Ratchets offer utility line workers flexibility

Aug. 4, 2010
These rugged tools generate enough torque to loosen and tighten utility pole hardware.

Utility line workers can use the two new dual-end ratchet wrenches from Lowell Corporation on a number of common pole fasteners, lab bolts and C clamps. Each wrench has a ratcheting socket at one end and a ratcheting box at the other. The manufacturer says these wrenches generate the torque necessary to loosen and tighten utility-pole hardware.

One model, 101TDE, is 8 inches in length and weighs 1-3/4 pounds. The other model, 103TDE, is 11 inches in length and weighs 2 pounds. The ratcheting socket end of each is a triple square, providing three sizes: three-fourths inch, one inch, and one-and-one-eighth inch. The other end is a ratcheting box hex with a low profile for use in tight spots. The two hex sizes are nine-sixteenths inches and three-quarter inches.

Both wrenches have fabricated steel handles. A bolt-through feature allows long bolts and threaded rods to pass completely through the wrench head. Each wrench also has a control lever on the head for reversing.

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