Guess the list price on this socket!!

[bobbyrae]

It's a Williams (division of Snap-on) 4-7/8". 1-1/2" drive! And yes, that is someone's cell phone laying inside it! No cheating by looking it up.

I was amazed at how expensive it is. Must be someone has to spend a week making it by hand.

 

[Autoguy]

100 dollars

 

[harrycaul]

Holy ****!


$400

 

[bobbyrae]

You guys are way off so far! I will post the answer in about a day.

 

[Merkava_4]

I'm wondering how much it weighs ... if it can even be picked up.

 

[Autoguy]

It must be a special order item.

 

[harrycaul]

$2700-$3000

 

[Fins/413]

Like the old story, if you need to ask you don't need to own it.

 

[goodfellow]

Expensive -- I'm bettin' that socket is around $4000 - $5000

 

[skipskip]

$250ish

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[cnyeco1]

I want to see what turns that big SOB, Ratchet (doubt it)?
Breaker bar (probably)?

 

[fatfillup]

I want to see what turns that big SOB, Ratchet (doubt it)?
Breaker bar (probably)?

Very large dude who you address as sir

 

[petty4243]

here is a link from a few onths back... 1 1/2 ratchet... is an old snap on ... went for $461.05 on ebay

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32173&highlight=ebay+ratchet+1/2&page=2

ebay listing

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Snap...Z130292268742QQptZMotorsQ5fAutomotiveQ5fTools


i added the basic pics from auction... there are more on the auction listing

 

[Eddie Hudson]

I'd say it cost about $12,000.

 

[Fedwrench]

Ok, what has nuts or bolts that big? I personally try not to work on anything bigger than a Surbrban or Expedition.
And you think you don't have enough room in your tool box, imagine what a set of those puppies weigh?

 

[petty4243]

Ok, what has nuts or bolts that big? I personally try not to work on anything bigger than a Surbrban or Expedition.

my first guyess would be power plants... the generator motors they have ... a person could stand inside the the bore of one of the cylinders...

also perhaps locomotive shops... keep in mind i am just guessin... never actually seen on at work lol

 

[daveblank]

I'm going to guess $1750


One from Grey Pneumatic is about $700

 

[v8garage]

I want to see what turns that big SOB, Ratchet (doubt it)?
Breaker bar (probably)?

There is a machine called a hydrotorque that is often used to torque these large sizes, Sometimes just use a torque multiplier. I have however seen a 2' drive air impact, but have never used one. It was a monster and took 2 men just to pick it up.

Ok, what has nuts or bolts that big? I personally try not to work on anything bigger than a Surbrban or Expedition.
And you think you don't have enough room in your tool box, imagine what a set of those puppies weigh?

Power plants, refineries, manufacturing facilities that have huge equipment
V/8

 

[The Muffin Man]

$1900 is my final answer.

 

[porschedude996TT]

Just a drive adapter at SO is $190 List, so I guess the socket is $600+. I wonder what the shipping and handling would be, another $150?

 

[Phang]

for the nuts at Sydney Harbour Bridge?

 

[Mike83]

For something that big the bolt is probably tensioned with a hydraulic tensioner (ie basically a jack that grabs the threads of the bolt, tensions it and the nut is run down. Release the jack and voila!)

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...s?q=hydraulic+bolt+tensioners&hl=en&sa=N&um=1

My guess is $1400

 

[old salvage]

My guess is $1400

yup,
I was gonna say 1200 to 1400 bucks.

 

[crashbumper]

Between $6,800 - $9,200

 

[Art From De Leon]

IIRC, when Snap On still showed them in their automotive catalogs and price lists, it would have been on the order of $1500-$1800.

I have a 1973 Snap On catalog, but NO price list, from when I started out, and it shows drive sizes up to 2 1/2" , and stocked sockets up to 5", with larger sizes available on special order.

Oilfield uses lots of LARGE fasteners.

 

[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

I'd guess around $2000.

 

[Rockaholic555]

I would say $1600

 

[-B-]

Original retail list price $12,000 in the September 8 2008 catalog

you failed to mention that it was an impact socket

 

[Mike83]

No cheating by looking it up.

Must have missed that part

 

[BigK600]

According to the Williams site they make a 8" socket.

 

[Bruce Lancaster]

Couple of sightings of LARGE nuts and wrenches: One of the earlier slant-deck aircraft carriers was still capable of going through the Panama Canal. To get through, one of the galleries along the side was removable. There was a gigantic wrench kept bolted to the side of the ship in the gallery, and of course canes to hoist it up onto the flight deck while changing oceans...I believe the ship also had to be tilted by flooding and emptying various tanks to squeak through.
And...displayed with the Queen Mary is, according to a friend, a gigantic open end wrench made for the nut holding the screw/propeller onto its shaft. It was rather short... I assume it was to be turned with a crane or something.

 

[Moose-LandTran]

Original retail list price $12,000 in the September 8 2008 catalog

you failed to mention that it was an impact socket

12 Grand? They must be having a laugh.

 

[dmw56]

for the nuts at Sydney Harbour Bridge?

Which one? The one on the right or left?

 

[kiall1987]

Biggest I mostly use is 46mm and 50mm and thats heavy plant , that socket much have a real special use

 

[pipehack]

1.00 dollar Bob.

 

[Big Bad Jon]

I dont know how much it might cost but after seeing it... I want one

 

[JeepsAreBuilt]

hrm.. how will Williams get that socket up the bean stalk ? its a long ways to climb with such a big/heavy socket..

 

[Big Bad Jon]

Jon, keep it away from the kid in the next bay...

No I am going to put it around his neck and throw him in the river.

Do we have a weight on the socket?

 

[Snappy]

1.00 dollar Bob.

I don't think it came from the flea market.

 

[forceyoda]

It's BIN for $140 on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/HUGE-WILLIAMS-I...s?hash=item5ad08af356&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116