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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: swervncarz on May 18, 2013, 11:29:22 AM

Title: what's this huge wrench for?
Post by: swervncarz on May 18, 2013, 11:29:22 AM

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.

(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll88/swervncarz/0518131208_zpsfc4bd849.jpg)
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll88/swervncarz/0518131208a_zps637da317.jpg)

Title: Re: what's this huge wrench for?
Post by: wrenchguy on May 18, 2013, 12:27:57 PM

i'd say some kind of cog railroad wrench. maybe verona. cheater pipe probably needed. nice.

Title: Re: what's this huge wrench for?
Post by: RWalters on May 18, 2013, 11:19:39 PM

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.

Title: Re: what's this huge wrench for?
Post by: swervncarz on May 19, 2013, 09:45:35 AM

Thanks for the info...after some cleaning, i found these markings, does anyone recognize them?

(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll88/swervncarz/0519131040_zps274d676c.jpg)

Title: Re: what's this huge wrench for?
Post by: rusty on May 19, 2013, 12:24:56 PM

The heart shaped mark is likely Verona tool co (they made track wrenches etc)

Title: Re: what's this huge wrench for?
Post by: 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.

Title: Re: what's this huge wrench for?
Post by: swervncarz on May 19, 2013, 06:08:57 PM

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

Title: Re: what's this huge wrench for?
Post by: Papaw on May 19, 2013, 07:01:39 PM

Must be there- I see it also!

Title: Re: what's this huge wrench for?
Post by: rusty on May 19, 2013, 07:58:02 PM

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)

Title: Re: what's this huge wrench for?
Post by: Wrenchmensch on May 20, 2013, 10:40:44 AM

Old enough to remember the elephants doing the "heavy lifting" when it came time to erect circus tents.