Used 10 Ton Floor Jack Price: Any Guesses?

DieselPower · May 20, 2009

Well it doesn't look like a Walker Turner or Hein Warner and from the looks of it, it's probably late 70's to the 80's vintage. Earlier vintage ones look (how should I put it) "cool". I have several from the 50's to 70's and the older ones were more streamlined looking almost like they were designed by auto body designers. In the 70's they all seemed to go with the plain jane stamped out plate steel look (less expensive to build).

A modern jack like that is going to run $2,000 or more and as high as $4,000. Like Mike said, clean it up and a good paint job and you might be surprised how much you can get for it. I sold one similar to that on ebay about 1 1/2 years ago and got a little over $550 for it.

Iplayfarmer · May 20, 2009

I'm still in talks with a guy to trade for his chop saw. It's a pretty nice saw with the carbide tipped blades rather than the abrasive blade. If that falls through, I may do the rattle can tune-up. What color were these originally?

In the mean time, I need to add some oil to it. The handle needs to be about halfway down before the jack starts to raise. I hope it's just low on oil.

How do you add oil to these jacks, anyway? It may be pretty plain and simple, but I've just never done it.

Dargo · May 20, 2009

Are you sure it's a 10 ton and not 10,000 pounds? I have a 5 ton (10,000 pound) floor jack that looks identical to that except it still has the inspection plate on the top covering the hydraulic cylinder. I'm not at home right now and can't recall the name on mine, but I paid $125 for it used at an auction about 10 years ago. I had to replace a couple of lines on it that leaked but, otherwise, it's been perfect. It works great, doesn't leak down and is extremely strong.

Diamondpilot · May 20, 2009

My guess is its a 10,000# jack also. If so, its not worth much. Trade it if you can. I bought a 3.5 Ton, or 7,000# jack at Sam's Club a few years back for $59 and they are still probably only $79 or so.

That jack does have a longer reach under the vehicle than my standard shop jack but does not look like its capable of 10 tons.

Chris

cowboy357 · May 20, 2009

Even if It Is a 10 ton which it Very well Could be, It More then Likelly Wont Pick that Much up Nor Hold it if it did without Being Rebuilt IMHO . The Extra Length Were Used to reach under Semi trucks & Some Heavy equipment as well .

If You Can Trade it for some thing Can use Thats your best bet these days, There a dime a Dozen around these parts . & You Can Buy new Ones from 300 to 800 bucks, Maybe Not of the quality that once Was, But With a Warrenty .

I,d say tops, Its worth 150 bucks IF it works Like its Supposed to , As Far as Filling the Pump , There should Be a Plug You Remove, it very well Could be on the Bottom side . But Usually on the top . Make sure the Jack is all the Way down & the Handle up & Fill it with Hydraulic Jack Fluid , Best of luck Selling or Trading.

. Bob

Dargo · May 20, 2009

I got home and took a couple pictures of my 5 ton (10,000 pound) floor jack. It's a Norco 71500C Professional floor jack. Besides looking like the 5 ton floor jack I have, I really don't see yours weighing what a 10 ton floor jack would weigh. That's why I got rid of the 10 ton model I had way back when; it was way to heavy to move around. From a quick search on the internet I see that a 10 ton floor jack average weight is around 450 pounds. With the small steel wheels on them, I don't see two guys moving a 10 ton jack through the grass (like where yours is sitting) without major effort. It's plenty cumbersome to move a 250 pound 5 ton floor jack around. The 10 ton model was just impossible to move around my barn floor and I found myself not using it because it was just too hard to move. That's about the time I ran across this one at an auction and grabbed it for the $125 I mentioned.

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Forgot to mention; the new cost of my jack looks to be about $760 or so. Here is the current model of what I have http://www.ohiopowertool.com/P-601-norco-5-ton-floor-jack-fastjack-71500e.aspx

Iplayfarmer · May 20, 2009

Dargo said:
Are you sure it's a 10 ton and not 10,000 pounds? I have a 5 ton (10,000 pound) floor jack that looks identical to that except it still has the inspection plate on the top covering the hydraulic cylinder. I'm not at home right now and can't recall the name on mine, but I paid $125 for it used at an auction about 10 years ago. I had to replace a couple of lines on it that leaked but, otherwise, it's been perfect. It works great, doesn't leak down and is extremely strong.

It could be a 10,000 pound jack. I really don't know. I'll have to wash some of the grease off and see if I can find some kind of an identification plate.

I know it's a pain to move around. That's why I'm looking to trade it. The only reason I even ever got it was for the reach more than the lift capacity. It's a whole lot easier to grab my 2 ton floor jack and a 4"X4" block of wood than to drag this beast accross the yard.

Dargo · May 20, 2009

Iplayfarmer said:
I know it's a pain to move around. That's why I'm looking to trade it. The only reason I even ever got it was for the reach more than the lift capacity. It's a whole lot easier to grab my 2 ton floor jack and a 4"X4" block of wood than to drag this beast accross the yard.

LOL Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. Sometimes even something that is really well made can just be too heavy to use unless you have a specific use for it. I thought I needed a 10 ton floor jack because of some of the heavier equipment I had at the time. After getting one I realized that it was just too much for me to handle if I didn't have to. I really do like the 5 ton floor jack I pictured. I find myself using it quite a bit instead of using either my 2 post or 4 post lifts. It just seems easier to jack something up and throw a jackstand under it for most things as opposed to going through all the trouble to position all four arms on the lift and all.

Iplayfarmer · May 20, 2009

Good news. I put oil in the jack and it works great. I lifted one side of my Silverado 1500 extended cab long bed right up off the ground with very little effort. The double pumps make it nice. With both pumps, the jack plate lifts up to the truck frame rails with only about 3 strokes, then with just the smaller pump, the whole side of the truck moves up without any grunt at all.

I also found out that under the dirt and grime, the jack is red.

This always happens to me when I start fixing something up to sell it. I see how nice it is all fixed up and then start having second thoughts about selling it.

Now I have another question. I have another smaller jack that is showing some of the same symptoms as this bigger one. I looked, but I can't see where to add oil to this smaller jack. How do you add oil to these smaller jacks?