Does anyone know what this tool was made for or who made it? It is a socket, 1-1/2” or 1-7/16” but I’ve never seen a socket with a square boss on it like this. It has been in our family for a long time but we don’t know anything about what it was for or where it came from. Markings are “SMF” and “S 6432”.
What is this thing? A tool question.
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cdeer001
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wssix99
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It looks like a rail road tool that might be used to adapt a wrench for attaching to a square/rectangular head screw spike and then adapting it to a hex bolt.
I think that’s it. Most of our family are farmers and there are a lot of bush hogs around here. Not sure why they would want a square adapter to a socket like that?
jack stand
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Probably so that you can put a big pipe wrench with a 6' pipe on it to loosen it farmer style. 
cdeer001
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Maybe to use a socket like this coupled with a 3/4-Inch Super Duty Air Impact Wrench? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DCVL6FD/?tag=atomicindus08-20
Chances are you are correct, or darned close to the truth!Probably so that you can put a big pipe wrench with a 6' pipe on it to loosen it farmer style.
58Yeoman
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At the price on the Germanbliss site, maybe you should clean it up and sell it. I'm about 40 minutes or so from Princeville.
rayra
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Yep, lug wrench or - weren't old segmented railway rails bolted to each other?