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block and tackle in a sentence

Example sentences for block and tackle

Hoists tools and equipment to tree trimmers and lowers tree tops, limbs and branches with rope or block and tackle.
They use block and tackle, pulleys, or other lifting devices.
The car was loaded with supplies and equipment including a block and tackle.
Attempting to move objects heavier than the block and tackle can safely support may damage the tool or cause injury.
It proved necessary to let down a mule by means of a block and tackle, thus to extract him from his predicament.
Lift and align components into position, using hoist or block and tackle.
Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers, and lower branches with ropes or block and tackle.
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