Abstract: A height-adjustable hoist having an upright post, a tip member extensible therefrom, and a sleeve swivelable about the axis of the post. A hoist arm is pivotally mounted at one of its ends on the sleeve for pivoting in a substantially upright plane between raised and lowered positions. A nonextensible chain extending from the other end of the hoist arm to the tip member is adjustably anchored to the tip member by a chain-engaging lock. To set the hoist arm at a desired raised position, the tip member is extended and the chain is selectively anchored to the tip member, with the chain stretched between the hoist arm and tip member.