HUGE Wrench!

[Even Steven]

Picked this up from a guy who posted it on a local Craigslist ad. I have no idea what I'm going to do with it, but when I saw it, I had to buy it. I wonder if it will fit the fasteners that they use on parking lot pole lights!

Does anyone else have such a large wrench? If so, what do you use it for?

 

[930dreamer]

What size is it?

 

[Even Steven]

Oh sorry...it's 2 1/2" Proto Professional.

 

[NastyNate]

What did you pay for it???

 

[BBBC23]

I have a double open end 3 1/8 & 3 1/2. I will post pictures tonight.

 

[msnow]

I have a Wright 2-1/2 and that is where my collection stops. Here is a picture of me with a Proto 2-3/16. We were using it to take care of some hydraulic fittings, amongst other things. I am 5'10" for scale.

 

[Neodogg]

I used one and larger on various valves, what did you pay for it?

 

[DanCo]

Why do you need a parking light pole?

 

[AltecDarpa]

TSC here in Canada sells some giant wrenches, its a farm supply store so I imagine they are for fittings on tractors and stuff like that

 

[Even Steven]

What did you pay for it???

$10 was the asking price, so I just handed over the $10 and walked away with it. I don't think it has ever been used before.

Edit: I really had no idea what it's worth when I purchased it.

 

[Even Steven]

Why do you need a parking light pole?

I've always wanted one for my driveway.

 

[NastyNate]

$10 was the asking price, so I just handed over the $10 and walked away with it. I don't think it has ever been used before.

Edit: I really had no idea what it's worth when I purchased it.

wow nice find for $10.00

really nice find.....YOU ****.....

 

[Unearthed]

Thats not an uncommon size on heavy equipment. Roadtec shuttle buggy conveyer chain adjuster for an example...LOL. . I would have guessed it to cost around $200. I checked Grainger......$283.75.

 

[bmxr4life87]

Well major you ****

 

[Even Steven]

$283??? Really? Wow, I don't think the guy had any idea how much it would have cost new. Now I feel like I stole it.

Still though, I have no use whatsoever for it. I've never wrenched on anything anywhere near that size.

 

[Scout Driver]

Wow!! You ****!! Awesome buy.....even if you don't need it.

Scott

 

[Even Steven]

Wow!! You ****!! Awesome buy.....even if you don't need it.

Scott

Thanks. BTW, I'm a big fan of the Scout II. I've always wanted to get my hands on one and restore it from the frame up. Maybe some day....

 

[2wheelbob]

Funny story...I work on a ship and every 60 days we 'store up' with consumables (rags, wd-40, etc) and tools. The 1st engineer asked if we needed anything and one of the guys said he lost our 5/16" wrench. The 1st engineer said no problem and that he would order 2, one for immediate use and one to add to the gold locker. Two weeks later, amid all the boxes of supplies, we received one 2-5/16" combo wrench. The 1st engineer went nuts when he saw it and asked the Chief engineer why he ordered it. The Chief got out the 1st engineer's original, hand written, order list and showed the 1st where he had written down 2 - 5/16" combo wrench. Once they realized the mistake, they all had a good laugh. We searched the ship and couldn't find a nut or bolt that that wrench would fit so we made a special mount for it and hung it on the bulkhead as a conversation piece.

 

[Scout Driver]

Thanks. BTW, I'm a big fan of the Scout II. I've always wanted to get my hands on one and restore it from the frame up. Maybe some day....

Best of luck with your quest for a Scout. Keep looking because they are out there.

Scott

 

[oldtools]

I bought a 2-1/2 antique Armstrong wrench. Don't know what I will use it for. I couldn't turn it down for 25 cents.

 

[KX250Fmotoracer]

Jeez, Id be afraid of dropping a nut trying to lift that thing!

 

[isaac338]

My brother found a set of 10 (I think?) Snap-On wrenches in that kind of size (like 1 3/4 - 2 1/2) for $80 at a junk shop. We'll never have a use for them but they look cool hanging on the wall.

 

[oldtools]

Here is the large Armstrong wrench. I exchange that quarter for that wrench. I also have a railroad wrench that is about 4.5 - 5 feet long.

 

[Knuckle Buster]

The nut that holds the stump jumper to the gearbox shaft on my bush hog is 2-1/2''.

 

[Greatwhitewing]

I once used a 4-1/2" socket for a 3" bolt! We had to use TWO torque multipliers in series to get the torque. Even then I had a 10 foot cheater bar. I have a picture (print) somewhere I should scan in.. Was a mounting plate for a double row spherical bearing about 6 foot diameter. The plates were about 3" thick A36 steel.

Picked this up from a guy who posted it on a local Craigslist ad. I have no idea what I'm going to do with it, but when I saw it, I had to buy it. I wonder if it will fit the fasteners that they use on parking lot pole lights!

Does anyone else have such a large wrench? If so, what do you use it for?

 

[Even Steven]

I once used a 4-1/2" socket for a 3" bolt! .

Huh? Wouldn't a socket of that size be too big for a bolt of that size?

 

[plewlandsbob]

Huh? Wouldn't a socket of that size be too big for a bolt of that size?

The bolt was probably 3" thread diameter and the bolt head 4&1/2" across flats.
Have a 75mm open end wrench ,used for rear axle shaft nuts on Renault tractors.

 

[slob]

We have a whole rack of 2"+ wrenches at the railroad. And if we could get them at $10 a pop we'd probably have the ones we actually need.

 

[camarotoolman]

I just sold a 2-1/2"williams on feebay, $99 including ship. Guy worked in strip mine out west.

 

[Even Steven]

I just sold a 2-1/2"williams on feebay, $99 including ship. Guy worked in strip mine out west.

Considering the weight and size of a wrench like that, and the fact that you have to ship it all the way across the country, is it worth selling it for $99 including shipping? I mean, it can't be cheap to ship, right?

 

[rsieracki]

no kidding on the shipping..

im down in texas on business and ive been crusing pawn shops when i pass them... seem a lot of 1 1/2" - 3" +/- wrenches... so tempted but shipping them home are likely to cost a fortune...

*i have no 'real' need for such large wrenches.... except of course to fill empty spots in my sets that stop at 1 1/4"

 

[bmwohio]

I have a Wright 2-1/2 and that is where my collection stops. Here is a picture of me with a Proto 2-3/16. We were using it to take care of some hydraulic fittings, amongst other things. I am 5'10" for scale.

You kind of look like Sebastian Vettel in this pic.....same hat and everything

 

[bernietech]

loved my scouts. had a 66 or 67 convertable sport top w v-266 3 sp. then 71 II w 196 4 w 3spd. miss them both. if it wern't for the rust!!!! maybe some day another, but i doubt it.

bernie

 

[BBBC23]

Here is my wrench I use for 'little' jobs.

 

[Even Steven]

Hmm....I expected it to look a lot longer.

 

[pipehack]

got this huge wench for free...