What the hell is it??

[bobodu]

This was hanging on the rack at the Do-it-best store and I don't know what the hell it is....neither did anyone in the store. Not surprising since it is a Do-it-best.
It's is hinged like a load binder. Maybe 14 inches long. A hook on one end like it was meant to hold a chain and a spike on the other...but there are roll pins running through it to stop travel so it isn't a binder. Also an "L" shaped bit that slides....I just don't know....ain't a spoke spreader..

[bgsengine]

Looks like a tire bead breaker to me.

[fixer5000]

maybe a 5gallon plastic bucket top remover??

[okie]

I will admit to not knowing what it is. Some sort of leverage devise.

I think it would look nice on my shop wall. Good conversation piece

Travis

I think fixer is the closest to the truth so far.

[bobodu]

I wouldn't pay $32.98 to open a bucket. I did search just for laughs and there isn't anything like that in bucket openers. It's way too complicated for that. Not that it matter much but it was hanging by the dowel rods and table legs.

[wristpin]

Fence wire strainer/tensioner?

[bobodu]

Looked that up too.....nothing like it.

[bobodu]

Well it pays to keep asking. Another guy at the hardware asked " Can I help you?" Well sure...tell me what the hell that thing is hanging on the wall back there. He says " Oh...the board straightener thing again.." He looked it up on the computer and it's called a BowJak...It's used for floor boards. Like who uses wood boards anymore....but I suppose it could be used on a deck. Its placed on top of a joist and the pointy dog is pounded down, then you pull back and the flat foot forces the board over against the adjacent board.

http://dries.doitbest.com/Wrecking+bars-Vaughan+Bushnell-model-BJ11-doitbest-sku-358266.dib

[John]

A tool to get my bosses wallet from his back pocket.

[John]

I hired one when I laid my Red pine floor boards and it come with a invisible nailer.