Battery carrier tool...old school

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Battery carrier tool...old school

Post by Jack Putnam, in Ohio » Sun Nov 15, 2020 8:52 pm

Interesting design on this battery tool. Perhaps not a well thought out design, but well built. What are your thoughts? Probably was not a big seller.
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Re: Battery carrier tool...old school

Post by big2bird » Sun Nov 15, 2020 9:00 pm

Being a retired electrician, I can tell you that is an accident looking for a place to happen.

Ever see a wet cell battery explode? Not pretty.

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Re: Battery carrier tool...old school

Post by DanTreace » Sun Nov 15, 2020 9:02 pm

Shocking to me :shock:
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Re: Battery carrier tool...old school

Post by big2bird » Sun Nov 15, 2020 9:15 pm

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This is what you want. Same idea, but safer. Mine gave up after 45 years. This one is two years old.

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Re: Battery carrier tool...old school

Post by DanTreace » Sun Nov 15, 2020 9:30 pm

quote " Mine gave up after 45 years. This one is two years old."





Mine must have had less use, still going strong after 54 years ;)



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Re: Battery carrier tool...old school

Post by Harry Lillo » Sun Nov 15, 2020 9:55 pm

I wonder if this tool was a link used to connect two batteries for series battery charging?
I have seen pictures where a number of batteries were hooked in series for charging at charging stations.
Few people had their own battery chargers. We never even had electricity at our house until 1967.
If our battery was dead on the 41 Dodge truck we would wait until someone came to visit.
We would take their battery out, start our truck then put our battery in the 41 to charge it up.
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Re: Battery carrier tool...old school

Post by dhosh » Sun Nov 15, 2020 10:01 pm

Jack.... Not a good idea if both ends are connected.... But you can carry and sling a battery around by just one terminal. Another 'not a good idea', though! Lol!

BigBird... I have one just like that.... Only probably 45 years +, as well.
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Re: Battery carrier tool...old school

Post by Wayne Sheldon » Mon Nov 16, 2020 12:10 am

I have seen a car battery explode! It was about like a cherry bomb, if not nearly an M-80! I was never dumb enough to play with those things, but some cousins of mine played with them a lot! It sure made a mess in my pickup. I had to hose out the engine compartment, clean it out, repair some damage. All that before I could scrape up a battery to get me home that night.

Hard to believe someone actually thought a steel to steel handle between the terminal posts would be a good idea. Perhaps they began with some sort of insulator between the handles and the post hooks? Still, talk about an accident waiting to happen.

Harry L's suggestion would be better? But also be unreliable due to poor connections.

Really makes one wonder.

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Post by Henry K. Lee » Mon Nov 16, 2020 7:04 am

A first for me Jack! Thanks for sharing!

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Post by Charlie B in N.J. » Mon Nov 16, 2020 7:14 am

I’m with Harry. No way that’s a carrier. Even as a jumper it’s a damn poor design as some poor schnook would use it as a carrier sooner or later.
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Re: Battery carrier tool...old school

Post by FundyTides » Mon Nov 16, 2020 7:52 am

Dan, I have one like that as well. I didn't keep the sales receipt but I know it's at least from the 1960's. Great design and well made. I misplaced it for a while and bought a newer version that isn't nearly as good.


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Re: Battery carrier tool...old school

Post by John kuehn » Mon Nov 16, 2020 8:55 am

Someway somehow that tool has to be used for another purpose besides carrying a battery. Just doesn’t seem practical for ‘carrying’ a battery. Maybe carrying a dead battery but even then not so much.
It would interesting to see if the other end of the tool has the - minus mark on it.


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Re: Battery carrier tool...old school

Post by big2bird » Mon Nov 16, 2020 10:04 am

Jack Putnam, in Ohio wrote:
Sun Nov 15, 2020 8:52 pm
Interesting design on this battery tool. Perhaps not a well thought out design, but well built. What are your thoughts? Probably was not a big seller.
It looks like the positive end at one time had an insulated bushing on the swivel pin or coating. Hard to say.

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Re: Battery carrier tool...old school

Post by Duckwing » Mon Nov 16, 2020 12:23 pm

Does someone still sell these?


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Post by Dropacent » Mon Nov 16, 2020 12:33 pm

Growing up in northern Ohio, we would call that a certain ethnic battery carrier. Anyone remember BIG CHUCK and HOOLIHAN ?

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Post by perry kete » Mon Nov 16, 2020 12:45 pm

Those rings on the pliers were added so you could hang them from your ears while using the screwdriver for a chisel or paint stir stick. That way you didn't lose them.
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Re: Battery carrier tool...old school

Post by big2bird » Mon Nov 16, 2020 1:11 pm

Duckwing wrote:
Mon Nov 16, 2020 12:23 pm
Does someone still sell these?
If you mean a strap , check NAPA.

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