Fiddle blocks are a neat piece of rigging hardware for anyone who needs to quickly and easily raise and lower something from below an elevated anchor point — they are used in shops, barns and even by arborists! This particular unit has a 1,000 lb Working Load Limit (WLL). While some people might just call this a block and tackle, the manufacturers call them fiddle blocks (with a little imagination, they actually do resemble a fiddle/violin). They're great for uplift because they have specially d