Train/house jacks

[Batmanacw]

They were marked $12 and $15....I offered $20 for the pair. There is a lot of sweat in this picture. Plenty of wire wheel time before paint.

Vulcan II&B Co. 2" x 12" and 1 3/4" x 8".



I did a thread on my restoration project on the Miller's Falls. The Simplex is a 1 1/2" x 8" and in amazing shape.



I want to buy some more smaller screw jacks for positioning work, but I'll wait for ridiculous deals like I got today. Lol.

Anyone else enjoy screw jacks?

 

[mmcmdl]

Yes . Although a bit larger at 20 tons and it's a ratchet type .

 

[talvare]

Ya, I've got a couple. I gave away three or four last year to my son and a friend. I have one that was my grandfathers that is about 3 ft tall. My Dad said they used it for pressing grapes to make wine.

Ted

 

[IHinIN]

Cool jacks.
We had some on the farm when I was a kid until some scumbags decided to steal everything metal that they could carry off.

 

[Batmanacw]

Cool jacks.
We had some on the farm when I was a kid until some scumbags decided to steel everything metal that they could carry off.

I despise thieves.

 

[Batmanacw]

I'd really like to find a 6" Simplex or II&B Co but they are huge money on Ebay. Crazy.

 

[Martin W]

Awesome!

 

[finsruskw]

I used to have a dozen of the smaller ones and used them for years for cribbing in deep trenches.
This one was an 8" sewer job extension from 1962.
I was 18 at the time.

 

[Batmanacw]

I really don't like grease in these jacks. Oil flushes out garbage instead of collecting more. It doesn't harden in place either.

 

[pontiac428]

What type of paint did you use on the jacks? It's got a lot more pop than your usual gloss black, looks good.