handy tool.

[rustred]

some time u need the real thing.

 

[Janicholson]

Drum Bung wrench. Jim

 

[rustred]

yep, i remember going with dad to buy gas in barrels, was 11.00 in the 1960's. now this fall i was buying it in barrels for 250.00.

 

[Ultradog MN]

Similar experience here.
There was a gas war going on. Remember those?
Price went down to 20 cents/gal at one place and I went with Dad to get a barrel full.
That would have been summer of 1969. We had just moved onto Grandpa's farm.
I just looked it up on an inflation calculator.
$.20 in 1969 = $168 today. Still cheap.
Edit: forgot the decimal point. Should be $1.68

This post was edited by Ultradog MN on 10/20/2023 at 02:10 am.

 

[caterpillar guy]

I just stick a couple broken rake teeth in beside the bar and turn it with another bar to loosen bungs in oil barrels. I have aos used a set of slipjoint pliers with the jaws stuck in and twisted them open. I've never had a bung wrench.

 

[cwtech]

Is that drum wrench Bronze or Beryllium ?

 

[DoubleO7]

(quoted from post at 10:52:46 10/20/23) Is that drum wrench Bronze or Beryllium ?

Or maybe magnesium.

But probably just aluminum.