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.

i

"Ignoramus23641" wrote in message
...
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.

i

I am just an amateur home plumber too, but I do see that the aluminum
wrenches command higher prices. They are a lot easier to lug around. I
doubt you would ever be able to break or bend either.

I would mention that if you are actually working on pipes, you often want
two similar wrenches to apply opposite torques on either side of the joint.
Otherwise something might come undone that was not supposed to. That said,
you would have to have some pretty big iron pipes to really take advantage
of these.

On Jul 13, 2:02*pm, "anorton"
wrote:
"Ignoramus23641" wrote in message

...

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.

i

I am just an amateur home plumber too, but I do see that the aluminum
wrenches command higher prices. *They are a lot easier to lug around. *I
doubt you would ever be able to break or bend either.

I would mention that if you are actually working on pipes, you often want
two similar wrenches to apply opposite torques on either side of the joint.

On Jul 13, 1:02*pm, "anorton"
wrote:
"Ignoramus23641" wrote in message

...

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.

i

I am just an amateur home plumber too, but I do see that the aluminum
wrenches command higher prices. *They are a lot easier to lug around. *I
doubt you would ever be able to break or bend either.

I would mention that if you are actually working on pipes, you often want
two similar wrenches to apply opposite torques on either side of the joint.

I am just an amateur home plumber too, but I do see that the aluminum
wrenches command higher prices. They are a lot easier to lug around. I
doubt you would ever be able to break or bend either.

Maybe so; maybe no.

If a pipe wrench isn't quite long enough, folks find a section of
galvanized pipe to increase the leverage.

Reasonable qualify steel is stronger that most aluminum.

If you don't use either tool routinely the weight doesn't make much
difference. Were I the OP, I would "sell" the aluminum wrench; it
would likely fetch more money and the steel wrench would likely tolerate
abuse like using a galvanized pipe to increase the leverage.

On Jul 13, 1:37*pm, 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.

i

a) you'll get more money for the Al wrench, and seeing as how you're
not lugging it all over the place every day, the extra weight of the
iron wrench shouldn't be a problem. The Al wrench is plenty strong.

b) If it was me, I'd keep both. I did a minor change to the steam
heating pipes in my house and thought I'd be OK with one 24" and one
36" wrench. I would have been way better off with a pair of 36"
wrenches.

On 2011-07-13, rangerssuck wrote:
On Jul 13, 1:37?pm, 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.

i

a) you'll get more money for the Al wrench, and seeing as how you're
not lugging it all over the place every day, the extra weight of the
iron wrench shouldn't be a problem. The Al wrench is plenty strong.

b) If it was me, I'd keep both. I did a minor change to the steam
heating pipes in my house and thought I'd be OK with one 24" and one
36" wrench. I would have been way better off with a pair of 36"
wrenches.


Thanks. I have a 14", 24", and now I have a 36" one. I think that I
will be OK with just one 36 incher.

i

On 7/13/2011 4:06 PM, Ignoramus23641 wrote:
....
Thanks. I have a 14", 24", and now I have a 36" one. I think that I
will be OK with just one 36 incher.
....

I can't count otomh them, but if you don't want it, send it here; I'll
find a time it will undoubtedly be used....

--

On Jul 13, 12:37*pm, 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.

i

Keep the aluminum one. Less likely to get you in trouble, plus, you
aren't getting any younger...G

Joe

Ignoramus23641 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.


Hmm.

If subject to too much torque, the aluminum wrench will bend, the iron
wrench will break. "Too much" is probably greater for the cast iron wrench.
How much greater, I know not, nor whether it matters in the real world.

On Jul 13, 12:37*pm, 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.

i

I would also suggest making some cheater bars out of pipe when you get
the chance...sometime in the future you WILL use them.

Remember me when those bars make that impossible job possible. ;)

TMT

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.

i

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

"Ignoramus23641" wrote in message
...
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.

i

I'd keep the aluminum. So much easier to lug a round where you are working,
etc.

"Ignoramus23641" wrote in message
...
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.


Who gives a **** unless they have to pack it around with them from job site
to job site.

Here's the deal...pipe wrench jaws DO wear out over time and they get dull
and then they slip, eventually you throw either them away or you buy new
jaws for them if they're available.

--so, my advice is that since they are both made by Ridgid would be to just
keep the one whose jaws aren't already all ****ed up and sell the other one.

That said, sometimes you actually DO need two LARGE pipe wrenches to do a
job--I know this because it has personally happened exactly twice during my
lifetime....

On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:44:39 -0700, "PrecisionmachinisT"
wrote:


"Ignoramus23641" wrote in message
m...
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.


Who gives a **** unless they have to pack it around with them from job site
to job site.

Here's the deal...pipe wrench jaws DO wear out over time and they get dull
and then they slip, eventually you throw either them away or you buy new
jaws for them if they're available.

--so, my advice is that since they are both made by Ridgid would be to just
keep the one whose jaws aren't already all ****ed up and sell the other one.

That said, sometimes you actually DO need two LARGE pipe wrenches to do a
job--I know this because it has personally happened exactly twice during my
lifetime....

Once, about 50 years ago, I found a need to use three pipe wrenches on
a single length of pipe. I set them up in tripod formation to act as a
pipe vise which was not available.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

On 2011-07-14, PrecisionmachinisT wrote:

"Ignoramus23641" wrote in message
...
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.


Who gives a **** unless they have to pack it around with them from job site
to job site.

Here's the deal...pipe wrench jaws DO wear out over time and they get dull
and then they slip, eventually you throw either them away or you buy new
jaws for them if they're available.

