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Title: Bought This Wrench Friday for $3: Can You Identify?
Post by: Wascator on February 25, 2012, 05:14:28 PM

I have never seen one like it so I got it. I thought maybe it was intended to get the hub cover off wood-wheel auto hubs from the early 20th century. If anyone knows anythign about it I would like to hear from you.

Title: Re: Bought This Wrench Friday for $3: Can You Identify?
Post by: wrenchguy on February 25, 2012, 05:40:02 PM

i believe its for a firehydrant

Title: Re: Bought This Wrench Friday for $3: Can You Identify?
Post by: Papaw on February 25, 2012, 08:31:44 PM

Very few times were pentagonal wrenches for anything but fire hydrants.

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Title: Re: Bought This Wrench Friday for $3: Can You Identify?
Post by: mvwcnews on March 02, 2012, 10:42:10 PM

The curved end with the openings is for the lug on fire hose couplings; the pentagon is for the valve shaft in the hydrant, and the octagon is for the cover cap on the threaded outlet.   The trick is to find the brand of fire hydrant that had that size of octagonal cover caps.