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Mule ML150
Mast-mounted lift assist for placing heavy CMU blocks
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- Deployments
- 2
- Companies that ran it
How it works on your site
The MULE ML150 is a mast-mounted, wire rope lift-assist arm that makes masonry units up to 150 lbs feel weightless for a single mason. It handles CMU, veneer, and cast stone placement across ground base, scaffolding, and mast-climbing work platform configurations; mortar application, cutting, and layout stay with the crew. The ML150 has been shipping since 2020.
Unit Placement (Brick/Block/Stone)
The operator grips the block with pneumatic grippers and the system continuously adjusts wire rope tension to counterbalance the load weight, making units up to 150 lbs feel weightless in float mode. One mason places blocks that previously required a two-person lift, including oversized 32-inch CMU that covers twice the wall area of a standard 16-inch block. After placement, the arm auto-retracts and performs small autonomous repositioning movements.
Who has run it
2 deployments · 2 companies · 1 country
Will it work on your site
- Working reach
- 12 ft (3.66 m)Up to 20 ft free-standing; taller with masts and wall ties
- Doorway clearance
- 34 in (864 mm) base width fits standard doorwaysGround base, outriggers retracted
- Power
- 120V AC, 20A tetheredTethered; generator compatible where mains unavailable
- Weight
- ~1,160 lbs (526 kg) assembled unitForklift or crane required for setup
- Setup time
- Approximately 10 minutes for basic configurationForklift or telehandler needed to position on site
As the maker states it.
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