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| Mash Member Since: 09 Feb 2015 Location: Guernsey Posts: 1674   
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+1 for above
Although trying to teach this to some of the newer lads  |
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29th Mar 2015 3:04pm |
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| Fatboy Slim Member Since: 04 Feb 2008 Location: Bridgend Posts: 1006 
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Depends what you're doing with it. Myself and every other field engineer I work with would be in a right pickle without them. Plus, a good quality one will rarely cause damage where a poor quality one will 80% of the time.
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29th Mar 2015 3:24pm |
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| lambert.the.farmer Member Since: 11 Apr 2012 Location: harrogate Posts: 2006  
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I'm not disputing that an adjustable is rough but as the jimny has a very limited load capacity filling it up with 30kg of spanners just to do what amounts to farm bodge repairs seems a little excessive when less than a kilo of adjustable will do the same jobs adequately. Yes for programmed servicing and repairs then loading up the jimny into a mobile workshop with every flavour of sockets and spanners and everything else is sensible and appropriate but so is having a light box with a few basic hammers and grips and screwdriver that is easy to just lift in to do field work. Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon.
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29th Mar 2015 3:42pm |
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| Rickydodah Member Since: 14 Jul 2014 Location: East Sussex Posts: 1091 |
For jobs around the farm I'd always have a selection of various size stillsons and a length of scaffold pole for when additional grunt was needed. I don't know if they're still in production but they made by Record the same as my vice come anvil. They're great as plough spanners, adjusting gates fixing pipes etc, they're coming up to around 50 years old now and apart from the handle on one is a bit bent ( Fordson Roadless wheel nuts) they're still in daily use.
 I started with nothing and still have most of it left! |
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29th Mar 2015 3:57pm |
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| Grouse Member Since: 16 Apr 2012 Location: on the hill Posts: 520 |
For those that don't realise the usefulness of a good quality adjustable - then your experience as a mechanic has been somewhat limited - there is a time and a place for all tools and I would never be without a decent adjustable - when all else fails they can save the day when you haven't got a suitable socket or ring spanner to fit. Most farm tractors would be boogered without one in the tool box
There is absolutely nothing wrong with a good adjustable - there is a right way and a wrong way to use them to avoid damage to nuts / bolts |
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30th Mar 2015 9:04pm |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610  
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I agree totally Grouse, nevertheless despite the OP requesting the recommendation for a good quality adjustable/shifter there will always be those that will offer........'The Correct Method Theory As An Alternative'.......a bit like Harry Enfield....
"You don't want to do it like that!"   If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!
Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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30th Mar 2015 9:14pm |
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| munch90 Member Since: 26 Oct 2013 Location: guildford Posts: 3558
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"experience as a mechanic has been somewhat limited"
Depends on what or who you call a mechanic guessing 99% of people would think of someone who works on road going vehicles and worked/owned garages for best part 40 years i cant remember using a adjustable on a car etc or seeing one used but would grab one if i was going out to work on my tractor ( only old bmc nuffield ) or topper , log splitter etc and say yes for emergency use in small tool kit carried But the word mechanic and adjustable shouldn't really be used together in the same sentence
no offence ment to grouse
after all that yes bahco are pretty good |
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30th Mar 2015 9:24pm |
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| Weston18 Member Since: 20 Oct 2013 Location: Norhamptonshire Posts: 93 
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For me its the Bacho 6" wide grip. Really well made and gets me through most situations. Its so versatile and is always kept in my pocket the 12" stays in the tool box. And for the big stuff the 36" has to come out
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30th Mar 2015 9:46pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17323 
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For conventional sized heads, on the very rare occasions I resort to an adjustable, it is a Bahco of the appropriate size. For bigger hex sizes I have a superb Facom adjustable of very large size with a nifty sprung adjuster screw, which allows rapid size adjustment.
My1908 steam crane was built at a time when all the fasteners were manufactured in house by the crane builder. Many of the head sizes are non-standard (or more commonly non-preferred "old Whitworth" and anything up to around 6" across flats) and an adjustable is the only alternative to manufacturing a spanner of the right size! |
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31st Mar 2015 8:02am |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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If you want to try something different
http://coolpile.com/tag/wrenches or Stanley TwinTec Ratcheting Multi Wrench https://youtu.be/mCYNguUtqAE or
or Hydrokinetic Adjustable Wrench |
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31st Mar 2015 3:05pm |
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| lambert.the.farmer Member Since: 11 Apr 2012 Location: harrogate Posts: 2006
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What did you have to go tell me about these for
 I now need all of them. Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon. |
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31st Mar 2015 4:46pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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If weight is really the issue:
all you need is deep pockets... |
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4th Apr 2015 7:49pm |
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| lambert.the.farmer Member Since: 11 Apr 2012 Location: harrogate Posts: 2006
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I am but a poor hill farmer much as I may want some carbon spanners I would have to sell the car to fund the tools for it.
Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon. |
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5th Apr 2015 7:01am |
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| lambert.the.farmer Member Since: 11 Apr 2012 Location: harrogate Posts: 2006
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Ok so I have an eclipse 10 inch adjustable, seems to be well made and whilst there's some movement of the jaws it is expected as if the tolerance was much tighter then it would bind up on itself. Time will tell how durable it is but first impressions of it are positive. And it was on amazon and really good value for money. Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon.
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16th Apr 2015 8:25pm |
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