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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 03:34 PM
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Anyone use one before? The longest kobalt breaker bar is 14" and I'm not gonna spend $100+ on a snapon. BUT I need something like 18-25" long.
This is for Lug nuts.

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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 03:50 PM
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I use a 25" one from Northern Tool I picked up for $25-30. Kinda hard to make a crappy breaker bar in all honesty, they don't ratchet and the only moving part is at the end where it pivots to pop in the socket.
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by cheyenne383
I use a 25" one from Northern Tool I picked up for $25-30. Kinda hard to make a crappy breaker bar in all honesty, they don't ratchet and the only moving part is at the end where it pivots to pop in the socket.
I work at Northern Tool, we sell alot of those bars and every now and then one will get returned. The ones returned break right where the socket goes on, but never know if its from the material or hard use.
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 04:13 PM
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see I wanted one of those northern tool bars but Really don't wanna wait for the shipping. We don't have a store in our town Ordered my bully net from them and was happy with the shipping speed. Maybe I should buy one and wait out the hub install
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 04:16 PM
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you cant take off your lug nuts with something else?....
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 04:18 PM
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Prolly lug nuts on something bigger than a 1 ton truck..............I hope.
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by XLR8NSS
Prolly lug nuts on something bigger than a 1 ton truck..............I hope.
Then he needs to get a 1" drive impact
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 04:26 PM
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well i didn't wanna break my lil 3/8 ratchet. thats about the biggest driving tool i have.

I was able to put a socket on the 14" kobalt without taking it out of the package. To my amazement, it pulled off all the lugs with ease! It just looked so small.
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 04:44 PM
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I have a piece of thick wall conduit about 3.5 ft long, and a 18" breaker bar thats about a million years old, no name on it. I can general break or break loose anything I want. If that doesn't work there is always the smoke wrench.
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 04:51 PM
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Pics of the piece in talk of





This is Lucifer the Cat's approval for this tool

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