3/4" breaker bar needed

BretLuter · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:43 pm

I need a 3/4" breaker bar. Well, I own one, but someone has borrowed it and not returned it- and now they can't find it....... and I have a flat on the rear of my backhoe. I tried a 1/2-3/4" adapter with a big cheater pipe on it, but I broke 1 extension and a 1/2" Craftsman breaker bar (they call them "flex handles"...). The lug nuts are 1-1/2". I think my 1/2" air wrench would work- but the backhoe is about 1/10 mile away from the compressor.

I got 7 of the 8 loose with my electric DeWalt impact wrench- which kind of surprised me.... But the last one will not budge.

So, does anyone have one they can loan/sell me or does anyone know who sells these locally for ~$20-25. HF and Agri-Supply sell a whole 3/4" drive set with a bunch of sockets and a ratchet included with the breaker bar for like $50, Sears sells a 3/4" breaker bar only for $53. Provided the borrower of my set finds and returns it, I do not need a new bunch of 3/4" sockets, and I'd prefer to not spend $50+ on another 3/4" breaker.

Thanks!

Bret

Richard Casto · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:49 am

BretLuter wrote:

I think my 1/2" air wrench would work- but the backhoe is about 1/10 mile away from the compressor.

This isn't what you are asking for, but it "might" work. I have used a portable air tank to run some air tools away from my garage only compressor. I just took my 5 gallon (?) tank I use for autocross and just put on a standard air hose quick connect fittings on both the tank and the short hose. That allows me to use a longer hose as needed.

I have not tried this with an impact wrench however. The CFM requirements for the wrench may be so high that you may not get enough "hits" on the wrench via a small tank to break it loose.

BretLuter · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2007 8:46 pm

Found a 3/4" Breaker at Agri-supply today for ~$18. Looks like it will do the job with a cheater pipe on it. Appears to be pretty good quality- it's the "King Tony" brand, made in China (Duh)- I've bought some other King Tony tools from Agri-Supply in the past and they work well and have a good feel + finish.

FWIW- they have a pretty good selection of SAE and Metric tools, both a-la-carte and in sets for good prices. Definitely worth a look if you need something special for a one time job.

Also- in my online hunt for something to loosen this 1-1/2" lugnut, I came across a "Swench". Seems to be a military or serious heavy equipment mechanic type tool. It's ~$1300 new, alot less used on Ebay- saw one on there for ~$150 recently. Anyone ever heard of this tool, or used one??? Sounds like it might be worth owning......

http://www.powerhawk.com/pages/SWENCH/swench1.htm

Bret.

MikeWhitney · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:15 pm **Posts:** 4724

BretLuter wrote:

Also- in my online hunt for something to loosen this 1-1/2" lugnut, I came across a "Swench". Seems to be a military or serious heavy equipment mechanic type tool. It's ~$1300 new, alot less used on Ebay- saw one on there for ~$150 recently. Anyone ever heard of this tool, or used one??? Sounds like it might be worth owning......

http://www.powerhawk.com/pages/SWENCH/swench1.htm

Bret.

Man, that looks cool! But it also seems a recipe for bloody foreheads and broken knuckles, if you know what I mean. I'd expect when that thing "snaps" through 30 degrees of motion with a hundred pounds of body force acting on it, you better know where your hands are going to end up!

CosbyWood · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:56 pm

I like how the images show the Abrams tank with a small piece of wood being used to chock the tread to keep it from rolling. :lol:

Bernie Baake · **Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:56 am

Ever been on a carrier deck? They keep 60,000lb+ aircraft from rolling with chocks smaller than that.

Wes Eargle · **Joined:** Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:47 am **Posts:** 3683

Bernie Baake wrote:

Ever been on a carrier deck? They keep 60,000lb+ aircraft from rolling with chocks smaller than that.

Sure, but imagine that a plane is sitting on a massive conveyor belt, as wide and as long as a runway. The conveyor belt is designed to exactly match the speed of the wheels, moving in the opposite direction. Can the plane take off?

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:03 am

Wes Eargle wrote:

Bernie Baake wrote:

Ever been on a carrier deck? They keep 60,000lb+ aircraft from rolling with chocks smaller than that.

Sure, but imagine that a plane is sitting on a massive conveyor belt, as wide and as long as a runway. The conveyor belt is designed to exactly match the speed of the wheels, moving in the opposite direction. Can the plane take off?

That will get you banned, COLE!!

Kevin Allen · **Joined:** Thu Aug 28, 2003 6:42 pm **Posts:** 3479

That was Cole? I was thinking that one was somebody else. Wow, that was one of my favorite Intardnet threads ever.

Richard Casto · **Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:42 pm

Kevin Allen wrote:

That was Cole? I was thinking that one was somebody else. Wow, that was one of my favorite Intardnet threads ever.

Is that the one that I think Tom Hoppe (or someone else) had drawn up the spring against a wall constant force free energy machine to explain how crazy the logic was?

Aaron Buckley · **Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:47 pm

Richard Casto wrote:

Is that the one that I think Tom Hoppe (or someone else) had drawn up the spring against a wall constant force free energy machine to explain how crazy the logic was?

I like Hoppe, but he's no phsyics wizard. I'm pretty sure it was Jesse Naughton... he and Cole went at it for months. - AB

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