On Jul 13, 11:37*am, Ignoramus23641 ignoramus23...@NOSPAM.
23641.invalid wrote:
I have two of these 36" Ridgid pipe wrenches:

*http://goo.gl/ZOm4N

One is steel and another is aluminum.

I want to keep one and sell another. My question is which one is
better. Aluminum one is a lot lighter, but is it as strong? Or does it
matter?

I am not a plumber, but once in a while I need to turn something that
does not want to turn, like a stuck engine etc. This is my use.

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If I had to only have one, it'd be the aluminum one, just because of
the weight. But you really need two if you're doing plumbing, you
HAVE to have a backing wrench unless you like twisting fittings off.
For barring stuff over where I've got a huge nut or flats, I've got a
wagon nut wrench, similar to a monkey wrench. Doesn't leave divots
like a pipe wrench will. You'll see them at farm auctions, they
usually go for little or nothing in a bucket with similar tools. A
crescent wrench kind of does the same job, but the wagon nut wrench is
a lot heftier and not so prone to shift size by itself.

Stan