wolfshieldrx Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Friend of mine found a couple of these in his dad's office after he passed away. Approximately two feet long from hex stock. Thanks...bart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinobi Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 if I stumbled across that in my office (civil engineering) I would say its a manhole cover pick, get the hooked end into one of the little holes of a manhole cover, lift up a bit and drag it off to the side to open up the shaft. that shape could be used in an awful lot of different applications though, so im sure there are other possibilities. what kind of work did your friends dad do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfshieldrx Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 Insurance! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Insurance! Lol Well there you go! It was to insure he could get a manhole open. You see similar tools pretty frequently, lots of lid lifters, pallet grabbers and thingamagiggy pullers, look just like that, sort of. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Also to manipulate shaker grates on coal stoves. I have one about 8' long for an industrial boiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ivan Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I've seen those used for separating baled hay and pulling manhole covers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalsmith21 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 You know when you get your house apraised for insurance coverage or when you get ready to sell the house and the insurance company sends someone our to evaulate your house? I believe the object in question is a rod to pull down the latter for the attic. other guesses would be: A disguised golf club A conversation starter An item to push up lowerd celing tiles to get at what ever is hiden like office golf clubs or banned snackfoods, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothBore Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Hex stock, of that sort, ... roughly 1/2" across the flats, ... is commonly used as the "shaft" in roller conveyor systems. When those rollers get damaged, the hex shaft is easily salvaged, and is very useful for all manner of "shop made" items. The point being, ... that the hex shape might not be important to it's intended use, ... and was just something that was "laying around" the shop, when a piece of bar stock was needed. For what it's worth ........ . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 If the hook was a little more bent inward I would have said a chain hook. We used then on the buoy tenders. But I think more of a manhole hook than anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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