Unusual ? Neat old Milwaukee jack

[Indyducati]

Hey folks,

Cruising through Craigslist this morning and saw this 'vintage' Milwaukee jack.

http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/tls/4801124728.html

I see a lot of images on the web, but none of it in use.
I'll assume this is a bumper jack ? I can kinda remember when a bumper
was a lift-point.
It might also be handy for installing big tire/wheel combos.

Anybody use one recently ?
Steve

 

[TractorJeff]

Its not a bumper jack. Its a jack to lift heavy wheels onto truck axles.

 

[RonB]

It most certainly is a bumper jack.There were saddles that clipped on the outboard tubes and mated to the bumper to prevent bending. The jack also had a saftey that could be manually engaged to support the weight of the vehicle. Two jacks were used often to lift both ends of a car for brakes ,tires , etc. Old school for those of us that worked on cars that had chrome steel bumpers.

 

[Wanna Ride]

Its not a bumper jack. Its a jack to lift heavy wheels onto truck axles.

This^^

 

[wrench409]

TractorJeff is correct. We got several of them here at work.
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[joecon]

Those jacks are still made their Milwaukee jack if you go to their website
you can see new ones. I have one that was a bumper jack we used it under
the lifts like a trans.jack.

 

[slip knot]

Gonna agree, its a bumper jack. the wheels would make it hard to get under a set of duals to get a truck tire off..

That said. I have an older air lift bumper jack that gets use from time to time as a door hoist whenever I need to pull a door by myself.