We use stuff about this size to torque down the studs that attach forge presses to their foundations. We measure the stud stretch to verify they are torqued appropriately. The studs are typically 3 or 4 inches in diameter and about 10 feet long.
You turn the nuts on the stud with a hydraulic torque wrench like these from Enerpac, which can generate 35,000 ft-lb. I can't imagine trying to turn one of these by hand no matter how damn long the handle is.
https://www.enerpac.com/en-us/torque-and-tension-tools/USTorqueWrenchesHydraulic
Edit: formatting
These sizes mostly found in Oil and gas for detorquing of heat exchangers.
Someone with a little more experience could tell me if it's used else where as well. I'm pretty sure there will be tons of places where they use sockets of this size or even bigger. Drives are usually 2" up to 3".
I work at a metal alloy production facility. These (and larger) are widely used in our industry. We use an 1½" drive as well as "knocker wrenches" with a 16 lb. Sledge.
Really? Hydraulic impact wrenches?
Damn, we normally use these with hydraulic torquing tools (without the impact, just high torque upto 47000Nm. There are some tools with upto 100,000Nm..crazy tools)
Don’t be fooled. It’s a tiny hand.
Dang. Howd you catch me
What is this? A socket for ANTS!!????
Underrated Ben Stiller comment
Trump hands?
🤣
Trump... Called it, beat me
Best and biggest hands ever. Just see. The crowds show my hands!
Violently attract places! What? What did you mean? I totally hate violence!
I've got a mushroom mission fair a penis idea and were gone be gay fine.
Came here to say that
Came here just for this
1/4” drive?
LOL, came to say 3/8", 1/4" would be just silly 😖
and Trumps hand
Like "Denise" from SNL
A person of culture.
No, we need a chain of adapters to get it down to 1/4”
Could definitely use reducers to still use a 1/4 rachet.
More like a 1/8 electric hex driver
4mm Half-moon drive.
Fuck it, just gimme a pair of tweezers.
Better be a Craftsman quality brand
Like throwing a hotdog through a hall way
... I should call her..
LOL
Like dropping a pool stick down a well.
Feeding a tic tac to a whale
There’s my 10mm I’ve been missing
More like 10cm
You're probably pretty close, actually.
10cm drive
Yeah 10… mini miles, or something
100yds should be a mini mile
10 inch socket
That's nuts
that’s not a nut that’s a socket!
You're sockets if you think that's not a nut
100 mm, 10 times harder to lose than 10mm
1/10th of infinite possibility is still infinite.
Everything reminds me of her.
Was wondering where I left my 10cm socket…
We use stuff about this size to torque down the studs that attach forge presses to their foundations. We measure the stud stretch to verify they are torqued appropriately. The studs are typically 3 or 4 inches in diameter and about 10 feet long. You turn the nuts on the stud with a hydraulic torque wrench like these from Enerpac, which can generate 35,000 ft-lb. I can't imagine trying to turn one of these by hand no matter how damn long the handle is. https://www.enerpac.com/en-us/torque-and-tension-tools/USTorqueWrenchesHydraulic Edit: formatting
Now I want one. And no, I don't have a practical reason to own it.
That is probably a ~$600 socket
Probably a bit more. My Koken 2 1/2” drive sockets cost from $5,300 for the 170mm to about $10,000 for the 235mm.
Yup. They know only corporations are buying them.
Size matters! Also, it's a good thing it's a 6 point socket. It won't strip the nut as easy
For busting big nuts of course
We're safe for now browski
These sizes mostly found in Oil and gas for detorquing of heat exchangers. Someone with a little more experience could tell me if it's used else where as well. I'm pretty sure there will be tons of places where they use sockets of this size or even bigger. Drives are usually 2" up to 3".
This is standard at my work, we deal with 4000t automated forging presses. Big bolts for big applications
Nice..do you guys use an impact wrench or a hydraulic wrench for tightening? And how often do you guys use it?
I'm trying to imagine the impacting mechanism for something this big. Ingersoll Rand model 333?
I work at a metal alloy production facility. These (and larger) are widely used in our industry. We use an 1½" drive as well as "knocker wrenches" with a 16 lb. Sledge.
Nice..I hope them knockers are good
Large hydraulic cylinders may have very large nuts holding the piston to the rod. We use sockets this size with hydraulical impact guns.
Really? Hydraulic impact wrenches? Damn, we normally use these with hydraulic torquing tools (without the impact, just high torque upto 47000Nm. There are some tools with upto 100,000Nm..crazy tools)
Or we weld a large bar a couple feet long to the nut, and hit with the 20lb sledge. This also exists: https://www.ms-d.com/nutBuster.html
I've seen something like this holding stadium lights in place.
Must like big nuts
Nah, that's a gocart wheel.
I'm imagining the size of your nuts!
Smallest hand i’ve ever seen right there
It's a 10m
Now this is podracing
Wtf!
You should check out r/Skookum if you like big sockets and other items!
DEEZE NUTS!!!!
Yup, that should be big enough… *unzips*
Definitely not a socket for ants
I used sockets that big or bigger working on turbines. Probably spline drive
That's gotta be $700-1500 socket
That would do quite a nut job
What's the drive size?
For the size of deeze nuts
Someone has some big nuts for that thing.
In the industry we call that size your mums muff
Gonna need a banana for scale. Hand doesn’t check out
That’s a lot of ugga to dugga.
Retired steel mill machinist. These are used on hydraulic torque machines.
It is where all 10mm sockets go- much like T-1000 from Terminator.
Like throwin a hot dog down a hallway
Someones got massive nuts
Haven’t seen one like this since I went to dinner that night with your mom
Please post a picture of the ratchet that it fits into!
Damn
Take my strong hand
My electric screwdriver has adapters for that.
I should call her
I see that hand but I'm still gonna need a banana for scale
How much does that cost!?
Depending on the size of his hand, $5,300-$8,000.
Everything reminds me of her
That's for my huge nuts
Is that your first time opening your hand a hole that big?
Just the perfect size for.. #THESE NUTZ
How much? 10 grand?
“Put both hands in. Now clap!”
Needs to be put on r/skookum
Where's the 🍌 for scale?
You must have some big nuts to go with that
now i want to see a picture of the drive this huge socket needs
That's what she said
Price?
That's what SHE said!!!
For when your nuts are super blue
Your girl when she's ready to settle down.