Massive Combination Wrench

[dxdexter]

I just found this photo while browsing around and thought it might be interesting to share. The funny thing is that Gray only lists up to a 4" wrench in its catalog and this appears much larger when using his hands for scale. I would guess 6".

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z102/dxdexter/Odds%20and%20Ends/largewrench-1.jpg

[Junkman]

To me, it looks more like a prop than a real wrench. I have wrenches up to 2" and I know that they are extremely heavy. Based on those wrenches, and the picture, I would guess that the wrench in the picture is about a 8" one.

[elect]

Alot of the top tool companies will special order stuff. this looks like some v.p. of engineering with his sales guy proudly posing.

[elect]

the box end is resting on the toolbox and the open end is resting on his shoulder.

[KraftwerkMk1Jetta]

those guys look like some real dweebs :lol_hitti

[bmwpower]

Nice sweater...lol

[Fedwrench]

Are those the Canadian versions of Mr Rogers and their tool neighborhood?
They look way too happy pricing that wrench.

Is the lock extra on the Gray tool cart?
The tool boards look nice. I only saw large Gray brand open end and combination metric wrench sets when I was in the Army along with all of our 5gallon water cans being made in Canada. The wrenches were durable in the typical government supplied way.

[wilbilt]

I don't think that guy could lift that wrench, let alone turn it.

He has girly hands.

[a390st]

Ask the guys at the refinery how big a wrench gets. A lot of my family works at refineries or on rigs, and they have shown me pictures of tremendously large wrenches.

[elect]

those guys look like some real dweebs :lol_hitti

Like I said some v.p. of engineering and a sales guy:lol_hitti

[duke5572]

I've seen wrenches that big. Henry Ford Musuem, Dearborn, MI. The massive powerhouse/generator from the Rouge (I think....could be from Highland Park) has a custom made tool set in a case next to it. I think there's some wrenches approaching that size.

Of course, when you're dealing with a twenty foot connecting rod, you need some serious tools.

[eschoendorff]

those guys look like some real dweebs :lol_hitti

:lol: Those are the guys that take credit for the actual workers' work.

[dxdexter]

Funny only a few comments about the actual wrench and the rest making fun of the guys in the photo. :headscrat


I highly doubt that it is a prop wrench since this was a photo from a magazine article touting Gray's tools. Their socket selecting goes up to 8", so maybe this is a special order. They supply heavy industry such as gas and oil.

[a390st]

The wrench is nothing out of the ordinary for the petroleum industry. What I don't know is if it is a real tool or a prop for the sales dorks or whatever they are. I'm surprised that goofball in the sweater could pick up a foam wrench that size.

[Danglerb]

You should visit a shop for steam trains, wrenches are HUGE.

[CAT_serviceman927]

I've seen wrenches that big. Henry Ford Musuem, Dearborn, MI. The massive powerhouse/generator from the Rouge (I think....could be from Highland Park) has a custom made tool set in a case next to it. I think there's some wrenches approaching that size.

Of course, when you're dealing with a twenty foot connecting rod, you need some serious tools.

You should visit a shop for steam trains, wrenches are HUGE.

Yeah, if anyone gets the chance to go there, HF Museam/Greenfield Village is great place to visit. In the museum they have the huge wrenches as stated above(I have a picture around somewhere). In the village, they have a roundhouse where they work on their train stuff, there is a huge rack of wrenches.

[CAT_serviceman927]

Here it is......