old bumper jack

Yesterday stopped in at a rummage sale up the road from me and this fella had a heavy duty bumper jack, it was all there, foot, lever, ratcheting part was free stand not bent. For a low price. Question is, do you guys use them around the shop for anything? I thought it might be handy to have. Just wondering, Craig
 
Farmall---Yes, after having gone to lots of farm auctions in the past,
I have acquired four jacks that I use from time to time.
What's nice about them is that you can start at a very low level, or at
a high level. On a couple of them I have fabricated a broader base and/or
a more sturdy base. One jack has a weak spring that engages the dog. Looks
like some time in the past it has sheared off the tips of some of the "teeth"
because of this condition. I have also altered the "lift" part, so that it's
adaptable to most situations. I have found lots of uses for them----
 
Quite a few different styles and have had several of them and used them in repairing machinery.
 
Bet there are a lot of horror stories concerning using bumper jacks especially using it on the rear. Bumper jacks lifts the body first before it starts to lift the suspenion, therefore considering the condition of the suspension the height of the car is raised before the tires even begin to lift and often times the jack can max out before the tire clears the ground. Then picture the car suspended on that small steel tube while changing a tire. Throw in the mix some soft ground for the base to sink into. Wander how many bases was left out of sight in the mud when finished and upon the next need there was no base. Dad always carried blocks of wood in the trunk for added height and stability. Then there are those that while jacking the rear the car moves foward tilting the jack and someone grabs the top of the jack to stop the car and his hand is pinned between the jack and the car. Probably many other stories as well.
 
I picked up a heavy duty one at a garage sale for $2!
It was a Black hawk still in the box with info. It has a different adapter kind of part that U hook into what ever you're picking up, very versatile!
The man who was selling it said it was his son's who moved away & he had no use for it. Well I found plenty of uses since! But U need to use common sense, like others have mentioned!
Bobkatz
 
The old-time bumper jacks are just smaller, simpler versions of the famous/infamous HiLift jacks that folks seem to either love or hate. I find bumper jacks to be handy if used with caution. Any jack can be useful or dangerous, depending on its application.
 

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This is the info on Black Hawk Jack!
 

I have an old one from a '66 Ford [ Australian model ] .
I modified the bumper bracket and now use it to jack out star pickets stuck in the ground . It is by far the most effective tool for this I have ever used . Star pickets that have made the front of a tractor rear upwards during an attempt to remove them have followed the jack upwards like a docile dog .
 
Charles;

Are star pickets the same thing as T-posts? If they're not the same thing, then they're either something you have there that we don't have here, or they're just something I'm unfamiliar with.

Stan
 

Similar Stan , just a little simpler I suspect , very hard to pull out of the ground sometimes .

http://www.waratahfencing.com.au/Products/Fencing-Posts/Jio%C2%AE-Star%C2%AE
 

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