The utility model discloses a special lifting appliance for an elbow. Two steel wire ropes (1) with the same length are parallel to each other and are arranged abreast, and two ends of each steel wire rope are bent to form circular rings; the circular rings at the ends of the two steel wire ropes (1) are opposite; a plurality of steel wire rope pressing sheets (14) and a plurality of lower rubber blocks (15) are mounted in the middle of each steel wire rope; the two steel wire ropes (1) are clamped into two grooves of each steel wire rope pressing sheet (14) and then are fixed by virtue of the lower rubber blocks (15); upper shafts (12) penetrate into holes of two pulling rods (11) and shackles (9) inside the circular rings at the ends of the two steel wire ropes (1); the pulling rods (11) are connected with an upper cover (2); lower shafts (13) penetrate through holes in the lower ends of the pulling rods (11) and holes in the upper cover (2) to fix the pulling rods (11) and the upper cover (2), so that the two steel wire ropes (1) become U-shaped; a plurality of upper rubber blocks (3) are fixed inside the upper cover (2). The special lifting appliance for the elbow is easy to operate, high in applicability, safe and reliable, and cannot be affected by weather and terrain; in the using process of the lifting appliance, a bend of the lifted elbow can be tightly locked.