PhantomBoss
Recruit
Hi all, I'm new to forums so hope I'm doing this right. I have two huge hydraulic jacks made by Eric Fordham, Mechanical and Hydraulic Engineer, 89-93 Curzon St, Nth Melbourne. This company started in 1936 and is still making jacks, specializing in aircraft maintenance jacks and associated equipment. They have supplied the Australian military for many years as well as civil aviation etc. The style of these jacks and the remnants of military green paint suggest to me they are most probably aircraft jacks from the WW2 era, but I'm hoping someone with expert knowledge can confirm that please? I live in the Toowoomba area and we had several airfields here during the war. I have found newspaper notices on Trove of military surplus auctions in 1947 that mention Fordham 15T hyd jacks with 3 ft lift (mine are a 3 ft lift). I've emailed the company itself for historical info but so far they haven't replied. If anyone has any knowledge of these, and old photos of aircraft jacks of this type being used, that would be wonderful. The jacks are approx 900mm high when closed, and I believe approx 1830mm high when fully extended. Cheers, Shane
