An assembly for lifting items and work pieces that is collapsible for storage and that includes that includes a collapsible lifting structure and a detachable wheel assembly. The collapsible lifting structure includes a forked base member, a hollow vertical support tube, a derrick structure, a pulley assembly suspended, a winch assembly, and a cable having an end attached to a connecting hook. The vertical shaft is securable to the hollow vertical support tube in a first orientation for use with the extension arm positioned between the two legs of the forked base member and a second orientation for storage with the extension arm offset ninety degrees from its orientation in the first orientation.

A portable apparatus for raising and lowering a load vertically along a substantially vertical structure. The apparatus comprises a vertical guide, which is secured to the substantially vertical structure by a retainer. A carriage is movably attached to the vertical guide and a platform which supports the load is attached to the carriage. The carriage is raised and lowered along the vertical guide by some means whereby the load is raised and lowered along the vertical guide. The carriage also comprises a safety brake for immobilizing the carriage with respect to the vertical guide when the means for raising and lowering the carriage is inoperative or malfunctions. The apparatus further comprises wheels rotatingly attached to the bottom of the vertical guide and a hitch attached to the top of the vertical guide, such that the entire device may be towed behind a vehicle.

An apparatus for moving a load has a boom with a lower end and an upper end and a base having a front end and a rear end. The front end of the base is pivotably connected to the lower end of the boom along a pivot axis, wherein a lower surface of the base rests on a support surface while a load is being moved. A first restricting mechanism restricts relative movement between the boom and the base about the pivot axis in a first direction and a second restricting mechanism restricts the relative movement between the boom and the base about the pivot axis in a second direction. A pulley mechanism is disposed proximal to the upper end of the boom. A rope having a load end is provided, wherein the load is attachable to the load end of the rope. The rope is threaded through the pulley mechanism. An attached load is lifted when the rope travels in a lifting direction through the pulley mechanism and the attached load is lowered when the rope moves in a lowering direction, which is opposite of the lifting direction, through the pulley mechanism.