Strata Ball Bearing Style Clothesline Pulley - 6.5 Heavy Duty Metal, Rustproof Silver for Outdoor Laundry Drying, Line Pulley for Clothes, Coats, Blankets, and More

The unit appears to be well built, installation was straight forward. However, it would be a lot better pulley assembly if there were some way to lubricate the bearing surfaces. A grease fitting would be a great improvement. Ive got a long run of clothesline, with the anchor pulley about 125 feet away, and this pulley complains LOUDLY when in use. In the winter Ive got a couple of small bird feeders on the clothesline, and need to refill them on a daily basis. The pulley squeals as Im bringing the feeders back to refill them or running them back out to about mid-point. Ive found that I need to pull on both sides of the pulley, one hand pulling cable towards the house, the other pulling the cable on the other side of the pulley away from the house. Ive tried applying some penetrating oil to the axle, which doesnt help at all. I debated leaving a rating of 2 or 3, would not buy this item again.

The old metal pulley was grinding on its side brackets which was really annoying and didnt move too easy, so it was time for a replacement. The Strata Ball Bearing Style Clothesline Pulley was an easy swap and provided a much smoother and quieter operation while running out the clothes on the line. It appears well built and I dont doubt it will last well. When I used the old pulley I would clip a wooden clothes line pin onto the rope near the pulley which would prevent the clothes on a windy day from traveling back to the pulley which sometimes would put them in the shade. I tried this with the new pulley, but the open frame design caused the clothes pin to ride over the pulley and throw the rope off the pulley. BUT alas.... the new pulley appeared to have a feature(?) that would seem to allow locking the pulley in place. Not sure if this was the intention of the design or not, but nothing I found seemed to document this feature. The pulley has a set of holes, one in the pulley and two in the pulley frame. When aligned, a pin can be inserted to lock the pulley in place and preventing the line from blowing the clothes back to the pulley. The extra bracket arm that has the small hole was an ideal spot to tie off and hang the lock pin. Again dont know if this was the intent of the hole and the extra bracket arm part, but worked well.

We are in norcal and with all the power outages I figured I should have a clothesline up. Our generator will handle most of the house but not the dryer. I assumed this was priced for 1 pulley @ $22. One of the answered questions said this also. So I ordered 2. I mean what are you gonna do with 1? I get the box today and open it up and there are 4 pulleys in it. They are really great. Lightweight but beefy and ball bearings that spin easily. I havent put them up yet but decided to keep all 4. can always use an extra pulley. I will update if anything changes once I get my line up.

Works really well for my clothes line.

Smooth operation

Replace a plastic model that over time the sun and winters make brittle. Hoping this one holds up better. 6 inch model was actually bigger than the replaced version but it is the right size for the need. Seems to turn smoothly. No instructions, not that you would need any but its designed that it does not matter which side is up or down. Photo on package could be better to answer that question. Plan to replace other end of the line with this one.

This pulley set is made the way things used to be, solid and well designed. There is so little friction on our clothesline now that it practically coasts along. My husband, a maintenance engineer for 40 years, was impressed by the quality of the pulleys, and I enjoy using them every time I hang out clothes.

Solid cast parts; good size, expensive

Must have for long lines especially reinforced lines with cable

Works well, very smooth, easy to mount on right size screw hook. Not sure if the bearings are sealed or not so dont know if it will suffer with the weather.. my guess is that they are sealed bearings that wont let moisture inside.. If doing new closeline setup with pulley on each end, dont forget if you want to hang clothes on both sides of the line loop, you will need spreaders to keep space between lines