Does anyone still use House/Railroad jacks?

[kco]

Those bring $75.00 easy here at auction. I have several, along with the jack handles, and a couple that are cast aluminum, or magnesium, not sure which... Sure are a lot lighter than the steel ones..!!

We used the lighter aluminum ones to pull out hydro poles when I was a lineman in the mid ‘60s. But just for the odd pole while working on small districts. Otherwise it was done with machinery.

 

[cockeyedMFer]

Thanks for the tip about the forged bar, I'm going to have to get one of those.