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Received my new "log tongs" today.
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 1:56 pm
by Pep C Strebeck
UPS dropped off my
new-to-me log tongs today. I just need to find the right logs to lift with them, I do not think that will be a problem.
All in all, they are in very nice shape not bent out of shape, no cracks or damage to be seen anywhere. Maybe just a clean-up and a re-paint and then back to work for them. I know that these had a Z-tool number issued to them, I think it was a 24-Z number, but I do not remember. If anyone might know what the Z Number was that would be very much appreciated. I know that there was a spreadsheet around that someone had done a while back that listed a lot of the Factory tool numbers and the 3-Z and 5-Z numbers (along with some of the 16-Z and 24-Z numbers), but I can't seem to locate that anymore. If anyone has a copy of that they could post, that would also be appreciated.
Re: Received my new "log tongs" today.
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 2:19 pm
by TRDxB2
Re: Received my new "log tongs" today.
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 4:07 pm
by Pep C Strebeck
TRDxB2 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 05, 2024 2:19 pm
this is what i have
The second link, "list no pics.pdf" is the one I was looking for, thank you. That list does have a listing for Motor Lifting Tongs (3-Z-628) but those are different from the one pictured above. The 3-Z-628 tongs are a 2-man version similar to 2-man timber or railroad lifting tongs. There are decent images of both of them in Service Equipment for Ford Agents (link posted below), with the one shown above having a measured drawing in the Service Equipment book. The tongs that I received today are the ones that you can see in a lot of original films of the assembly line.
I have seen a few different versions of these, with most all of them being of the forged-style shown above but some being more "factory-made" with a more "finished" look (raised lettering and numbering from the drop-forging process), like the one shown below. If the color of the one shown below is original I would think it was possibly made by K-D (Kay-Dee). I have a bunch of their Model A and V-8 tools and the color is identical as well as the numbering pattern:
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Link for Service Equipment catalog:
http://www.cimorelli.com/mtdl/unknown-y ... ipment.pdf
Re: Received my new "log tongs" today.
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 6:47 pm
by Moxie26
Could also be used on block ice
Re: Received my new "log tongs" today.
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2024 3:27 am
by TRDxB2
Pep C Strebeck wrote: ↑Fri Jan 05, 2024 4:07 pm
TRDxB2 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 05, 2024 2:19 pm
this is what i have
The second link, "list no pics.pdf" is the one I was looking for, thank you. That list does have a listing for Motor Lifting Tongs (3-Z-628) but those are different from the one pictured above. The 3-Z-628 tongs are a 2-man version similar to 2-man timber or railroad lifting tongs. There are decent images of both of them in Service Equipment for Ford Agents (link posted below), with the one shown above having a measured drawing in the Service Equipment book. The tongs that I received today are the ones that you can see in a lot of original films of the assembly line.
I have seen a few different versions of these, with most all of them being of the forged-style shown above but some being more "factory-made" with a more "finished" look (raised lettering and numbering from the drop-forging process), like the one shown below. If the color of the one shown below is original I would think it was possibly made by K-D (Kay-Dee). I have a bunch of their Model A and V-8 tools and the color is identical as well as the numbering pattern:
tongs4.jpg
Link for Service Equipment catalog:
http://www.cimorelli.com/mtdl/unknown-y ... ipment.pdf
I've downloaded the Cinorelli pdf you referenced into my library has a print of yours
Re: Received my new "log tongs" today.
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2024 10:53 am
by Dan Hatch
Brought by UPS!
I finally found mine leaning on a table leg in the White Field at Hershey after many years of searching.
Next year found the lifting irons front and rear.
Re: Received my new "log tongs" today.
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2024 11:54 am
by Pep C Strebeck
Dan Hatch wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 10:53 am
Brought by UPS!
I finally found mine leaning on a table leg in the White Field at Hershey after many years of searching.
Next year found the lifting irons front and rear.
One of my random "
I'm bored. Hey I haven't searched for mis-labeled tools on Ebay in a while" moments. The hard part is trying to think like you don't actually know what it is and searching for it that way, how would you describe it? I have had pretty good luck on Ebay finding stuff that way. They came out of Saco, Maine and I think I got a screaming-deal and only $12 shipping. A definite win in my book. There is a KR Wilson armature stand on Ebay right now (been listed for a while now), but it has been cut and repurposed into something else though. Maybe someone would like to take a crack at fixing it?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/196093381383?h ... R6ac__qbYw