"Ignoramus10422" wrote in
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The maximum pressure, developed when the motor audibly stalls, is
around 1,500 PSI on the gauge.

I believe that the ram is designed to be used with my higher
pressures, as the hoses attached to it were 10,000 PSI hoses.

I do not want 10,000 PSI anything in my shop, however I do want
maybe
5,000 PSI or at least 3,000 PSI. I will, I guess, keep looking for a
more capable hydraulic unit. The plus of the unit I have now, is
that
it is 110v and easy to use.

i

You could add a 2-way valve and a manual pump to boost the pressure
after the motorized unit has taken up all the slack. At the minimum a
check valve in the powered pump's discharge would isolate it from the
higher manual pressure.

A fully manual 50 ton press isn't impossibly slow to operate.

I bought extra Porta-Power couplers to use the hand pump in several
places.
http://www.toolcentral.com/ecommerce.../product/25998

jsw