anyone done this to a pipe wench
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Troutbum1982
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Ummmm cant say that I have ran one over with a semi
seriously what in the heck did you do to it??
seriously what in the heck did you do to it??Scout Driver
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It's not uncommon to see them bent and distorted like that at garage and auction sales. I don't really see how people do it either.
Scott
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Sometimes bigger pipe wrenches don't fit where you need them to fit, a little pipe wrench and a piece of pipe, now I have a big pipe wrench that might bend a wee bit
Seen many bent rigid pipe wrenches, seen several broken pipe wrenches, aluminum ones can be broken with me jumping on them without pipe
Seen many bent rigid pipe wrenches, seen several broken pipe wrenches, aluminum ones can be broken with me jumping on them without pipe
mrholeshot
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I'm the not the pipe wrench expert here (although I've laid a lot of pipe in my time) but it almost looks like it's made that way to me.
Moose-LandTran
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I bought Snap-on 24" & 36" pipe wrenches (steel) from the US and had them shipped accross the pond for less than i can buy the 24" alone over here!
Now i just need to find a way to stop ****'eads from picking it up all the time.
caper
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Most of mine are like that.Working with heavy equipment means using cheaters,things bend and break.
chevelle67
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I have a 36" Ridgid that looks identical to that. Mine looks like that due to a 6' cheater.
I bought Snap-on 24" & 36" pipe wrenches (steel) from the US and had them shipped accross the pond for less than i can buy the 24" alone over here!
Now i just need to find a way to stop ****'eads from picking it up all the time.
What the heck do use a 3ft pipe wrench on? Doesn't seem like it would have much use on a car?
bgott
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Mine gets set on top of the washer to keep the top from flying off during the spin cycle. Why do I have it? $5 at an estate sale. I've actually used it on odd shaped objects as a vise.
I've seen a 48" pipe wrench (steel) break, they had a track hoe bucket pushing down on the handle to open a valve. People don't only use pipes as cheaters I've seen heavy equipment and chain come-alongs used in order to turn the wrench.
Josh
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Moose-LandTran
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I don't really use it. I have done a couple times for holding hubs from rotating while pulling them off and tightening a collar on some huge water pipe but i have no real use for it.
Moose-LandTran
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My favourite was watching some diesel mechanics attach a 36" pipe wrench to a wrecker truck and rocking it forward on the clutch to loosen a tank nut on a big hydraulic cylinder. I'm told it was the best method they'd found.
I doubt Moose bought a Snap On 3 footer for 5 bucks
. I have a Rigid 3 footer, bought it new 25 years ago and have used it a few times. The thing is I fit 3 and 4 inch T and C pipe at times and I still don't use itI had an excavator on a 4 ft steel Pipe wrench trying to get a 6in plug out of an underground gas tank. The wrench exploded
Moose-LandTran
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I doubt Moose bought a Snap On 3 footer for 5 bucks
I think it was $120, brand new. Don't remember exactly.
I had an excavator on a 4 ft steel Pipe wrench trying to get a 6in plug out of an underground gas tank. The wrench exploded
Better than the tank exploding!
supertooljunkie
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I have two 36" pipe wrenches. One AL and one steel. I used them on up to 4" pipe in poultry plants, while working on high pressure sanitation pumps. I had a couple of 24" in steel and AL. After trying to loosen 3 & 4" pipe that had had 180* water run through them with hardened pipe dope in the joints, it would take two guys and a 6-8' cheater to break them loose. My 24" wrenches look like that. That is why I bought the 36". Needed a shorter cheater after that.
wisconsin_cowman
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Not that hard to do my 36" pipe wrench is like that. Usually use a pipe on it to take apart hydraulic cylinders apart. If I can’t get the cap off with heat and the pipe wrench I will just cut them off with the torch.
Art From De Leon
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Rigid also makes a 60" pipe wrench. ( Rigid PN 31045)
I've seen 36", 48", and 60", used as a set of tongs, put a shackle on the end and pull on it using the cathead.
I've also seen them hooked onto a crane in trying to break a connection, when the rig laid out someone's tools without the operator being there to 'make the breaks', as it came thru the rotary, and you can't get the rig to pick it back up and use the rig tongs to break the connection.
