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So, I may have mislead you folks a bit. We used to have two of these, and I don't know where the other is. This one was bent from using a loader,(blush), and patched up. My father bought them from a local blacksmith for $1.25 each. It is light because it was made from a driveshaft, tube, not solid. We use it a lot!
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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I thought this was about dance halls.
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I would call that a pinch bar.
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on the rig it was a "5 foot bar"
solid, you could get raunchy with it.
Dave
�The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz
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Went to the Stagecoach Ballroom in Fort Worth last Saturday to see Eddy Raven.
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My bar has no cover charge.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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I've got Grandpa's old bar. Solid, 1 1/4" or so, 5 ft long. Point on one end, hammered wide flat on the other, it's seen a lot of use over the last 100 or so years. Used it many a time to get through rock when digging post holes. I think I heard at one time it started out as a Model A truck axle? There's another that may of been a railroad iron at one time. 1 3/4" or so square with one end rounded to an edge, the other end drops down to about an inch dia. for 3 ft or so.
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Mine looks a lot like that except it's solid. Tamping posts with it will give you a workout!
Ed
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That's what make that bar nice, hollow tube. I wish I could find a couple more for the $1.25 it cost.
I have no idea what the driveshaft was?
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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I've got Grandpa's old bar. Solid, 1 1/4" or so, 5 ft long. Point on one end, hammered wide flat on the other, it's seen a lot of use over the last 100 or so years. Used it many a time to get through rock when digging post holes. I think I heard at one time it started out as a Model A truck axle? There's another that may of been a railroad iron at one time. 1 3/4" or so square with one end rounded to an edge, the other end drops down to about an inch dia. for 3 ft or so. sounds like mine. its been in the family for at least 50 years, no idea where it came from. its just right, not too heavy, yet heavy and stiff enough to pry or dig with. i have another one that is about 6 ft and flat on one end and a big nail head on the other. its ok for digging but too springy for prying. i think its made in china.
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You can’t beat a good bar
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sure you can. and it will take it.....
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We have a couple of 5 foot sections of octagonal bars. I think they were from an old rock drilling machine.
If you find yourself in a hole....quit digging
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"Two men walk into a bar, the third one ducks"
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Back in the 1950's and early 60's my grandfather had his bar out in his workshop building out back. I forgot exactly what it looked like but I remember it came from a 1923 chevy. He also had a utility trailer made from the front axle and a section of the frame from that very same car. The car had been junked a long time and during the early 1940's he pulled off the stuff he wanted to use and gave the rest of it to one of those WWII scrap drives according to what he told me back then.
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Going back to see TG Shepard this weekend.
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Going to see Cody Jenks Friday night, Jason Boland at the Coupland Ballroom on Saturday night
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