I was riding my minibike behind my neighborhood in " SALT CREEK " which is a large dried up waterway that runs down between a bunch of farms & orchards, and I found this wrench.
My first thought is that it's for a Tractor, which considering where I found it makes sense.
I can't identify it though and the examples I was finding were shorter and in larger fastener sizes.
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It looks like a larger version of the wrench Sears use to supply with their table saws to change the blade. I am sure similar wrenches would have been supplied for other brands of saws through the years as well.
Kind of reminds me of an older fire hydrant wrench. How long has the creek been dry? Did they ever have to pump from it that you're aware of?
Quote from: AbiggerGarage on May 21, 2025, 05:14 AMKind of reminds me of an older fire hydrant wrench. How long has the creek been dry? Did they ever have to pump from it that you're aware of?
Hydrant wrenches are usually pentagon instead of hex. The wrench look like it has the remains of John Deere green paint on it, so that might be a clue.
Quote from: AbiggerGarage on May 21, 2025, 05:14 AMKind of reminds me of an older fire hydrant wrench. How long has the creek been dry? Did they ever have to pump from it that you're aware of?
I don't really know.
We have Salt creek behind my neighborhood which connects to elk creek and sand creek which can flood, but I don't know when they might have last had water constantly flowing through them.
Maybe back in 1866 when a large ranch was established that eventually became the town in the 1870's there might have been water.
People have been throwing junk & down there forever, most of it in that particular section is farm trash pile related, and closer towards me it's coming from the houses it runs behind.
Quote from: wilbilt on May 21, 2025, 10:36 AMQuote from: AbiggerGarage on May 21, 2025, 05:14 AMKind of reminds me of an older fire hydrant wrench. How long has the creek been dry? Did they ever have to pump from it that you're aware of?
Hydrant wrenches are usually pentagon instead of hex. The wrench look like it has the remains of John Deere green paint on it, so that might be a clue.
It was definitely painted green at some point but I don't think it's JD green and none of the numbers came back to anything JD.
That was my first thought though.
Google lense turns up this similar but larger wrench for an M4 Sherman Tank, that's clearly not it but maybe it's for track adjustment on a small bulldozer of some kind ?
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Don't stop at Deere green. Oliver & Case both used their own versions of green. New Idea farm equipment used green & orange. Agricultural or military- ? even industrial or railroad prior to OSHA colors.
Looks like a valve or bulkhead bolt type of tool. Probably not something in Joe Mechanic's tool box.
I found a similar wrench on Ebay,smaller but very similar looking and the same green color.
It's sold as a railroad wrench.
I don't recall you mentioning it being green in your first post. That changes my answer to your initial question. Given where you found it and it's green color I suspect it was some sort of adjustment wrench for a piece of equipment or a tractor.
Quote from: Uncle Buck on May 23, 2025, 04:32 AMI don't recall you mentioning it being green in your first post. That changes my answer to your initial question. Given where you found it and it's green color I suspect it was some sort of adjustment wrench for a piece of equipment or a tractor.
That was definitely my first thought.
The most similar wrenches I've found online were supposedly railroad related, but I can't confirm that the person calling theirs a railroad wrench was right.
The markings should be the key to definitively identifying it, but so far have not.
H & S
22612 if my notes are correct is an unmarked John Deere wrench 24in. long and a 1 3/4in. hex opening
Its been a while since I've been on. Hope this helps you.
Quote from: bill300d on Aug 15, 2025, 01:18 PMH & S
22612 if my notes are correct is an unmarked John Deere wrench 24in. long and a 1 3/4in. hex opening
Its been a while since I've been on. Hope this helps you.
Thanks for the info.