1950’s Epco Trolley Jack. Barn find!

[eternaloptimist]

Yes, a genuine barn find. The barn’s about a half mile from where I live. According to my 1957 copy of the Brown Brothers catalogue, it’s got a 3’ lift and weighs 280 lbs. I can vouch for the lift and the weight. It can stay where I found it for a week or so. Looking forward to getting it cleaned up and using it. Only 2.5 ton capacity, but it should be a properly useful bit of kit.

[astranaut]

I've got an Epco jack on ebay I recently inherited, really cool but my cars too low to use it and it takes up more garage space than you think, also weighs a tonne cool things to have though.

[eternaloptimist]

I’m pretty impressed how low this one is - 5.5 inch entry.

[bazzateer]

I'm in the process of rebuilding an old trolley jack I bought off eBay about 15 years ago. No makers name I can see apart from a possible work out one on the release valve knob. It's big and heavy and like the OP's raises about 3-4 feet.

Managed to get the cylinder apart today so off to the spares people soon for new seals. Then strip the remaining paint, splash some paint on it and rebuild.