The new heavy die and mold installation and retrieval system is self-loading and unloading, and capable of installing heavy dies into the press effortlessly by one person, eliminating injuries such as pushing, flexing, stretching, reaching, etc. The new design features two short arms and two long arms to do the pushing and pulling with just the press of a button instead of three or four people doing it strenuously. Available capacity is 2,000 lbs up to 5,000 lbs with a lifting range from 14″ up to 120” high for multi-level self-storage and retrieval systems. Size ranges from 24″ up to 96″ wide and 48″ up to 144″ long.