What Is The Name Of This Awesome Tool?

[Forty Niner]

Yep, that one has lots of names. Around here it is referred to as a "Texas toothpick"

 

[Ed ke6bnl]

I put my mill on a steel plate with about 5 in pipe legs and can easily move it with a pallet jack.

 

[ThinWoodsman]

Nose bar according to these guys. Those wheeled ones are great, but still haven't picked up or built one.

 

[jmarkwolf]

I think ice spuds may be employed as well.

 

[chips&more]

There will be a lot of force on the very short fulcrum of the business end of whatever named bar you use. I would not skimp on your selection. You do not want the bar breaking/failing. Keep your fingers out of harms way. And that goes for the rest of your body too. When moving heavy metal/objects, please be safe!

 

[Eddyde]

The one I like best, has a point on one end and a slightly bent flat on the other.
Like this:

Ludell 60 in., 14 lb. Slate Heavy-Duty Bar 50040 - The Home Depot

The Ludell model 50040, 60 in., 14 lb. Slate Heavy Duty Bar combines performance and pricing for a great value. This 14 lb. all steel bar is drop forged and heat treated. This is a professional grade digging and prying bar that is engineered for durability and all around use in. construction...

www.homedepot.com

 

[higgite]

"What Is The Name Of This Awesome Tool?"

Fred.

Well, somebody had to say it.

Tom

 

[RJSakowski]

The bar illustrated in post# 9 is commonly called a pinch bar. Sears and Roebuck called it that in their 1915 tool catalog and McMaster Carr calls it that. When the beveled end has a bend, it is apparently called a pry bar although there are a number of different names associated with it. I have seen it referred to as a tommy bar. When the other end was bent into a hook and both ends had a slit for pulling nails, I have known that as a crow bar.

Back in the days when heavy machinery was moved without the benefit of a fork lift or pallet jack, long bars were used as levers. I recall seeing pictures of riggers using 5 & 6 ft. bars moving machinery. I haven't been able to locate any relevant photos though.

I have an assortment of bars in various configurations, ranging from about 15" to 5 ft., and have used them on multiple occasions for moving heavy objects.

 

[tjb]

You can stand on the end of it and it won't bend.

Mine, too. I made mine long enough where I can stand on one end, place the other end under the mill and tilt it with one hand.

 

[Mitch Alsup]

You can also use what is known as a toe-jack. It has a little finger that runs up into the slot in the BP and you can jack it up and roll it around.