8 Ton Air/Hydraulic Long Ram

My Harbor Freight engine hoist piston started to settle under load. Rather than rebuild it or replace it with another cheap one, I started researching something nicer. Found this one here on SWAG Off Road and reached out to customer service with some questions. In short, they were very prompt with replies and thorough with explanations. This cylinder was an exact fit as a replacement and now has the added perk of pneumatic actuation. It has several improvements in build quality that you don’t see in the cheaper ones. Time will be the ultimate judge but so far I’m impressed with it. I had to do a little air purging to get it to operate smoothly. A product of it being on it’s side or maybe even upside down during shipping. Instructions for it were included and it was easy. No tools required, just a sequence of actions.
I’d recommend both this as a product and SWAG Off Road as a company.

I hate to give a bad review about anything. With that said, this product does work and works well. Mine came defective. The air pump that operates the ram was missing a gasket on the end cap and would leak and blow fluid out. I've made several attempts emailing swag but haven't got much of a response. I actually went to harbor freight and bought a 12t bottle neck jack and put that air pump on and it works great. Nothing against swag but I'm sure they out sourced this ram and it looks just like everyother one out on the market that go for way cheaper. So it's a mixed review from me. Does the ram work yes. If I can put harbor freight parts on and they bolt right up then I'm not sure about quality. I think next time I might try a way cheaper alternative. But again after I fixed it it works

Good!!

Not sure what to say about it, other than it works better than the previous one that broke. It easily pushed 2" .120wall DOM. The last one struggled greatly. I do like the older metal knobs better than the 3D printed ones. I'd pay more for that if it were an option.

As always, SWAG is great to deal with and is my go-to for metal fab parts.

With the jack I received I also received a machined thumb screw but the release valve is different there is no roll pin to punch out and slide the swag one on.