You would be surprised what a roughneck can tear up, hence the saying that "he could tear up a bowling ball with a rubber hammer".
A phsycologist was conducting an experiment in human behavior, so he found three roughnecks, gave them each a steel ball 12 inches in diameter, and after having them undress, locked them and the balls in a windowless, sealed room, with no furnishings, or access other than the door, which he locked after putting them inside. 3 hours later he came back to observe the results of his experiment, The first roughneck had broken his ball, the second had lost his, and the third was looking for something to put his in, so he could take it home with him.
I've seen 36", 48", and 60", used as a set of tongs, put a shackle on the end and pull on it using the cathead.
I've also seen them hooked onto a crane in trying to break a connection, when the rig laid out someone's tools without the operator being there to 'make the breaks', as it came thru the rotary, and you can't get the rig to pick it back up and use the rig tongs to break the connection.
You would be surprised what a roughneck can tear up, hence the saying that "he could tear up a bowling ball with a rubber hammer".
A phsycologist was conducting an experiment in human behavior, so he found three roughnecks, gave them each a steel ball 12 inches in diameter, and after having them undress, locked them and the balls in a windowless, sealed room, with no furnishings, or access other than the door, which he locked after putting them inside. 3 hours later he came back to observe the results of his experiment, The first roughneck had broken his ball, the second had lost his, and the third was looking for something to put his in, so he could take it home with him.
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crewchief888
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ive bent more than one pipe wrench, and comb wrench working on const eq.
RAYJAY
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DaleK
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Did it to a 36" trying to free a seized nut on a shaft on an offset disk in the field. Couldn't get heat to it at the time. Managed to get the notched blades jammed against some bedrock so at least the shaft wouldn't turn, then put the pipewrench on with a 10' cheater pipe (4" heavy wall pipe) which didn't work so I ended up lowering the bucket on my loader tractor on the end of the pipe hard enough to lift the front wheels off the ground. Probably had 50,000 foot lbs on it when the nut decided to free up but the handle bent too.
chevelle67
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only 6 foot we done 8 foot plus and 2 to 3 guys on them .......
If I have to put more than 6' on a 36" I'll grab a 48" or a 60". I've seen two OSHA recordables because of monster cheaters on wrenches. The amount of energy released is shocking which is why I also won't let any of my guys jump or bounce on them.
oldwino
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Better question is, "anyone NOT done this with a pipe wrench?"
jabberwoki
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Laid a lot of pipe eh! must be a plumber(joking)
ihredo4
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If you haven't done that to a pipe wrench you are not working hard enough.
strnjss
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I always thought some were designed that way. I see more like that than straight
plinker
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Basin wrench is the proper name.
I've got a 10" Ridgid I got off ebay thats got a bend (has hammer hits).
The really stupid one is my brother got an 6" Ridgid at an auction thats the same way.
metal1313
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i bent a 60in ridgid at work when i was a plumber in manhattan, its not that hard really, i was however pulling down on and bouncing my weight up and down on the end of the wrench 45ft above a gym floor. the wrench was tied off, becuase those things are heavy
HandyManny
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There are lots of jobs out there that require the use of large hand tools including very large pipe wrenches. Your average car or pickup automotive mechanic may never do that very often. Your average residential plumber may not bend one that often on residential plumbing, but that same plumber may also take on a job or have worked on larger oil rigs, or industrial HVAC equipment, etc. Might have to turn a very large diameter solid steel shaft or something. I'm just glad to know that the iron used for those pipe wrenches is pretty maleable and will distort rather than just snap in two. Tools get used and some get used hard on the job. As for me, nope I've never bent a pipe wrench, but I have bent a 1/2 drive breaker bar before, hell I've completely twisted and distorted a tire iron before changing a flat.
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bayou985
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!!!!!Cheater!!!!! Non Mechanic wasn't smart enough to heat fitting or nut first
i got that wrench from my grandpa. and i asked him the something, how the hell do you do that. he was maintenance at GE and he said he a a big *** cog wheel or something along that line,that jammed up and used that wrench with a long *** cheatter bar and two guys hanging off of it. it is surprising what you will do to get the job done.
Like putting up with that ***** in the office