--so, my advice is that since they are both made by Ridgid would be to just
keep the one whose jaws aren't already all ****ed up and sell the other one.

That said, sometimes you actually DO need two LARGE pipe wrenches to do a
job--I know this because it has personally happened exactly twice during my
lifetime....



Besides the wrenches, I brought home a big box with a bunch of Ridgid
parts, and specifically brand new movable jaws and heels. The ones I
have are for 14 inch and 24 inch pipe wrenches.

After looking at all my wrenches, and cleaning the jaws of the 36
inchers, I have decided that all their jaws are in a serviceable
condition, and do not warrant replacement.

(I also have a shipload of Rigid threading die replacementss).

i

On Jul 13, 10:44*pm, "PrecisionmachinisT"
wrote:
"Ignoramus23641" wrote in message

...

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.

Who gives a **** unless they have to pack it around with them from job site
to job site.

Here's the deal...pipe wrench jaws DO wear out over time and they get dull
and then they slip, eventually you throw either them away or you buy new
jaws for them if they're available.

--so, my advice is that since they are both made by Ridgid would be to just
keep the one whose jaws aren't already all ****ed up and sell the other one.

That said, sometimes you actually DO need two LARGE pipe wrenches to do a
job--I know this because it has personally happened exactly twice during my
lifetime....

I have a set of smooth jaws for my larger wrenches that are used when
I want to minimize damage to the item being adjusted.

TMT

"Ignoramus23641" wrote in message
...
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.

I


I have both aluminum and steel wrenches. For direct hand power only I
prefer the aluminum. If I need to add a 6-8 foot cheater bar like to turn
an axle on a stuck moss in a cotton gin I would go with the steel hands
down. For plumbing around the house I always reach for the aluminum ones.

P.S. Anybody besides me ever try to unstick a stuck moss during a cotton
fire to get the burning material out and save the screens?

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:59:37 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote:

"Ignoramus23641" wrote in message
m...
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.

I


I have both aluminum and steel wrenches. For direct hand power only I
prefer the aluminum. If I need to add a 6-8 foot cheater bar like to turn
an axle on a stuck moss in a cotton gin I would go with the steel hands
down. For plumbing around the house I always reach for the aluminum ones.

P.S. Anybody besides me ever try to unstick a stuck moss during a cotton
fire to get the burning material out and save the screens?



Closest i came is a fire in a large round hay baler. Tried to save the
baler and lost it. Did manage to disconnect and save the tractor. Went
on to lose 35 acres of wind rowed and large hay bales.

That was 40 years ago. I still carry a 100# inverted LP tank filled
with water and compressed air with a water hose and nozzle when ever
using any machine processing dry hay/straw.

Karl

"Karl Townsend" wrote in message
...

That was 40 years ago. I still carry a 100# inverted LP tank filled
with water and compressed air with a water hose and nozzle when ever
using any machine processing dry hay/straw.


Would one of those pressure tanks for wells work better ?
Just charge it up close attached (by you) faucet and you're ready to go.

D.A. Tsenuf wrote:
"Karl Townsend" wrote in message
...

That was 40 years ago. I still carry a 100# inverted LP tank filled
with water and compressed air with a water hose and nozzle when ever
using any machine processing dry hay/straw.


Would one of those pressure tanks for wells work better ?
Just charge it up close attached (by you) faucet and you're ready to
go.

There are no faucets in the middle of a hay field.

There are often rabbits. Perhaps that was what you were thinking about?

"HeyBub" wrote in message
...
D.A. Tsenuf wrote:
"Karl Townsend" wrote in message
...

That was 40 years ago. I still carry a 100# inverted LP tank filled
with water and compressed air with a water hose and nozzle when ever
using any machine processing dry hay/straw.


Would one of those pressure tanks for wells work better ?
Just charge it up close attached (by you) faucet and you're ready to
go.

There are no faucets in the middle of a hay field.

There are often rabbits. Perhaps that was what you were thinking about?


sigh
1) Install a garden hose faucet on the pressure tank
2) Connect to faucet house on house system
3) Charge tank
4) Disconnect from house system,

When water is needed open faucet on tank..
(Pressure in tank will make water come out...)

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:59:37 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote:

"Ignoramus23641" wrote in message
m...
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.

I


I have both aluminum and steel wrenches. For direct hand power only I
prefer the aluminum. If I need to add a 6-8 foot cheater bar like to turn
an axle on a stuck moss in a cotton gin I would go with the steel hands
down. For plumbing around the house I always reach for the aluminum ones.

I agree. And I live and have worked in the oil fields



P.S. Anybody besides me ever try to unstick a stuck moss during a cotton
fire to get the burning material out and save the screens?




Whenever a Liberal utters the term "Common Sense approach"....grab your
wallet, your ass, and your guns because the sombitch is about to do
something damned nasty to all three of them.

"Ignoramus23641" wrote in message
...
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.

i

You already know the answer to this, you just don't know you
know..............

Look at both of them. Which one looks the best?

Keep that one.

If it is Ridgid, that is like keeping a Starrett tool. It's a no brainer.

And keep in mind in the future for that ONE time when you will actually need
two 36" wrenches, and it will pay for all the time it has sat in the
corner........... For a lot of years, I had a 36" Crescent wrench I got
from my Dad. It got lots of comments regarding overkill, but when you
needed it, nothing else would do.

Unless you are a plumber reefing on pipes all day, even the cheap Chinese
stuff will work. But if you can get a deal on a quality tool, that's good,
too.

Just a thought from my humble experiences.

Steve

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