48" pipe wrench anyone?

[1320stang]

https://goo.io/nJwYmJ

 

[Packard V8]

The 48" length is not uncommon - I've got one inherited from my father. That the one in the craigslisting is bronze! OK is oil patch territory. Just picture the lunch box and the guy carrying it when the 48" bronze wrench walked away :>)

thnx, jack vines

 

[Art From De Leon]

You really need a 60" Rigid.

"Non skid"

 

[fatfillup]

Any idea of what that would sell for new? I know bronze is expensive. I have a SO bronze hammer that list for $90 and a bronze drift that sells for $50. It also is very heavy, I'm thinking heavier than steel, but not sure.

Just know I wouldn't want to use it much.

 

[Moose-LandTran]

I have a 36" Snap-on pipe wrench. It has yet to be used.

 

[bgott]

I have a 36" Ridgid pipe wrench. I got it at an estate sale for $5. I use it at least twice a week. I had the lid switch go out in my washing machine a couple of years ago and I was in a hurry. I pried up the top and twisted the wires on the switch together so I could finish the load and get out of town. I screwed up the clips that hold the top when I did it so now the top just sits on the machine. I set the pipe wrench on top of the washer when I do a load, it keeps the top from bouncing off when the washer hits the spin cycle. $5 well spent, and I might actually get to use the wrench for what it was meant for one day.

 

[jkrswld]

I have a 36" Ridgid pipe wrench. I got it at an estate sale for $5. I use it at least twice a week. I had the lid switch go out in my washing machine a couple of years ago and I was in a hurry. I pried up the top and twisted the wires on the switch together so I could finish the load and get out of town. I screwed up the clips that hold the top when I did it so now the top just sits on the machine. I set the pipe wrench on top of the washer when I do a load, it keeps the top from bouncing off when the washer hits the spin cycle. $5 well spent, and I might actually get to use the wrench for what it was meant for one day.

For a second I was thinking you were going to say you pried something massive out of the washer with it - but hey using it as dead weight is still using it, right?

 

[walrus]

I blew up a steel 48" pipe wrench using a back hoe to pull on a 6" pipe plug in an undergroung tank, the plug never moved

I have an aluminum 36" rigid in my work truck, rarely use it though

 

[fatfillup]

Have a customer with a 48' ridgid that was bent. Asked him how it got bent. When they have a gland nut on a hydraulic cylinder that won't budge, they will put the pipe wrench on the gland nut, bring the Cat d9 dozer over and lower the blade on the wrench. Hasn't broken one yet.

 

[1320stang]

I figured the non skid may refer to the bikini... :shrug:

 

[sk farmer]

i think non skid may be the brand, it surely is not a ridgid pipe wrench.

 

[Bustawrench]

I've got two aluminum 48's and a steel 60 in my garage........all Ridgids.

Don't use 'em too often, but when you need to unscrew a 4" ****** or bend some steel stock, they can't be beat.

 

[metal1313]

i have an al 48" and a steel 48", both ridgids. theres also all sizes from 8" up to 36" in steel, a few off set al. all ridgid, all bought used. i think i paid 50 for most of the collection on ebay a few years back. then there is big mama, a 72 incher that of course only got used above the floor. it took two guys to get it into place and then i hung and bounced on it. i hated that thing with a passion

 

[Thedroid]

I think its an AMPCO non sparking wrench. I bet it cost a fortune new.



Here it is.
http://ampcosafetytools.thomasnet.com/item/wrench-pipe/wrench-pipe-bronze/w-216-id-3832-?&seo=110&plpver=10

Looks like they go for close to a g new. Pretty specialized wrench there.

 

[Honda 1]

+1 on the Ridgid pipe wrenches. They are excellent tools!