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I read somewhere that someone made a truck receiver action wrench. Anyone have an idea who that was and how much they are?
 
Posts: 7782 | Location: Das heimat! | Registered: 10 October 2012Reply With Quote
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I bolted my barrel vise to a piece of hitch tubing.
 
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Easy to make or get made, weld a flat plate on a hitch bar, bolt on your barrel vice, voila, one barrel vice for your truck! Just make sure it's long enough that you can still twist the action/scope/stock a full 360º.
To be honest, I attached mine to a slider, the same I use for my wood vice, which I use to clamp my chainsaw to when sharpening it out in the boonies. It has a plate top and bottom, but the vice is a permanent fixture, while I remove the barrel vice.

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Cool there is a couple machine shops in town. I'll do that. Sounds like a very easy fix.
 
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10 or 15 years ago I was working out of a temporary shop without a solid bench so I attached the barrel vise to a 2 inch square tube to fit a receiver hitch. Worked great!

And to this day, my barrel vise is still wearing the same piece of 2 inch tube! Just clamp it into the bench vise when I need to use it!
 
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Never thought about doing this. I just pull mine loose from the bench. Roll Eyes coffee


As usual just my $.02
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Just use a strap wrench.
 
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Hey, just back the ole truck in the shop and...
 
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use a 3' of so long piece for room to swing tools. make sure the vise is flush against one side of the tube, and not in the middle.

if you need rock solid, put a floor jack under the end sticking out.
 
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