What were these used on

grandpa Love · Aug 28, 2018

More junk store stuff. Just curious.

JWA · Aug 28, 2018

Hammer wrenches, we used them on heavy industrial equipment.

M-MAN · Aug 28, 2018

Don't know but you can still buy them from the better toolmakers. The striking end is now rectangular. It's made for the final tightening to be done with a hammer.

JeremyR · Aug 28, 2018

Slugging wrenches for when you need to beat the heck out of things.

gab · Aug 28, 2018

Poor boys impact.

NEKS · Aug 28, 2018

That one in the middle looks like the one I borrowed to move the wheels out on my 986 and broke it. Had a hard time finding another one. Wasn't cheap either.

Moonlite37 · Aug 28, 2018

Yes, I have one size 1-5/16 that will fit on the wheel clamps on my 986. SnapOn, nearly worn out, About all you can easily use on the inside clamps

westga · Aug 28, 2018

Every compressor station on the pipeline had a full set. 3 1/4 inch was used often with a sledge hammer. Oh the good old days.

johnlobb · Aug 29, 2018

Slug wretches. We Pipefitters used them in refineries or powerhouses to remove flange bolts that had rusted tight because no one had used anti seize on the bolts when assembling them. I remember climbing over 50' in the air on a catalytic cracking tower to break flanges open using these type of wrench's. Fun, fun, fun! Builds upper body strength!

cwtech · Aug 29, 2018

I always knew them as STRIKING wrenches.

Evidently there are differences between striking wrenches and slugging wrenches, but the differences are unclear.

Proto makes both, some are 6 point, some are 12 point. ...Some are offset, some are straight. ....Some are heavy-duty, some are not.

There seems to be undefined differences. ....Maybe based on length or shape ????

Billy Shafer · Aug 29, 2018

I agree slug wrench. The middle one was easy to use with a cheater pipe.

Farmall plowboy · Aug 29, 2018

Slugging wrenches, used them in the navy more than I care to remember.

Logan in S.E. Texas · Aug 29, 2018

My first encounter with them was on an offshore drilling rig in 1981. They were called hammer wrenches. Two man operation, one guy held a rope tied to the handle to keep it snug and the other guy had a 12lb sledgehammer. I have been hanging from a air tugger 80ish feet above the water on a well head tightening bolts with nothing between me and the water. Fun times of my youth.

Russ from MN · Aug 29, 2018

The 2 outside ones we called slug wrenches, the center one is designed to put a tubular extension on. Used slug wrenches a lot in the paper mill, when loosening the nut on a 2 inch bolt an ordinary wrench would have to be 8 feet long!

CGID · Aug 29, 2018

Granger sells a wide variety of slug and striking wrenches. Both types are made to be pounded on and both come straight and offset. The slug wrenches are heavier made.

Tramway Guy · Aug 29, 2018

In the ski industry, they were used on Riblet bullwheel hub clamp bolts. Lots of time there?s no air or electricity around to power an impact wrench.

FLOLDFORD · Aug 29, 2018

My first experience with those was working on a Bucyrus Erie 1260 walking dragline back in the late 80's. Old dragline mechanic I worked with would tell me to beat on it until the nut wouldn't move and then beat on it some more and it might be tight enough. We have got a big chest of them at work but we don't use them much anymore as management has deem them a safety hazard. We now have hydraulic torque wrenches to use on large bolts and nuts. I do have a couple in my shop and they have come in handy over the years.

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