|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 35,293
Campfire 'Bwana
|
OP
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 35,293 |
hmm, yeah I guess I could see that.
Something clever here.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 54,284
Campfire Kahuna
|
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 54,284 |
9/16" and 1/2" jump right out. I use a 5/8" for changing oil a lot though and a 5/16" for tightening battery terminals.
I got no idea about the least-used. One size that is odd but I seem to need from time-to-time, is the 1 1/8". Lots of sets skip that size for some reason, going right from 1" to 1 1/4". Buying like, 1 1/8", 1 1/16" and 1 3/16" sizes individually ain't cheap either. Lots of times an adjustable just won't work too. So true, I've gone to town on a saturday before to buy one stupid 1 1/16 before. It does come out from time to time though. Seems some of my trailer hitch ball nuts are that size? The 15/16 sees a lot of use on my old tractor too. But that 13/16, that guy rides the bench for years between uses. Walmart's, Bass Pro and the like always have that size in some China-made wrench there by their trailer hitch accoutrements. I generally pay a little more and get Craftsman. I watch to make sure they say Made in USA though, as more and more they are not.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 35,293
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
OP
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 35,293 |
really? china stamp showing up on craftsman now too?
Something clever here.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 20,683
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 20,683 |
ahem Dave, how often do you use the 1 wrench?
mine only has a couple of scratches upon it determining "yep it ain't big enough"
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 35,293
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
OP
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 35,293 |
My 1" gets some use. I use the box end to hook into the open end on other wrenches for added leverage all the time... 
Something clever here.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 17,527
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 17,527 |
Funny, all my standard wrenches are basically unused, seems everything I touch needs a 12mm or 14mm.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 4,587
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 4,587 |
I would have to say 1/4 is the most used and 7/8 the least used by me. The biggest I have used at work has been 1 1/8 on a 60 ton AC.
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. - Mark Twain.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 24,851
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 24,851 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 14,180 Likes: 1
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 14,180 Likes: 1 |
1/2 most common lest used 3/16
Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 15,380
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 15,380 |
Cresent wrench; answers both questions.
Naw, I would have to say most used is 9/16 and least used is 11/16. 9/16 yup...left handed cresent wrench  ....the 15/16 in my set...
I work harder than a ugly stripper....
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 2,800
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 2,800 |
Most used 9/16 Big truck brakes
Least used 13/16
![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/jimmyd223/th_P1000031.jpg) "Until one has loved an animal, part of their soul remains unawakened."
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 28,261 Likes: 6
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 28,261 Likes: 6 |
It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 3,079
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 3,079 |
Most used is an 8" Crescent.
Least used is my 48" pipe wrench.
Alan
Food is at the core of Hunting and Fishing - Rebecca Gray
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 13,065
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 13,065 |
really? china stamp showing up on craftsman now too?
Lots of "Craftsman" stuff is China made nowdays Mike
Always talk to the old guys , they know stuff.
Jerry Miculek
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 927
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 927 |
Most used 9/16" with 1/2" a close second.
Least used seems like every other size I have.
Do use the 13/16" deep socket for plugs on small engines (yep the snowblower went to bed for the summer and the push mower came out last evening). Probably be a thousand dandelions in the yard when I get home from work today.
Last edited by bluffview; 05/19/11.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 13,945
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 13,945 |
During the years I spent as a job & die setter my single most frequently used tool was a 3/8" socket w/Allen key insert.
A 3/8" open end/combo wrench was every bit as necessary, but used mostly with a long, cut-off Allen key and cheater pipe to break loose and cinch down socket head bolts.
Least used was probably 1/4", anything.
Nowadays my most often needed wrench is the one I can't find and my least used wrench I seem to have some how accumulated five of.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 11,920
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 11,920 |
I think the 19/32 is used the least and have to go with a 1/2 or 9/16 for most used.
All the others get used a lot when you cut and bale hay.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 9,517
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 9,517 |
It once would have been 7/16" for most often used out of my box.
Least? 2" who knows.
Now? 10mm .
I am always reaching for a 10, for sumthin.
Least used ( but occas. needed 37 mm for BMW's )
or a 15 mm 3/4 length socket ( not a deep well, not short )
for BMW bike connecting rods.
Or the huge "star " wrench that removes the exhaust pipe nuts.
Seems Beemers have more special tools than any other I work on.
"wanna hear God laugh? Tell Him you have complete control now!"
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 1,867
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 1,867 |
My least used are 11/16" and 13/16", though they pop up from time to time - specifically if dealing with 7/16" studs.
My most used are pretty much all the rest, when it comes to working on farm equipment. 1 1/16" and 1 1/8" are pretty tore up, along with the 1 1/4". 1" fits the oil plugs on all my tractors.
Job I had before this one, we used a 3 7/8" knock wrench more than I cared for. One of them along with a 16lb sledge seperates the wheat from the chaff real quick.
God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,917 Likes: 2
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 7,917 Likes: 2 |
GOA
|
|
|
|
|
579 members (1minute, 204guy, 10gaugeman, 1lessdog, 1Longbow, 1936M71, 63 invisible),
2,373
guests, and
1,311
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,192,692
Posts18,494,126
Members73,977
| |
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
![[Linked Image]](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v209/jimmyd223/?action=view¤t=P1000031.jpg)
