Guess the list price on this socket!!

[bobbyrae]

I got a good laugh out of all the responses so far! I was really amazed at the price myself. I would have never guessed. Some of you hit right in the general area, so you must have some familiarity with this stuff. The seller at eBay is only asking $140 + $14 shipping.

Weight? Right there in the list: 35.29 lbs. And yes, I didn't even notice that it was an impact socket at first. So try to imagine the impact wrench you'd need and what would THAT thing cost?!

Who ever buys tools like this must have to charge an hourly rate like $400 in order to be afford all these expensive tools! Makes me think of that old TV show from the 70's "Land of the Giants."

 

[Uncle Buck]

$2700-$3000

I am with him.

 

[petty4243]

so the list is 1273.29 not 12,000 as earlier stated... still a big chunk of money lol

 

[petty4243]

It's BIN for $140 on Ebay

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

I should have looked sooner, i browse that sellers items watching for my missing williams superrenches

 

[bchee]

I would love to have a socket that big.
That's nothing though
Check out Wright 3-1/2" DRIVE sockets

They have a 9-1/8" socket!!!!!!!!
http://www.wrighttool.com/pub/default.asp?catalog=0&title2=Sockets%2C+Ratchets+and+Attachments&oid={D9BD85AF-FF1F-11D3-8B5D-00A0C942294E}

 

[petty4243]

I would love to have a socket that big.
That's nothing though
Check out Wright 3-1/2" DRIVE sockets

They have a 9-1/8" socket!!!!!!!!

http://www.wrighttool.com/pub/default.asp?catalog=0&title2=Sockets%2C+Ratchets+and+Attachments&oid={D9BD85AF-FF1F-11D3-8B5D-00A0C942294E}

think about this... average persons head is between 7-8 inches(using hat sizes for referance)... could wear that as a hat...if your head could hold it lol

 

[-B-]

Pops used stuff that size before he retired left most of what the company bough him of that type of tooling there. Big torque multipliers are used some were air or stem driven depending on where in the plan he was .

 

[Vulturej]

$834.21

http://isctools.com/store/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=8-6156&Category_Code=P14

 

[mrb]

why do i so desperately want one of these???? Anyone notice the guys picture where he has a big mountain of them?

 

[alex71]

Yep, if there's room a crane wrench would be used with something like this. Stand clear!!!!

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.

 

[cortez]

If you have the necessary torque multiplier (or bob cat with a giant wrench) you can take apart the 8 lane Stevenson Expressway that goes over the Chicago River with that thing. It towers over the river 50 to 60 feet minimum.

Believe it or not the huge solid steel columns are bolted down with large nuts (around 4 to 5 inches) and do not seem to be otherwise secured.

Perhaps the government should at least weld the nut and bolts together!!

They probably figure that the weight alone will keep it from falling over if mischief to the bolts/nuts were to occur.

 

[Big Bad Jon]

think about this... average persons head is between 7-8 inches(using hat sizes for referance)... could wear that as a hat...if your head could hold it lol

I do not even think Big Bad Jon could ware that for a hat for very long!

 

[bchee]

think about this... average persons head is between 7-8 inches(using hat sizes for referance)... could wear that as a hat...if your head could hold it lol

why do i so desperately want one of these???? Anyone notice the guys picture where he has a big mountain of them?

I would definitely love to have one. I can foresee, however, wanting to keep getting a bigger and bigger one later. Curiously, I'm not interested in the ratchet, just the socket.


the 9-1/8" socket I would turn over and use it to pot a plant in.