yt12 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 This followed me home with the 2 uber-over-kill bottle jacks------soon to be the vise stand----this thing is HEAVY ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 That should work fine for a vise stand, yt12. It kind of looks like the jackstands we used in railcar repair. Ours were a solid piece though. We used air jacks or a Pettibone crane to lift the car up, remove the centerpin and roll the wheel set out. Then lower it onto the stands. Kind of give you the willies when someone bumped the jacked up car with a forklift while you were under there with your welding hood down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 I bet that kinda made you want to bump the forklift operator with your chipping hammer. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 The pointy end works best. Nothing like having a boxcar smoosh you like a bug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 After tack welding their steel toed boots to the fork lift tines---with them in them of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yt12 Posted February 28, 2022 Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 nodebt----I think you nailed it,this came from a retired career railman---along w/ the 2 mega bottle jacks. I put one of the jacks to work last weekend----helped a friend set a post jack in their basement to support the joists-----had the distinct feeling that one too many pumps was gonna lift the whole house off the foundation-----over-kill is a good thing !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 I saw those bottle jacks and never even heard of using them to lift cars. The air jacks we used were monsterously powerful. They all lifted at different speeds so you had to watch what your partners was doing on the other side of the car or ka-blamo. I tried to find a video of them in use but couldn't. Here's a picture. Be sure to post a photo of your vise mounted on there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yt12 Posted February 28, 2022 Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 Will do on the photo------your pic-----I need one !!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 (edited) Big $$$ Google: Pneumatic Jack Duff Norton 126R 100 Ton Refurbised ones are even up there. Edited February 28, 2022 by Nodebt Fix a thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malleus Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Looks like it will make a good re-purposed vise stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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