Besco tool .... blacksmith???

[bird]

I have no idea what this one is.... help!!

[Aunt Phil]

If the size is right it looks like it would have been helpful pulling battery cables free from terminals.

[Papaw]

Aunt Phil is correct- BESCO 9857 Battery Terminal Pliers


Alloy Artifacts- BESCO giant battery terminal pliers, designed for lifting a cable clamp from a battery post. The handle has forged-in markings for "BESCO" and "Made in U.S.A." with a B-Shield logo in the center.

[turnnut]

Aunt Phil & Papaw are correct,  I have one just like that and have used it on my 1941 Farmall - A  tractor,
it works very well.

also have a few short clamp style post cable lifters.

[bird]

Thanks guys!!! You are the best!

[Lostmind]

That's a lot of tool just to remove a battery cable. Looks like it would do the job even if you didn't loosen the bolt!

[bird]

Was it made for larger stuff.... as in , not a car?

[Northwoods]

If you ever lost your bunion stretcher , it might work in a "pinch."

[Aunt Phil]

That's a lot of tool just to remove a battery cable. Looks like it would do the job even if you didn't loosen the bolt!

I was in a 38 Caddy Monday those tongs would have been perfect for.  Battery is mounted to the frame under the driver's right foot.  Pure sumbeach to get to, and the vacuum driven fan on the steering column is no help unless the engine is running.

[Papaw]

The battery in my old MGA was under the miniscule rear floorboard.

[Aunt Phil]

The battery in my old MGA was under the miniscule rear floorboard.

A model had a pair of 6 volt batterys, 1 behind each seat bulkhead with the driveshaft between them.
That red piece of sheet metal wasn't a floorboard, it was the battery cover, and the compartment above was storage for the convertible top.

[Bill Houghton]

The battery in my old MGA was under the miniscule rear floorboard.

A model had a pair of 6 volt batterys, 1 behind each seat bulkhead with the driveshaft between them.
That red piece of sheet metal wasn't a floorboard, it was the battery cover, and the compartment above was storage for the convertible top.

If I remember right, Triumph TR-3s had that arrangement.  I always wondered how many times the cable wound up on top of the driveshaft, slowly wearing through until the copper was in contact with the shaft.  Or, conversely, how exciting things got if the U-joint failed catastrophically and broke loose - battery acid everywhere.

Not that parts on British cars ever fail.

[mikeswrenches]

I sold a pair of those to a blacksmith who was going to use them to hold railroad spikes while he beat them into shape.  This was last year sometime.  He was at the November fly wheelers meet looking for another pair.  Said they worked real well.

Mike

[john k]

I wonder why a blacksmith didn't just make himself a pair, he already had the pattern?   Back when, 1920s, some battery clamps were solid, no bolt, one just wiggled it down over the post.  These would have been perfect for removing those. 

[jefftrin]

I am just amazed at the scope of things that people find and post on here. Thanks for sharing