Tool Talk
What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: moparthug on November 20, 2015, 03:26:53 PM
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Group of three wrenches I just purchased at a yard sale, I'm not familiar with any of them. The big one says APCO Mossburg 748. The medium one just has a patent date of April 28th 1903. And the hammer shaped one (not a hammer but square socket ends) is marked with B 341. Any ideas? Farm tools? I hope the picture comes through, my camera is... unique.
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The center one and the one on the right are drain plug wrenches.
The " hammer" shaped one may also be a lube wrench , but for a specific model, such as Ford
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The one on the right is an axle nut wrench patent 726782
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Do you know if it's an aftermarket axle nut wrench, or one from Ford or another brand? Thanks for the info.
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Believe it to be for buggy axle nuts
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There will be a name (or was a name) on the one on the right. As stated, it has nothing to do with Ford or any other other car. It was for buggy wagon axle nuts. Take a picture of the name side. Could be a common one or might be one with a rarer name on it.
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I stand corrected. Thanks for the education.
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The wrench on the right with the square offset box end has a patent date of April 28th, 1903. On the other side there is a name but it's very hard to read, it looks like (all in capital letters) HEERE, or KEERE, or something similar.
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DEERE??
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Probably is a Deere. The D often gets smudged enough to make it look like an H. That's how I bought my first one on ebay, was listed as a HEERE wrench, and not enough other keywords in the title to be found easily.
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Heres one stamped Ideal with same patent.
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Interesting. Deere, Ideal, and I just found one on an auction site with the brand name Babcock, all the exact same wrench. Was this common, having several manufacturers for the same tool?
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Interesting. Deere, Ideal, and I just found one on an auction site with the brand name Babcock, all the exact same wrench. Was this common, having several manufacturers for the same tool?
It was a very common practice, and was continued and probably still is continued some with chrome junk. There is at least 6 of the Ideal style with different names on them, might be more than 6 but that's how many I can think of off the top of my head. Is that a "C" I see on it also?
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Yes, the letter "C" is stamped into it between the round and first square cut outs. Does this mean anything?
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It's in conjunction with the sizes. D is larger and seems to be the harder Deere to find.
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The name is on the box you have there.
MOSSBERG
Please spell it correctly. Thanks,,,,,
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Interesting. Deere, Ideal, and I just found one on an auction site with the brand name Babcock, all the exact same wrench. Was this common, having several manufacturers for the same tool?
It was a very common practice, and was continued and probably still is continued some with chrome junk. There is at least 6 of the Ideal style with different names on them, might be more than 6 but that's how many I can think of off the top of my head. Is that a "C" I see on it also?
In this case the same casting company (Eberhard) made all these wrenches for the different buggy manufactuers.