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I have been digging around trying to find anything on the hoist you see in the following photos. Thought it was a Gar Wood but all the lit I find so far says no.

Anybody here on the Barn remember these or can identify them?

thanks and Merry Christmas to all the Barners.

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Saw one something like that was homebuilt. The Garwood on my 39 is a scissors type with the cylinder, pump and control valve in one unit.

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Looks homemade to me.

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Home made, yet identical on three different trucks? :confused: Does not compute.

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I know nothing about truck lifts! But if these trucks were all from the same general area is it possible someone local was modifying them on a fairly small scale?

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I have more photos showing this same set up on 40's ford's but still no luck on finding something more specific.

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Don't know what that is,,but that cable deal goes way back before hydraulics, some used a hand crank winch.
Try posting on some truck sites.

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Those are hydraulic hoists, the center column is the ram; as it extends the cables lift the box.

In the early '70s we use to service a similar hoist one of the haulers had on his scrap truck, it was archaic then. Seem to remember my boss thought it was a St. Paul hoist.

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This was very helpful, I have found some information on the St Paul and the Lifty from the late 40's and early 50's that might get me in the right direction.

Thank you.

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I remember them, my family had 2 '40s trucks with them. Sorry but I can't remember any details at all, like the name of the mfgr.

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The first trucks my Grandad had were fixed but they were late 20s International 6-speed specials with open tops. They only had a 200 bushel box. Many of the local farmers set theirs up with chain hoists in similar fashion. The hydraulic scissors type showed up in the late 30s with the larger 400 bushel boxes and most farmers went that direction with there newer equipment.

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My set up works well, accidentally got almost 4 yards of topsoil in it one time but the lift handled it just fine. Don't put that much in it now with the sides lowered.