting the lift. Also, on the front wheel where the cable exits the boom, a pulley with a retainer would keep the cable from jumping off the wheel, which it does relatively easily when a load isn’t present. The other option would be to do what another reviewer did and that would be to place a bolt through the boom just above the wheel close enough to keep it from jumping its track. CAUTION: Be careful not to drill too large of a hole in the boom. I’m not an engineer, but every additional hole which is drilled in the arm, potentially weakens the boom, and would most likely void any warranty,or legal claims for damages or injury from the manufacturer. That said, this is still a great lift!Also, as noted by everyone else, there are no instructions for assembly, which is crazy! It would be so simple for the manufacturer to include instructions for assembling the lift. Maybe it’s a way of avoiding liability, but to me it’s just negligence on their part. But, I’m no attorney, so maybe it’s just an oversight, however, with all of the reviews noting this difficieny, it would be so simple to rectify. I’ve included a photo of the exploded diagram of the parts which is included. Couple of problems with this diagram as well: 1. It lacks detail. Most parts are obvious as to their location or positioning, but there are several instances where the parts and/or their position aren’t clear. Several times I had to reverse course and remove and reinstall parts in their correct position. For most individuals that would be purchasing a lift to begin with, assembly won’t be difficult, but it would be so much easier with instructions and even a second sheet with black and white photos of those areas which could use more details.One plus on my lift which other reviewers noted as problematic is the spooling of the cable on the winch. Others complained of their cable being a rats nest, or like a backlash on a baitcasting reel, however mine was perfect. However, it was loose, so I simply had to unwind the winch carefully to keep from creating a backlash, but it wasn’t a big deal at all. The one thing I noted was that even though I tried to load the cable under hand pressure to simulate a load, when it came to actually picking up a a load, it pulled the cable deep into the other wrappings of the spooled cable. I’m hoping this doesn’t become a problem with future use.All things said, this is a great lift for the money. It worked exactly as planned! Another foot of arm on the boom would have allowed me to lift the hitch and drop it exactly back in to place, but lowering it into place leaves me a foot short. I was able to lift the hitch without any issues out of its brackets, however, I will have to manhandle the hitch back into place. Prior to this purchase I had to call my son and son-in-law to help with lifting this hitch into and out of the bed of my truck. The 5th wheel hitch used in my longbed truck was heavy, but I was always able to lift it on my own from the ground to the truck bed. However, with a shortbed truck I was forced to go with a slider hitch, which is a beast! It was impossible to even lift it off the ground. So, now I should be able to load and unload the hitch by myself. I named my new assistant D2M2, representing the initials of my son and son-in-law.

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   K. Lofy – 28/04/2025

   Very usable but could use a couple of refinements
   My kids (11 & 12) were able to use this to lift 5 gallon buckets of wet sloppy clay out of a 5 foot deep trench that had caved in. The buckets were so heavy they could not slide them on cement once they go them up. I only gave this 4 stars due to three engineering issues that I’ll explain below:Pros: It is build heavy enough to handle the load of 500 lbsThe ram is rated for 2 ton, and the winch is rated for 1000 lbs.The winch cable is long enough (I believe 25 feet) that I was able to winch some large silver maple chunks up a steep embankment and into my truck.The lower unit has a thrust bearing providing a effortless swing when loaded.The two pulleys have bearings, the large one in the back has two bearings.The pulleys have deep enough grooves where the cable stays well tracked.There is a grease zert on the bottom housing to keep the whole section that turns well greased.Cons: The assembly instructions were missing or don’t come with it. With the help of pictures provided by users and the parts list I was able to put it together without too many mistakes.The bearings on the large back pulley keep slipping out causing the cable to slip between the bracket and the pulley. Once this happens you have to dissemble the two pieces because there is not enough room to get the cable back out. I ended up using some 3/4 electrical conduit to make some spacers to keep them in place. Of course only after it happened several times.The grease zert must have taken a hit during shipping because it broke off as soon as I attached the grease gun. The zert should be inserted by the user.There is a flaw in the way the back pulley is attached. Either there is too little or too much space because if you don’t keep your hand on the cable guiding it onto the pulley while you take up the slack, the cable jumps the pulley and jams itself between the bracket and pulley with no way of getting it out except for taking the unit apart. I know it’s not a big deal to guide the cable but once it is frayed it hurts getting that steel stuck in your fingers.The stabilizing leg will not take both pins while in the full up position so there is no place to store it.I am going to take the stabilizing leg off and replace it with a trailer tongue jack so it always touches the ground when I start cranking and two, once I put weight in the back of the truck and the truck “settles” the leg is stuck in place because the truck is resting on it. I now have to get another jack up the lift up the lift so I can shorten the leg.

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   Hubzone37 – 28/04/2025

   I needed this to put my generator into my pickup.
   The box arrived a little damaged, but this is expected due to the weight of the items. I decided on this one because of the cable, and I thought it would lift higher than the ones without cable. There are no directions, just an exploded diagram. I did have to grind down a part to get the large wheel in the back to work for the cable. Once I had it all together, I figured out the straps to be tighter with less play. It easily picked up the generator, but it was very stiff to turn the crane. It took two people to remove it from the truck. My plan is to install the gen it into the back of my 5th wheel. Overall, I had a great experience with this and recommend it.

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   Hrdtduck – 28/04/2025

   Poor quality
   This product unfortunately is of very poor quality of materials and construction, I works but barely, hydraulic cylinder shaft is already rusting, poor fit into 2″ receiver. Hand winch is terrible clunky of poor quality. Ground support “leg” is a joke. Overall height that you can lift anything to is too low for more than a box a foot high. You cannot lift anything over the side of a regular pickup bed. You have to be careful that you don’t injure your self when using the “control” lock for the swivel that is very poor in construction, adjustment and use. I highly doubt you could lift a V8 into the back of your truck with this thing, I would not try it on a bet. I have a lot of trouble with a 200lb 3x3x2 foot box. It will lift it off the ground but trying to swivel in on the the bed of the truck…well it’s dangerous. Not worth the money paid. Another example of crap made in china that we stupid Americans buy trying to save a buck

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   renovator42 – 28/04/2025

   Recieved half of it, no winch or receiver base section. Pissed off