Posted 7 years ago
fortapache
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This is something that would be rather difficult to ID had the price tag not said "Vintage Tractor Tool". A Google search of vintage tractor tools quickly confirmed this. Sadly I have not been able to narrow this down further. These were also called "multi tools" thank you fhrjr2.
This one is a rather heavy duty wrench for loosening and tightening the various bolts that would be found on a tractor. It probably came with the tractor. This has 4 heads for the various sized bolts and is a bit over 10" long. The only markings on it are a "C" and underneath are "188". May come in handy if I ever get a vintage tractor.
This was made by the Long Island Plow Co probably 1920s-1930s. Thank you again TallCakes.
ever poked around wrenchingnews.com? there are lots of similar tools there.
found one very similar in a current auction:
very last group on this page so scroll to end
C188 - U (Rock Island Plow Co.) - - 10" with hammer head. Marked on large end variation. Good, painted. (R1-400)
http://wrenchingnews.com/2017-york-auction/photos/S17-cb138-140.jpg
there's also the DATAMP, where you can browse by function:
http://www.datamp.org/index.php
When I was growing up these were called a multi tool. They were used on various equipment around the farm but depending on the sizes they also made them for various size gas fittings which were also called a multi tool.
Thank you very much TallCakes. That should be useful in dating it.
Thank you very much fhrjr2 for the additional information.
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officialfuel
fhrjr2
mikelv85
brunswick
JImam
elanski
blunderbuss2
Found it and then had to restart my computer and lost it. In the meantime......
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PoliticalPinbacks
Irishcollector
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buckethead
Thank you racer4four.
Thank you SEAN68.
I have one i have been trying to identify. I guess mine is for a different kind of tractor.
@fortapache: It is the "Rock Island Plow Company", as TallCakes said, as far as i can tell. I will see if i can find more on the date and tractor used on, if you wish.
http://www.farmcollector.com/company-history/roots-rock-island?slideshow=1
Thank you very much lugnuts. Hopefully some of the links here will help.
Thank you very much lzenglish. 1920s-1930s was as close as I could get. I finally found a place to put it about 2 nights ago.