As a licensed plumber I can tell you that nobody makes them like Ridgid. I’ve known plumbers that had theirs for 20-30 years and still worked like a charm.
@edwardfaris8516 Жыл бұрын
Agreed...
@jeffreywolf5235 Жыл бұрын
Course they're the best they command a good price for their tools as well as well as they should. That would say maybe s might be Knipex. But they don't make these huge pipe wrenches the way Ridgid does. They have their swedish style which I believe one of the largest is 20in not the monsters rigid has. I don't do much plumbing but I like having quality tools in order to do it. Rigid for the win
@johnn2557Ай бұрын
I have been a sprinkler fitter for 38 years and all of my pipe wrenches are Ridgid aluminum and the have held up great! Great video tour guys!
@brianmccarthy13222 жыл бұрын
Bought my 12", 14", 18" iron pipe wrenches at 17 years old. Today I am 67 and still using those wrenches regularly. Ya I did buy aluminum versions too but the weight and ruggedness of the iron tools can't be beat!
@michaelducey33282 жыл бұрын
As an apprentice plumber just getting his tool bag set up, I appreciate this comment - was going to go all aluminum to keep travel weight down, but obviously there's something special to those CI wrenches I haven't discovered yet.
@shieldcracker Жыл бұрын
So true. I bought aluminum wrenches for overhead work, I also use them on new work. But when it comes to old work and service I use the iron wrenches. I think the weight of the handle gives me additional torque.
@krakhare71118 ай бұрын
Hands down, best pipe wrench ever made.
@jeremyl.75634 ай бұрын
Loved this. Really cool I know this was posted several years ago still really cool. Loved that he was using a ridgid ball peen assembling that wrench. Videos like this makes you appreciate your tools more.
@АндрейКузнецов19872 жыл бұрын
Super! My favorite pipe wrench! Amazing!
@ЕвгенийЕлистратов-л5ч8 ай бұрын
Ridgid is the best pipe wrench I've ever used. I have about ten of them and I won't trade them for anything. The most important thing is that they are made there by the same people as 10 - 20 - 50 years ago, people who could work with their hands. From Russia with love!
@richardharper4329 Жыл бұрын
As a new commercial plumber, I was told my the master plumbers I work for that Ridgid made the best plumbing tools. They were absolutely correct. They cost a little more, however the quality and durability is priceless. Thank you Ridgid for making the job easier and building dependable tools int USA 🇺🇸
@RRaucina2 жыл бұрын
These wrenches are too good - they always get stolen. Thanks for making them still in the USA!
@brianmccarthy13222 жыл бұрын
SNAP ON, RIDID, FLUKE. Jobsite thieves know these are.the Ferrari and Rolex of the tool world. You cannot put these down while you go for coffee, they will be gone when you return.
@richardedens56612 жыл бұрын
Great video! Much respect for Rigid. 26yrs in this trade. I'm about to start restoring some of my old Rigids.
@teodoratakacs97262 жыл бұрын
amazing video, thanks for sharing this unique story! RIDGID rocks!
@CommercialKitchenChronicles2 жыл бұрын
Great video! I always love watching how things are made
@azboxer0910 ай бұрын
😂Hello, I write from Santiago de Chile, I am an electrician and plumber and I know Ridgid tools very well because I have an uncle who is the best plumber I have ever met in Chile. He was ahead of his time. He is already retired and has two American Stillson Ridgid wrenches, the one from 18 inches and a small hexagonal and he also had the Ridgid K1500 machine with which he uncovered buildings, that's why he perfectly located the great American brand Ridgid, congratulations... greetings atte Jaime
@spnkr9932 Жыл бұрын
When i was new to the trades my first partner showed me 1/2” gas piping with channel locks. My second partner we had one job together that we needed to do some gas piping and he got out one of these amazing wrenches and I will never not use a rigid pipe wrench
@jeffreywolf5235 Жыл бұрын
I love watching quality tools being built 😍
@mathewthatcher6274 Жыл бұрын
One wrench to rule them all!
@MrKindelan2 жыл бұрын
What a cool process. Still have my first alloy 14s and 18s when I started plumbing 8 years ago!
@blueticecho5690 Жыл бұрын
I have and still use my Pop's 60 + year old off set 18 in wrench and I have in my day at 200lbs have hung on the handle to break many a joint.... Cannot be beat..
@francofontana8957 Жыл бұрын
Wow..that was amazing tour..man...wish i could bye 1. From the factory it self...some day
@cineaste1969 Жыл бұрын
Great quality made in the USA! 👍🏼
@iowawaterlight Жыл бұрын
I always went with Milwaukee or crescent pipe wrenches, and I regret buying the crescent pipe wrench they slip and I have to readjust every time. finally went with Ridgid and oh my god the grip these have is amazing so glad I pulled the trigger not just for buying a quality tool, but also putting money towards an American tool company.
@Broski2322 Жыл бұрын
Ridgid are stillson wrench 👍💪
@JamesBrown-db9pk2 жыл бұрын
was at the plant yrs ago awsum still made in usa ridgid all the way
@thatcallout822311 ай бұрын
Sou de Curitiba, Brasil, e tenho uma RIDGID 24, chave muito boa, ainda quero uma 36 e 48.
@indymark40642 жыл бұрын
What about the aluminum, or the right angle wrenches, the other items on the wall?? Good info.
@yorkrojas14522 жыл бұрын
I want to build my own ridgid too!!
@GSSvariety2 жыл бұрын
Whats the deal with the S-2 compound leveraging pipe wrench I purchased? It's been on back order for awhile.
@upstateplumbing9995 Жыл бұрын
I would love the actual history of the time and dates of classic ridgid tools. I cant find any history on my no42 pipe cutter
@robertb.3651 Жыл бұрын
OK OK I'll buy one .....or more 😂🤣🤣
@cr7dz207 Жыл бұрын
Hi friend how I can get one 👍😊
@chuckderby12952 жыл бұрын
I wish you guys would have taken video of us guys in the core room at Urick making the cores that create the voids in the casting where the top of the pipe wrench inserts
@mechanical-hub2 жыл бұрын
I wish we could have fit everything in! I'm hoping we can get some more footage together and make something with it.
@bouchikhilarbi36412 жыл бұрын
💪💪💪💪😎
@rafiahmedchowdhury7977 Жыл бұрын
2:31 a casting negative just breaks off on camera
@thankswillie Жыл бұрын
super cool, please dont ever send them over seas...thank you
@RRaucina2 жыл бұрын
After this watch a Pakistan foundry video - used motor oil for fuel, barefoot pouring iron, not a table or chair or bench in the entire place and no one has ever seen a pair of glasses, much less a respirator. Ductile? whats that mean?
@edwardfaris8516 Жыл бұрын
You sir are racist...lol...nah just 'f-in' with yah...😉
@randydewees733811 ай бұрын
Dutile iron is a tough strong cast iron that is used for tools like this. Sometimes called semi-steel. It makes a strong cast tool, if not as strong as a forged steel version. Works great for a pipe wrench but not strong enough for a light thin wrench.
@Broski2322 Жыл бұрын
Ridgid are pipe fitting
@Broski2322 Жыл бұрын
Please dont ascociate plumbers with pipe fitters! Its offensive to us