Plomb Lug Wrench

[john k]

Here is a picture of what I think of at the mention "tire iron"  this one being from the time period a 4.00 x 19 inch tire was the norm.   Found in the bottom of a bucket at a flea market.   Sure was surprised when I saw the GOODYEAR, is about 7 inches long.  A comment on the big 4-way lug wrenches, when the air wrenches came in, the 4-ways eventually ended up on the service truck or wrecker, where they got beat to heck or lost, a possible reason why they are so seldom seen.  The cheap ones, I've stood on, twisted, talked at, trying to get a stubborn nut off a car by the side of the road.  I remember the one in my school car, on the 3/4in. socket end, there was a 300 degree twist visible in the forging line! 

[rusty]

>Sure was surprised when I saw the GOODYEAR

I have one somewhere that says 'Diamond', took a while to figure out diamond was a rubber co that made tires (long gone)

I have wondered if perhaps the tire companys were giving these out to the tire guys for advertising....

[v8garage]

This is what I am referring to when I say "tire iron" or "tire spoon".

[skipskip]

I went thru my stack o lug wrenches, 4 ways and crosses and found that most of them are no-name.

I did find these:

SK

Ken tool ( makers of tire equipment)

 Bonney


I assume these were made by someone else and re-branded, except the Ken.


Skip

[B17E1943]

I hope I'm not breaking protocol by responding to this so late ... Anyway, this is SO cool, never seen one before. I have an old Cman 4-way lug wrench but it isn't nearly as neat as this.

[jabberwoki]

My friend Dale in cali just got me a P&C one of those but thats the first Plvmb i`ve seen.