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Old 02-09-2015, 09:05 AM   #13
On the slippery slope
 
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Originally Posted by rdass623 View Post
with a four foot cheater pipe on there, you were probably exceeding 1000 lb/ft of torque. there may be a possibility of failure on a HFT breaker bar. that is why i like to depend on the ingersol rand impact, the hammering action really aids in those circumstances.
+1 its physics.
long pipe extending the handle = much greater force

Given enough force, you will break all of the breaker bars

he HF stuff is not bad, certainly not as good as Snap-on in many cases, but for the $$ and the garage mechanic / DIYer are good

A lot of tools are not as good as they used to be. Craftsman is a good example. They used to be made at Moore Drop Forge, the same factory used by Snap-on and other high end tools, and now lots of them are being made off shore
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