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Originally Posted by Dargo  Question: how are the HF pipe wrenches? Anyone have any experience with them? |
I have mostly Ridgid brand pipe wrenches and they are darned good. I have friends with HF and they seem to work OK.
Here is my concern. I do have direct comparison knowledge of real VISE GRIP brand vise grips vs HF version of vise grips. I have various models and sizes of HF "vice grips" and some are crap but mostly the HF stuff works fairly well EXCEPT when you are trying to grip something like a dry wall screw shank (head is broken off) and in cases like that the real thing works really well and the cheapies from HF or other sources just don't work at all most of the time or work poorly. If I have to grip something sma
How does this relate to pipe wrenches? I'm not entirely sure but I'd buy one and test it before I bought a set or multiple copies just in case when you really needed to put some BIG TORQUE to something that the jaws hold well.
If I have to buy more pipe wrenches for any reason I will probably try one of the lightweight alloy handled HF units and test it, then if satisfied I cold buy more. Why light weight alloy handles? Because as you know these suckers are heavy, especially in larger sizes. Even little Rigid ones are a handful in hard to get to tight spaces.
If you take the plunge, let us know how the HF works ouit.
Pat