Now this is what you call a pry bar!

[High Octane]

Ok so its not the biggest but its pretty heavy duty. I remember using it to break up cement sidewalks when I was a kid. I got it from my father who I think acquired it when he used to work on the railroad. Im not worried about ever bending this thing, love it even though its pretty heavy.

 

[blacK20]

Good stuff. Anybody can always use a bigger bar.

 

[littletoes]

Good bars come in handy, in so many ways!

Cool for keeping it in the family! Don't hurt yourself, keep your fingers out of pinch points!

 

[bas157]

I have a few similiar to that, they sure can come in handy sometimes! Also have some that are longer with the one end turning into a square with a chisel-like tip on, though I think that one is more of a digging bar. My one friend calls them something along the lines of 'my heavy metal pieces of scarey death'

 

[PT Doc]

Im not worried about ever bending this thing, love it even though its pretty heavy.

One end is already bent.

 

[Big Gus]

I have a bar similar to that. It's quite handy.

Don't ever get rid of it.

 

[High Octane]

Yeah I don't plan on getting rid of it. Been great for me. If I ever have a son, he can go through what I did and break up cement Haha

 

[BigAl62]

That's called a "tankers bar". The Army used them back in WWII to replace tracks on Sherman tanks. Yes, they still make them, but the military doesn't use them anymore (as far as I know). Quite handy, I don't have one, but I've borrowed them from coworkers (My tool box isn't big enough to store one and if I left it out it would "walk" off!).

 

[Moose-LandTran]

Ok so its not the biggest but its pretty heavy duty. I remember using it to break up cement sidewalks when I was a kid. I got it from my father who I think acquired it when he used to work on the railroad. Im not worried about ever bending this thing, love it even though its pretty heavy.

We call that a slewing bar over here, used for working on railway train tracks.

 

[Outlawmws]

We call that a slewing bar over here, used for working on railway train tracks.

Yep, slewing bar.

 

[High Octane]

Learn something new everyday. All I know is its American made LOL

 

[plinker]

Thats just a small one! But very nice!

My Dads got a 6' bar (it's pointed on one end, chisel type on the other), I think he got it at an auction. It's marked "bell telephone" or something like that.

 

[dragoocoda]

My Grandfather had a 6ft. pry bar.. Turned out it was a driveshaft from a Model T. Thing weighed a TON!!

 

[diesel research]

That's called a "tankers bar". The Army used them back in WWII to replace tracks on Sherman tanks. Yes, they still make them, but the military doesn't use them anymore (as far as I know). Quite handy, I don't have one, but I've borrowed them from coworkers (My tool box isn't big enough to store one and if I left it out it would "walk" off!).

I did not serve in WW2!!!

The tankers bar was GREAT! I was even given one to take home with me.

I never used it to install tracks, I would pay out my winch and pull the tracks over the sprockets OR pull the vehicle over the tracks. I would aslo use a bobcat for this purpose. Nothing like seeing a bobcat pull a 35 ton vehicle

I would use the tanker bar for stabbing engines to help align them or transmissions/crossdrives.

I would use them to "roll over" 5ton engines for transmission/main bearing repair.

Also use them as a slide hammer or long drift punch. Could reach from one side and knock out axle seals on the other side. Had a bolt welded to the end which acted as a hook, and a few swift pulls backwards would do the work of a slide hammer.

 

[Lomotil]

Ok so its not the biggest but its pretty heavy duty. I remember using it to break up cement sidewalks when I was a kid. I got it from my father who I think acquired it when he used to work on the railroad. Im not worried about ever bending this thing, love it even though its pretty heavy.

Very nice!

I saved a similar rod from being scrapped a year or two ago, it doesn't have the bent prying side, I think it's about 5-6' long, probably originally meant for loosening up dirt when digging straight down.

Great score!

 

[High Octane]

Yeah its pretty cool when you have total faith in a tool not breaking on you. Now the part you're prying on, that's a different story.

 

[Brad54]

Got one from my great-uncle's farm when they had the auction, along with a big-*** bolt cutter.
My dad said "What the hell are you ever going to do with a prybar that big? You work on cars, not farm equipment." (I was 25 at the time)

I've used it a bunch.
Everyone needs a great-big prybar (and I've actually got one 6-foot bar too), and everyone needs a big 1/2-inch drill, even if you only use them once or twice a year.

-Brad

 

[srmofo]

I always called them spud bars. I have one thats at least 6'. I found it in a field. Unfortunately it has a bow in it, but still works great for prying and breaking concrete up.

 

[Spareparts]

I was working in Ellis Ks and went to a small machine shop to get some welding supplies and one of the guys was on a trip hammer making bars like that out of left over drill rod pieces. I got one about 4' and one 8' for about $10.00 each. I llent the long one to a friend and he cut it up for pins for his dump truck tail gate and threw the rest in the scrap. I never lent him anything else. They are about 1" or 1 1/8" in dia. and tough as nails still have the short one and use it regularly. That was in 1978, they took scrap and made something useful, good business,

 

[geologist]

I would use the tanker bar for stabbing engines to help align them or transmissions/crossdrives.

I would use them to "roll over" 5ton engines for transmission/main bearing repair.

Also use them as a slide hammer or long drift punch. Could reach from one side and knock out axle seals on the other side. Had a bolt welded to the end which acted as a hook, and a few swift pulls backwards would do the work of a slide hammer.

When I was in the Army, we used to time each other to see which crew had the fastest "power pack" swap. Of course I had a slightly different method of transportation:

 

[diesel research]

When I was in the Army, we used to time each other to see which crew had the fastest "power pack" swap. Of course I had a slightly different method of transportation:

The abrahms turbine is on the ground running (ground hopped) in 30 minutes. Pretty much whole thing is quick disconnects.

(I know an mlrs is not an abrahms)

 

[BigAl62]

I did not serve in WW2!!!

The tankers bar was GREAT! I was even given one to take home with me.

I never used it to install tracks, I would pay out my winch and pull the tracks over the sprockets OR pull the vehicle over the tracks. I would aslo use a bobcat for this purpose. Nothing like seeing a bobcat pull a 35 ton vehicle

I would use the tanker bar for stabbing engines to help align them or transmissions/crossdrives.

I would use them to "roll over" 5ton engines for transmission/main bearing repair.

Also use them as a slide hammer or long drift punch. Could reach from one side and knock out axle seals on the other side. Had a bolt welded to the end which acted as a hook, and a few swift pulls backwards would do the work of a slide hammer.

I didn't serve in WWII either (I'm not THAT old! ), but I knew guys who were (also Korean conflict, Viet Nam, Grenada, Panama, Desert Storm, etc.). so I've heard about all sorts of stuff!

 

[GoBlue]

I always called them spud bars. I have one thats at least 6'. I found it in a field. Unfortunately it has a bow in it, but still works great for prying and breaking concrete up.

ive known them as spuds too