I bet the jack says Power Fist on it and not Shur-Lift. At least that's what my Princess Auto catalogues show. I have never seen a Shur-lift hyd. bottle jack and I've been in Princess auto a lot over the years. The reg. hydraulic cylinders are made by Shur Lift in Canada (Princess Auto div.) but the hydraulic jacks aren't. Princess Auto does sell good jacks though. The KYB they sell are made in Japan and will work in any position but are a lot more expensive. 12 ton Power Fist bottle jack is about $30, KYB is about $100. The 8 ton long stroke Power Fist is also about $100. You were using a cheap Chinese jack. Eye protection won't help much when something is coming flying out under more than 8 tons of force. Sometimes hearing protection is bad because you can't hear when something is about to let go under over 8 tons of force. Unless your behind a wall, something could fly at you. Working safe? Why were you using a long stroke jack and you must have had to pump that jack pretty hard to go over capacity and to do that you'd have to be right beside it. You were very lucky. If someone else had posted the same incident you'd be all over it like bees to honey. A lot of people have saved thousands using older equipment. The new stuff breaks down too. At least with older equipment you have a chance of fixing it yourself. My 65 MF135 runs like new. I don't think a new tractor will still be going strong over 40 years later. Dave
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