APCO Mossburg #748?

[moparthug]

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.

[Lostmind]

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

[jimwrench]

  The one on the right is an axle nut wrench patent 726782

[moparthug]

Do you know if it's an aftermarket axle nut wrench, or one from Ford or another brand? Thanks for the info.

[jimwrench]

 Believe it to be for buggy axle nuts

[rustcollector]

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.

[Lostmind]

I stand corrected. Thanks for the education.

[moparthug]

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.

[skipskip]

DEERE??

[rustcollector]

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.

[jimwrench]

 Heres one stamped Ideal with same patent.

[moparthug]

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?

[rustcollector]

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?

[moparthug]

Yes, the letter "C" is stamped into it between the round and first square cut outs. Does this mean anything?

[rustcollector]

It's in conjunction with the sizes. D is larger and seems to be the harder Deere to find.