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    Posted 12 years ago

    ho2cultcha
    (5040 items)

    I have NO idea what vehicles/machines these are for, but am very curious - anybody know? I just bought the three on the left recently.

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    1. viking6764 viking6764, 12 years ago
      if im not mistaken they were used for raising house's.hope this helps
    2. chinablue chinablue, 12 years ago
      Hi, ho2cultcha. I see you've got more interesting pieces! :-) I agree with viking. I've always heard them call floor jacks. The smaller first one looks a lot like the jacks that came in old trucks, but I'm not sure about that.
    3. packrat-place packrat-place, 12 years ago
      That is a really nice collection. I also like the crate behind them.
      Check this out for the first jack in the left photo.
      http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-drednaut-auto-car-jack-parts
    4. barefootslim barefootslim, 12 years ago
      I'm pretty sure the first one is for automotive use. cars, trucks etc. The center two are house jacks. We used them on a couple of houses we owned back in the day. The 4th one is another car or truck jack.
      neat items though. I really like the one with the star wheel on it.
    5. ralph ralph, 12 years ago
      i have tow like the 3 & 4 no3 mine is twice as big it is a train jack the 4th is a old car jack i have 2 of them.
    6. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 12 years ago
      thanks everybody. i really like the 2nd, 3rd and 4th ones - for graphic quality. i was thinking that the third one might be for a train for some reason. what do you think the wheel was for?
    7. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 12 years ago
      i found out that the large one is a train jack. a friend from mexico used to work as a train mechanic and that's what he used. he said they are incredibly powerful jacks and very hard to find in working order.
    8. TRIKER TRIKER, 12 years ago
      The one on the right I believe is Ford. I have two like that. One came out of a 1954 Ford 1 ton. It was mounted behind the right side of the seat in a bracket.

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