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Colonel428
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I don't have one of those but I use a dedicated socket wrench with a short, 13mm socket on it for bar nuts. Same concept and easier than using a scrench...
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I'm about to purchase. The 3/4 wrap on the 500i makes a regular scrench a PITA.
Karrl
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Too many moving parts for me, I like simplicity for this type of tool. I think it’d probably slow me down since all I do is bust it loose and then spin her off. I’ll pass on this one.
I'll pass on 18.99+ shipping, I do not like the idea of the T portion being so short since some of these saws need extra effort to tighten up the chain plus the reach needs to be pretty deep to get plugs out of some saws. If the bar nuts do not spin easily by hand then its time to clean or install new studs or nuts.
Thumper88
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I have one somewhere, but its not really any quicker than a standard scrench and it cost alot more to replace if its lost. I lose screnchs to the same purgatory rhat takes my good socks and every 10mm socket I own so i just buy the short cheap ones. I have several with the back cut flat since all my saws where 3/4 and full wraps.
Owner of RS hangs out on FB chainsaw repair group. He is from west coast.
Love them for the 3/4 and full wraps. What they were designed for.
Gen1 and Gen2.
Gen1 compared to a shorty.
Love them for the 3/4 and full wraps. What they were designed for.
Gen1 and Gen2.
Gen1 compared to a shorty.
ValleyForge
Liberty Farms
Made in China…
I bought 10 of these and gave them as gifts with each chainsaw re-conditioning. Great gimmick! I wonder how many true woodsman will give this novel gizmo the same props.
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Amazon has something similar, but without the screw driver end. Maybe grind and file the screw driver end?
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Cricket
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So has that got an end like a spud wrench, or is it a screwdriver end that just looks funny from the side?
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It is called a Podger Spanner, and used in construction of Scaffolding. It is a single purpose ratchet and a crowbar.
Cricket
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Interesting. That's a new one on me, thanks for the info.
ladnar
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Is this really the case (made in China)? I was wondering when the website said something like "support an american owned business" didn't say the tool was american made.
I will pass on this one. Too much chi-com stuff on the market today.
ValleyForge
Liberty Farms
sadly, yes…I chatted with the owner and he said he sourced non-slave labor in China to make it. I was disappointed too….I turned him on to several US tool manufacturers, have to wait and see….
I took a stand too, and did not buy one….
Geeze, all he has to do is farm it out to one of a dozen other countries that can make it. But, I wonder what the price point difference actually is between US made and other than China. It fits the current scrench holders I have on all my working saws so I’m interested.
Parts, trimmers, saws, etc. All 3 of the big 3 invested millions in their plants over there. No saving is passed onto us.
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On the fence long enough. I ordered mine from RatchetScrench.com.
When I have the right tool, the work to be done is quick and painless. When I have to work with some inferior or awkward tool, I look for reasons to put off the task.
When I have the right tool, the work to be done is quick and painless. When I have to work with some inferior or awkward tool, I look for reasons to put off the task.
