How to lift buckets of mortar to second floor

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I need to lift around 100-120 buckets of mortar to level the surface of two slabs (around 20 square meters).

Besides raising each bucket pulling a rope up, is there any other (EASY) way of doing that? I have a pulley but I have nowhere to anchor it. Here are some schematics of the area:

Back side (lower, but harded to bring the buckets all the way around it).
back side

Front side (higher, but easier to mix the cement right in front of it).
front side

Best Answer

If you have a pulley and no way to anchor it overhead, you could always lift from the top, with the pulley attached to the bucket. Of course, you'll need to have an anchor for the rope somewhere on the floor you're at, but it only has to be at the height you want to lift the bucket to.

The resulting load will be half of the bucket that you're lifting. If you REALLY don't have anywhere to tie off to, have a buddy hold the other end of the rope.

Obligatory MS Paint diagram:

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