What would this wrench be used for? It's 29" long. It does have some numbers but i can't make it out yet, i didn't get a chance to clean it up yet.
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i'd say some kind of cog railroad wrench. maybe verona. cheater pipe probably needed. nice.
Wrenchguy's on the right track, no pun intended. It's a track wrench. Brings back memories of a mispent summer on the railroad long, long ago. How long ago? It was on the Milwaukee Road. It's called a speed wrench. You put it on the track bolt nut, get as much of a turn as you can and slip it back until it grabs again. Repeat and repeat again until it's time to break for lunch. Turns out a company in Ohio, Railroad Tools and Solutions, still makes them. They call it a a speed wrench/ratchet action wrench.
Thanks for the info...after some cleaning, i found these markings, does anyone recognize them?
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The heart shaped mark is likely Verona tool co (they made track wrenches etc)
I see a horse balancing a ball on his nose to the right of the 1.
ah, maybe not.
Quote from: HeelSpur on May 19, 2013, 01:47:43 PM
I see a horse balancing a ball on his nose to the right of the 1.
ah, maybe not.
haha... I see it too
Must be there- I see it also!
Perhaps it requires one horsepower to crank the wrench.
Or it escaped from the circus train.
(Old enough to remember the elephants walking down main street)
Old enough to remember the elephants doing the "heavy lifting" when it came time to erect circus tents.