Barn finds

[Train]

Cleaning the inlaws estate (still) and came across these.

I think this is an old road flare kit type of thing.

A little speed wrench.

A couple 5 gallon oil cans.

And an old screw jack.

 

[FlyBy]

Now there's a jack I would NEVER trust!

 

[Steevo]

Now there's a jack I would NEVER trust!

Why? It is just a screw jack with a ratcheting mechanism to turn the screw.

 

[Train]

Exactly. You wouldn't crawl under something with just that holding it but you wouldn't crawl under something with just a bottle jack holding it either.

 

[boosteddsm92]

Now there's a jack I would NEVER trust!

You shouldn't "trust" ANY jack. That's why they make jack stands.

 

[superdutymike27]

Nice oil cans!!!

 

[930dreamer]

Road torch= COOL.

 

[brownbagg]

look like landfill material to me

 

[Outlawmws]

Some nice interesting finds!

look like landfill material to me

Good; one less competitor for the rest of us for cool vintage antique stuff...

 

[Outlawmws]

Now there's a jack I would NEVER trust!

Why? It is just a screw jack with a ratcheting mechanism to turn the screw.

Exactly. You wouldn't crawl under something with just that holding it but you wouldn't crawl under something with just a bottle jack holding it either.

You shouldn't "trust" ANY jack. That's why they make jack stands.

I'd be far more trusting of a screw jack than any hydraulic/pneumatic jack. its only issue is the base is small so it could be knocked over, but its not going to just come down...

I have a couple of those jacks. One is near identical in form, but I think slightly bigger. In fact, I used it not that long ago setting up a DP head height...

 

[930dreamer]

Don't throw out the road torches.

 

[slip knot]

I love them old jacks very easy and useful when positioning equipment/piping. These have way more control over hydraulic jacks.

I'd clean the oil cans up and use them as trash cans in the shop.

 

[Zeke]

I love them old jacks very easy and useful when positioning equipment/piping. These have way more control over hydraulic jacks.

I'd clean the oil cans up and use them as trash cans in the shop.

Nice jack. I keep a scissors type jack handy to use horizontally when needed. Just did that today. The oil cans are always useful. Hard to find a metal can these days. I kept old style carb cleaner in one for years until I had to move and scale back a few years ago.

But I kept the bucket.

 

[Train]

Dreamer, I won't be throwing any of it away, that's for certain. Those torches haven't even been used before.

Slipknot, around my shop the garbage cans always seem to take abuse ( I'll just move that quickly with my boot ). I think I'll clean them up and just display them. I have some newer ones that I can use for garbage cans. Thanks for the idea.

 

[Big Bad Dad]

Is that the jack for a Model T Ford? I have seen those before....

 

[magnusk750]

What's a road torch?

Fellow europeans, do we have such thingies, or just me haven't seen/heard of?

 

[Lippyp]

Nope, its the (old) equivalent of the European warning triangle, in the US they even now often use flares to warn motorists of a hazard, those look to be parrafin fueled lights that would achieve the same thing as a flare.

Loving the oil cans although the jack I'd keep as a display item, best part of a century of wear and rust would not make me eager to use it under a car. That gear mesh sure looks sloppy to me.

 

[ATC]

I've got a couple old oil buckets like that (mine had something similar to kerosene in them...still some left in one). I use them for old oil storage. Fill one up, take it down to AdvanceAuto to dump it, then repeat!

Nice finds!

 

[camarotoolman]

Those oil cans are be worth a few bucks, guys collect them. Old jacks with car names on them are worth some money. I don't know are the torch things, I remember them along road construction when I was a kid. The hand drill is a wall hanger, not worth much unless it has a collectable name, such as Keen Kutter, blue grass. etc.

 

[Nozzlejocky]

Neat old finds. I wonder how the speed wrench would clean up and what brand it is. I've never seen that round handle style before. Pretty cool.

 

[Kevin54]

What's a road torch?

Fellow europeans, do we have such thingies, or just me haven't seen/heard of?

Over here they used to be called "Smudge Pots" and were put out at night to warn motorist that road work was being done where they were at. On the railroad, they used smudge pots to help thaw out switches at times if they were frozen. Today, they are used for decoration and it has been years since any counties used them on road work areas for warning. One reason was that it used to be a pastime of kids growing up to kick the smudge pots down the road. They were filled with kerosene, so you now had a ball of rolling fire There were different styles of the "smudge pots" but this style was the most common. Now they are collectors items and some companies have repopped them in designer colors.

