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<p>I second the Knipex Cobra Pliers. I have been a long time fan of
Channellock brand. Knipex beats them all to heck. <br>
Cecil<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/10/2020 12:04 PM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bloomis@charter.net">bloomis@charter.net</a> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unless they are Knipex Cobras. My most used
tool at work. Any bag of tools that I’m taking to any job
includes two pair. I don’t even own Channellocks any longer. <o:p></o:p></p>
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Of </b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:toma@risingnet.net">toma@risingnet.net</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 10, 2020 9:25 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] Tractor tool box standard items.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0in">I did not believe in vicegrips for
many years but would not be without them now, they have to be
true irwins though. Water pump pliers can leave home.<br>
Tom<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sunday, 10 May 2020, 08:33AM -07:00 from
Indiana Robinson <a href="mailto:robinson46176@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">robinson46176@gmail.com</a>:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">During a lifetime of farming my
father and I and later my son and I built and
installed a lot of tool boxes on a lot of
tractors. Many factory tool boxes were kind of a
joke. The one in the left step/running board of
the new Jubilee Ford was OK for a plow wrench and
maybe a few lynch-pins or a hitch pin but it was
prone to fill with dirt and wouldn't keep anything
dry.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">They built a small box in
front of the base of the dash on my VAC Case
that if you want something out of it you first
spray it with wasp killer then drag the mouse
nest out of it...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The one on the TO-20 up under
the hood in front of the fuel tank isn't too bad
but needs to be larger.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Those things don't matter so
much these days but I do need to add some decent
boxes to the three or so small tractors I find
useful for daily use now. Those 3 are my TO-20
Ferguson, an 8N Ford and the VAC Case.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Being smaller tractors it can
a little harder to fit in a more useful toolbox.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a list of things I
like to always have at hand in a tractor tool
box. The first one is a decent sized ball peen
hammer. Not one of those tiny tappy things but
at least 16 oz. or larger. You never know when
you might just feel the need to pound the hell
out of something. :-) I prefer 2 adjustable
wrenches, one about 8" to 10" and one at least
12" and heavy for things like hitch-balls etc. I
also want a very sturdy straight screwdriver,
not something to tighten your glasses frames but
something that will survive using often as a
small crowbar or once in a while to actually
turn a big screw. I have also been buying a lot
of those fairly decent but low cost screwdrivers
that you pull out the shaft and can flip bits
around to have 2 straight blades and 2 Phillips
blades.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I want something in the
pliers family, a common pair is OK or water-pump
pliers or Vise-Grips. I'm pretty flexible there,
for cutting wire, working with cotter-pins etc.
On Vise-Grips see also "pounding the hell out of
something" above.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A place where the factories
failed was log chains, at least a 12' "tractor"
chain. What kind of fool goes out to work on a
farm (or on a group tractor drive) without a
chain.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For me a bonus is a spot for
a pair of limb loppers, an axe and a box for
rocks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And don't forget a drink
holder.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What did I miss?<o:p></o:p></p>
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Francis Robinson<br>
aka "farmer"<br>
Central Indiana USA<br>
<a href="mailto:robinson46176@gmail.com"
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