Bolt cutter attachment

[jniolon]

from google "Lens"

https://everythingold.ca/collection...ducts/wwii-german-combat-pioneer-wire-cutters

 

[Pitalplace]

These cutters were in a 1972 Chev pickup fire truck that we just sold. No one has used these in the last probably 30 years that I know of and no one will be using them on any electrical wires.

 

[showcrop]

Funny you should re read the post I originally responded to and if you still want to you can turn things around however you guys so desire. There wasn’t no mention of no house burning down. If there was that would be a known wire not an unknown wire that bud is THE BIG DIFFERENCE!
IMHO

Twenty-one years old? Eighteen years old?

 

[Brian G. NY]

These cutters were in a 1972 Chev pickup fire truck that we just sold. No one has used these in the last probably 30 years that I know of and no one will be using them on any electrical wires.

Your original post indicated you might have wanted to know what they could have been used for.
It seems you may have gotten the answer to that question.
The fact that they will probably never be used for that purpose again may be wise.
However, they may have served a very useful purpose in the past and may even have helped save a life or two.

 

[Steve in IL]

These cutters were in a 1972 Chev pickup fire truck that we just sold. No one has used these in the last probably 30 years that I know of and no one will be using them on any electrical wires.

Any photos of the ‘72 Pickup? Hopefully it went for big $!!

 

[DoubleO7]

Any photos of the ‘72 Pickup? Hopefully it went for big $!!

I bet it did go for bigger bucks than what the department thought it would! Especially if parked indoors all the time.

 

[Pitalplace]

Any photos of the ‘72 Pickup? Hopefully it went for big $!!

I don't have pictures but it sold on big iron for I believe $18,500

 

[Pitalplace]

I bet it did go for bigger bucks than what the department thought it would! Especially if parked indoors all the time.

Way more than we thought. It was always was indoors in a heated barn.

 

[47fivewindow]

from google "Lens"

https://everythingold.ca/collection...ducts/wwii-german-combat-pioneer-wire-cutters

We have the answer , I bet they had it to get the fire truck through a fence if they had to do it quickly. Burning barn with locked gate?

 

[JMOR]

We have the answer , I bet they had it to get the fire truck through a fence if they had to do it quickly. Burning barn with locked gate?

Maybe an attempt to imitate, but I see a difference in a 'fixed' guide plate and the guides being part of the moveable cutting jaws.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

Maybe an attempt to imitate, but I see a difference in a 'fixed' guide plate and the guides being part of the moveable cutting jaws.

If the fire is on the other side of the razor wire, through no man's land...

 

[bc]

I could see using it like the jaws of life. Squeeze to cut and spread to open something up.

 

[Jim.ME]

The attachment is one piece, it will not spread wider when the jaws open. It only guides the material to be cut into the jaws or might be hooked over something to pull it towards the person running the cutters. It is not like the one jniolon posted a link to, that one the hooks are a part of the jaws and move with the jaws.

 

[JMOR]

I could see using it like the jaws of life. Squeeze to cut and spread to open something up.

I don't think those longer hooked guides move on the cutters in the original post, but u probably right on the later unit posted.

 

[bc]

The attachment is one piece, it will not spread wider when the jaws open. It only guides the material to be cut into the jaws or might be hooked over something to pull it towards the person running the cutters. It is not like the one jniolon posted a link to, that one the hooks are a part of the jaws and move with the jaws.

I can see where the jaws would help snag a moving aerial wire and cut it but not one on the ground but maybe a little help with cutting part of a triplex.

 

[Jim.ME]

I can see where the jaws would help snag a moving aerial wire and cut it but not one on the ground but maybe a little help with cutting part of a triplex.

You posted: "I could see using it like the jaws of life. Squeeze to cut and spread to open something up." It does not spread, the attachment has a fixed opening.

 

[Jim.ME]

Electrical cutters have bypassing jaws for the most part. Given the type of cutting jaws on the OP's cutters, I believe those would be intended to be used to cut rebar, chain, locks, steel wire and cable type items. Those might be encountered in a house fire and more so in rescue work at accidents, collapses, and such, which many fire departments respond to. The fiberglass handles should make them a bit lighter and give a bit of protection if a live wire was encountered.

 

[Scott 730]

You posted: "I could see using it like the jaws of life. Squeeze to cut and spread to open something up." It does not spread, the attachment has a fixed opening.

Funny how many responding here missed seeing this. Again, it would be nice if folks had to have a location in their profile. IF the OP is from a ranching and livestock area of the country the likely sole purpose of this cutter was to open fences to allow passage of the brush fire rig. The guide on the jaws would simply be a time saver vs trying to get the wire into the small jaw opening when under stress.

 

[Pitalplace]

Funny how many responding here missed seeing this. Again, it would be nice if folks had to have a location in their profile. IF the OP is from a ranching and livestock area of the country the likely sole purpose of this cutter was to open fences to allow passage of the brush fire rig. The guide on the jaws would simply be a time saver vs trying to get the wire into the small jaw opening when under stress.

Sorry I didn't even realize my location wasn't here. It was when first was a member of this forum back when it first started.

 

[bc]

You posted: "I could see using it like the jaws of life. Squeeze to cut and spread to open something up." It does not spread, the attachment has a fixed opening.

I read and understood that it was stationary in your post #33. You still can snag a moving aerial wire with the hook to stop it from moving before reengaging the wire to cut it. Sorry you had trouble understanding the flow of things. Jeez.