And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
"The term ironworker’s spud wrench came from the ironworkers who made the wrench famous when lining up girders and beams to construct buildings. The name 'spud' comes from the Irish. They used a short dagger or knife they called a spud to dig up potatoes. Because the end of the wrench looked similar to the knife, the name spud caught on."
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I believe it's tapered so a pipe could be jammed onto the end for extra leverage.
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DeleteThe name 'spud' comes from the Irish. They used a short dagger or knife they called a spud to dig up potatoes. Because the end of the wrench looked similar to the knife, the name spud caught on."
I've used the same tool to wrangle trailer ball hitch nuts, with a lot of help from a cheater pipe. Many years of use no slop.
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