Pry bar larger than 60"?

[dowmace]

I service and install generators for a living, from small home standy 15kw, all the way up to the 1mw and bigger.

I usually crane them off the truck and onto a concrete pad but often enough they need some massaging to get perfectly in place. I've got a 72" rock bar that I use a lot. I've also come to use my 36" snap on indexable bar too but I am looking for a very nice very large pry bar. The biggest one I can get from the truck is a 60" I'd really like a 72" or bigger pry bar with a nice handle on it, preferably in GREEN!


Anybody know where I might find one? I haven't been able to find one bigger than 60" really anywhere.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Green , no. Handle, no. 72", no. I know three strikes but we have a few at the fire dept that are fairly tough and red. You can look for a place locally that sells to fire depts or find a place online like these guys. This one is 66"

http://www.lncurtis.com/onlineshop-...SSIDE&utm_medium=NaturalSS&utm_campaign=SSIDE


Try searching for pinch crow bar.

 

[Quick01GT]

I have a Matco adjustable indexable one, not sure of the part number but it extends longer than 60" and is BADASS! I'm a union ironworker by the way and have been using it everyday for the past 6 months with zero issues.

 

[Danglerb]

HF sells a monster, almost an inch thick, as a "digging bar" but its a 6' 17 lb pry bar $28 before coupon. http://www.harborfreight.com/72-inch-17-lb-digging-bar-94083.html

 

[dr_clyde]

Prybars aren't exactly rocket surgery. Just fab up a nice custom one to suit your needs. I have a bunch of custom made prybars. Once you get above a certain size, stuff like heat treat and steel alloy matter less because the human input doesn't change proportionate to the strength of the steel as the bar gets bigger.

 

[blacK20]

Do you need the curved tip of a handled prybar? If not, what's wrong with just a big wrecking bar.

 

[A_Pmech]

Sounds to me like you want a rigger's nose bar.

http://www.easternrigging.com/prybar.htm

 

[littletoes]

Johnson Bar.....check 'em out, you'll love 'em.

If your moving heavy things, this is what you want;

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200387625_200387625

 

[shampoop]

Railroad pry bar.

 

[oldldh]

HF sells a monster, almost an inch thick, as a "digging bar" but its a 6' 17 lb pry bar $28 before coupon. http://www.harborfreight.com/72-inch-17-lb-digging-bar-94083.html

This!!!

With a big enough lever, you can move the World!!!

 

[Danglerb]

Talking about something solid on a smooth surface, maybe a pry bar with a VERY short lip/nose/beak whatever its called so the length of the lever creates much more force with little lift.

 

[Hpozzuoli]

I move very heavey objects (commercial washers). I use a piano bar. Basically a long bar with little wheels on the end. There's are a little tip on the end to help get under and lift the object. I use this to pull these machines off their bases for repair work or to line new machines up with their mounting studs. Much the same thing you are doing. I know you want a nicer looking Prybar but there isn't one out there. I searched because I was looking for the same thing. To be honest I don't think a regular Prybar would move any of these machines. It would just bend and eventually snap. If I remember I will snap a pic next time I am at the store. I keep them there. Too big to lug around.

 

[ez-duzit]

Had a professional machinery mover move my lathe and vertical mill (2,000 lbs) into my shop. His family has been in that business for over 100 years. And he used just a large, simple bar with a bent tip, no wheels or other embellishments.

 

[A_Pmech]

Had a professional machinery mover move my lathe and vertical mill (2,000 lbs) into my shop. His family has been in that business for over 100 years. And he used just a large, simple bar with a bent tip, no wheels or other embellishments.

It's called a nose bar.

 

[mjozefow]

It's called a nose bar.

But what if you want a big pry bar with only a bent tip? Then what?

 

[mechan]

I move very heavey objects (commercial washers). I use a piano bar. Basically a long bar with little wheels on the end. There's are a little tip on the end to help get under and lift the object. I use this to pull these machines off their bases for repair work or to line new machines up with their mounting studs. Much the same thing you are doing. I know you want a nicer looking Prybar but there isn't one out there. I searched because I was looking for the same thing. To be honest I don't think a regular Prybar would move any of these machines. It would just bend and eventually snap. If I remember I will snap a pic next time I am at the store. I keep them there. Too big to lug around.

Johnson Bar.... ?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_D1sP-NndkqU/SqpX7Z0nzOI/AAAAAAAAQ4E/AOQEIyG2haE/s400/IMG_9004.jpg

http://www.mtviewsupply.com/rental/...AR 4250 LB__2012-05-19_04_17_13_34-025[1].jpg

 

[kunkernator]

http://www.amazon.com/Mayhew-Dominator-40162-58-C-Pry/dp/B000NADILU

Mayhew 58'' w/handle. Made in USA, great bar. I have one. I know it isn't 72'', but it does have a handle.

 

[Hpozzuoli]

Johnson Bar.... ?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_D1sP-NndkqU/SqpX7Z0nzOI/AAAAAAAAQ4E/AOQEIyG2haE/s400/IMG_9004.jpg

http://www.mtviewsupply.com/rental/...AR 4250 LB__2012-05-19_04_17_13_34-025[1].jpg

Same thing..use three for a piano..one on each leg to roll it.

 

[dos zetas]

I have a railroad bar 7 feet long, one end is sharp and the other is a wedge, with a split for pulling spikes.
No idea if they are still made.

 

[dowmace]

A riggers nose bar looks to be very close to what I want.

I can't use a johnson bar because some of the are going on pads that are maybe a 1 foot of excess around the genset so theres no way to use the wheels. I have a digging bar that gets used often but was really hoping to find a bent tip bar, the mayhew is very nice and probably as close as I can get.

 

[justanengineer]

Maybe its just me, but I buy big pry bars whenever theyre reasonably cheap simply bc I never seem to have one thats "just right" for the job at hand. I just bought two more (36" and 48" IIRC) last weekend for $6 each. Not sure if theres a difference, but I always called them pinch bars with the curved tip, not nose bars. Tire spoons are also very handy to keep around...