Identify this lift?

[cscmc1]

Can anyone help identify this lift? A friend bought this garage is needs this out, and I've been shopping for a hobby/storage lift. This is probably overkill, and I would have preferred one that didn't require drilling into my floor, but if this is a decent lift and the price is right... I'm willing to consider all options!
Thanks in advance, friends!

 

[Old Man Roger]

Sorry no help, but if you end up getting it, make sure you can get parts. It looks pretty old.

I assume it’s cable operated, inspect the cables like your life depends on it. Old locking mechanisms tend to fail.

 

[cscmc1]

Thanks! As you suggested, I'm hoping to confirm that parts are indeed available, but it's hard to do w/o knowing who made the darned thing. It appears to have been painted a few times, so it's a bit of a mystery. I'll definitely look any cables over very carefully though!

 

[Old Man Roger]

Looks like the sticker on the tank has a model number, is it not readable in person?

 

[cscmc1]

It does indeed, but it’s just the hydraulic pump manufacturer info it seems.

 

[NOEYEZ]

Where are the drive on ramps? Without those, you have a parts lift only. I believe this lift uses a continuous leaf chain that travels from the hydraulic cylinder that is located in the hydraulic power pack column and travels to the other three columns through a channel through out the rack....Reminds me of an old BEN PEASON lift made in the late 70's.....commonly used outside the shop as a lube rack.

 

[cscmc1]

The ramps were the very first thing I asked about too! He’s checking around the shop to make sure they’re still there.

Thanks for the input — I’ll see if it might indeed be a Peason.

 

[Bill Bowman]

Ben PEARSON.

 

[mike93lx]

Is that tall enough to be useful as a storage lift? The car underneath is going to have to be quite short

 

[cscmc1]

Thanks everyone -- I'll look at the Pearson lifts. There will be a Triumph TR6 parked below, so height should not be an issue, but I'll measure to be sure.

 

[86turbodsl]

I have a ben pearson lift, it's got a big hydraulic cylinder on it and chains.

 

[cscmc1]

Update: the drive-on ramps are indeed available. I need to go look at it in person and see if I can figure out what the heck it is... all the BP lifts I am finding info on have the cylinder in a steel housing that runs across two of the posts at the top. This lift doesn't seem to have that, so I'm at a loss. Maybe I can find a data tag under the paint if I look closely!

 

[cscmc1]

Another update: it's a Rotary SM90 (finally went and had a look and found a data plate).