U / C Ram identification – please

Mosquito rams have steel bodies, made by Lockheed hydraulics (AIR). Steel pipe body with aluminium end pieces is not super uncommon, cheap and cheerful to make in wartime. The eye fitting at the end of the shiny and the small anchoring hole are making me think aircraft, looks like a bomb door jack, two way ram with long tongues on anchor piece allowing articulation. Miles Master and Oxford had Lockheed hydraulics. An AIR part number will confirm this. I would punt it is ‘aircraft with bomb doors’ adapted for agricultural use.

Judging by the mechanism it’s from the articulated arm of a digger or similar.

The hyd connectors look a bit aircrafty, but the colour probably gives the game away as to its original use.

Anon.

Looks a lot like the bucket ram on on an old Massy Ferguson tractor to me?

It’s rusty, rust = steel, steel = heavy, so unlikely to be old aircraft;- I’ve not come across a steel body actuator on any pre 1960’s and it’s pretty rare even after this.

Unfortunately it also looks a bit agricultural…

Thanks Sabrejet, good question…………….no i’m not sure.

Reminiscent of wing fold jack: are you sure it’s u/c?