 

[58Yeoman]

Over here they used to be called "Smudge Pots" and were put out at night to warn motorist that road work was being done where they were at. On the railroad, they used smudge pots to help thaw out switches at times if they were frozen. Today, they are used for decoration and it has been years since any counties used them on road work areas for warning. One reason was that it used to be a pastime of kids growing up to kick the smudge pots down the road. They were filled with kerosene, so you now had a ball of rolling fire There were different styles of the "smudge pots" but this style was the most common. Now they are collectors items and some companies have repopped them in designer colors.

I remember those well...but we never kicked them around/over.

 

[Outlawmws]

Nope, its the (old) equivalent of the European warning triangle, in the US they even now often use flares to warn motorists of a hazard, those look to be parrafin fueled lights that would achieve the same thing as a flare.

Loving the oil cans although the jack I'd keep as a display item, best part of a century of wear and rust would not make me eager to use it under a car. That gear mesh sure looks sloppy to me.

Probably made sloppy compared to the typical gear mesh you are used to seeing in oiled/lubricated systems, as those gears had to endure mud/snow/sand etc. and still operate. Just like tire lug nuts are on the loose end of thread fits,compared to most threaded fasteners.

 

[FunkyfullWidth]

Looks like an old Walden Worcster speed wrench.

 

[fivespdcat]

Over here they used to be called "Smudge Pots" and were put out at night to warn motorist that road work was being done where they were at. On the railroad, they used smudge pots to help thaw out switches at times if they were frozen. Today, they are used for decoration and it has been years since any counties used them on road work areas for warning. One reason was that it used to be a pastime of kids growing up to kick the smudge pots down the road. They were filled with kerosene, so you now had a ball of rolling fire There were different styles of the "smudge pots" but this style was the most common. Now they are collectors items and some companies have repopped them in designer colors.

I have something just like this. Bought it at ****'s Sporting Goods for keeping the Mosquitos away. It's basically a citronella bomb, and it's quite impressive!

 

[skyking]

Looking at the "pinch points" on that jack.....makes my *** twitch !

 

[formek]

Over here they used to be called "Smudge Pots" and were put out at night to warn motorist that road work was being done where they were at. On the railroad, they used smudge pots to help thaw out switches at times if they were frozen. Today, they are used for decoration and it has been years since any counties used them on road work areas for warning. One reason was that it used to be a pastime of kids growing up to kick the smudge pots down the road. They were filled with kerosene, so you now had a ball of rolling fire There were different styles of the "smudge pots" but this style was the most common. Now they are collectors items and some companies have repopped them in designer colors.

I remember those when I was a kid at the summer house I have herd them referred to as Smudge pots or hurricane touch. they were tough to blow out we always used a used soup can to smother them out at night.

 

[magnusk750]

Cool things. NowI want one.

 

[albaran]

Back when I was a kid in the fifties and they were building the Connecticut Thruway (I-95), a contractor would pay us $5 to ride through the construction sites on our bicycles to light these up for the night crews.

 

[formek]

Back when I was a kid in the fifties and they were building the Connecticut Thruway (I-95), a contractor would pay us $5 to ride through the construction sites on our bicycles to light these up for the night crews.

That is a great story. Very cool

 

[Kevin54]

Like they always say "what's old is new again". I think I'll have to keep my eye out for one or two now.

 

[darkk]

One reason was that it used to be a pastime of kids growing up to kick the smudge pots down the road. They were filled with kerosene, so you now had a ball of rolling fire

When I was a kid in the late 50's, I lived in the projects in Hartford, Ct. and those used to have about 4-6 foot of light chain attached to them. We used to grab that chain and swing them around and whip that thing as far as it would go. It really was cool looking going through the air then bouncing all over the place. Fire everywhere burning everything it touched. What the hell was I thinking?

 

[dropd80s]

My dad bought a few of these at an auction a few years ago, we always called them "yella dogs" down here

 

[bgarrett]

I guess I otta take a pic of the wide variety of kerosene flares I have. I just got another yesterday.
That old jack looks a lot safer than ANY chinese hydraulic jack