#242777 - 03/09/12 06:33 AM
Re: What do you think of the trucker's friend (a tool)
[Re: Bingley]
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Crazy Canuck
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From what I've seen at truck stops, truckers are at much greater risk of meeting zombies than the rest of us. Hence the axe portion of the tool.
I confess that I want one to hang on my wall.
(Though when I first saw the post, I was thinking of a different kind of "trucker's buddy" -- ye portable yet discreet liquid propulsion management system.)
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#242786 - 03/09/12 01:33 PM
Re: What do you think of the trucker's friend (a tool)
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Geezer in Chief
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Gadget. I've got an Estwing hatchet that will do everything this thing can accomplish and is better for my situation. It just doesn't have that medieval appearance.
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#242788 - 03/09/12 03:07 PM
Re: What do you think of the trucker's friend (a tool)
[Re: Bingley]
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Old Hand
Registered: 08/10/06
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Loc: Colorado
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I'd like to know more about the functions but the description doesn't tell.
Tire chain hook is clever but you might cut yourself using it.
Not so sure that truckers need hatchet blades but maybe it substitutes for the standard "tire thumper." (Void where prohibited by law)
And what's the simple hole thru the hatchet blade for?
It DOES look scary though!
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#242790 - 03/09/12 03:47 PM
Re: What do you think of the trucker's friend (a tool)
[Re: Bingley]
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Old Hand
Registered: 10/19/06
Posts: 1013
Loc: Pacific NW, USA
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I thought maybe the hatchet blade is for cutting road ice off of a rig's underside, but I'm no trucker and have no real idea.
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#242793 - 03/09/12 03:59 PM
Re: What do you think of the trucker's friend (a tool)
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Veteran
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And what's the simple hole thru the hatchet blade for? Measure the amount of spaghetti, perhaps?
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#242794 - 03/09/12 04:01 PM
Re: What do you think of the trucker's friend (a tool)
[Re: Bingley]
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Sheriff
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I almost deleted this thread without reading it based on the subject  . For myself, I like this one better for my purposes: http://www.amazon.com/Dead-On-AN18-Annih...;sr=1-1-catcorr (no affiliation).
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#242807 - 03/09/12 06:10 PM
Re: What do you think of the trucker's friend (a tool)
[Re: Bingley]
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Snake_Doctor
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To heavy for SAR> I would'nt pack it in.
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#242817 - 03/09/12 07:43 PM
Re: What do you think of the trucker's friend (a tool)
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Registered: 02/05/10
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Loc: Northern IL
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the crovel? seems suspiciously similar to the supposedly Chinese special forces shovel. about the same price too.
there are a whole bunch of these odd ball tools of a similar nature out there. I have even seen Youtube videos of people making their own in various flavors. I think of them mostly as novelties.
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#242825 - 03/09/12 08:37 PM
Re: What do you think of the trucker's friend (a tool)
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Loc: Southern California
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The curved blade is right off of an aircraft crash axe.  It looks like somebody took an extrication tool and added a bunch of features onto it to make it more usefull for day to day stuff. I'm no trucker, but I'd be real nervous about hacking away ice with a metal faced hammer or axe edge on my vehicle.
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#242833 - 03/09/12 10:28 PM
Re: What do you think of the trucker's friend (a tool)
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Registered: 03/03/09
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Loc: NC
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Noticed misspellings on the Crovel web page. If they can't get that right...
I want a pick/shovel, I'll take a wood handled Etool. I want an axe, I'll buy an axe. I find the all-in-one tools are often cheaply made, not a bargain, and won't do well half of what they advertise.
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#242835 - 03/09/12 10:34 PM
Re: What do you think of the trucker's friend (a tool)
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Pooh-Bah
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Loc: Northern California
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I'd like to see that in action. Usage of the crowbar seems highly dangerous.
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#242836 - 03/09/12 10:41 PM
Re: What do you think of the trucker's friend (a tool)
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Pooh-Bah
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To heavy for SAR> I would'nt pack it in. The shipping weight is 2.2 pounds. So, the tool is less than that. What weight would be acceptable in SAR for the tool(s) shown here?
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#242854 - 03/10/12 01:08 AM
Re: What do you think of the trucker's friend (a tool)
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It looks like the term "Truckers Friend" applys to a fire department truckman's tool. In larger , especially career, departments, apparatus and duties are divided into two primary catagories:
Engine companies: Responsible for operating a pump, humping hose and putting "the wet stuff on the red stuff".
Truck companies: Entry, search, rescue, ventilation and pulling ceilings and walls during the mop-up phase. "Truckees" are the main tool users and are equipped with various types of axes, pike poles, crow bars and other , more specialized hand and power tools, as well as ladders.
Both types of companies work as a team under direction of the incident commander.
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#242867 - 03/10/12 02:58 AM
Re: What do you think of the trucker's friend (a tool)
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It looks like the term "Truckers Friend" applys to a fire department truckman's tool. In larger , especially career, departments, apparatus and duties are divided into two primary catagories:
Engine companies: Responsible for operating a pump, humping hose and putting "the wet stuff on the red stuff".
Truck companies: Entry, search, rescue, ventilation and pulling ceilings and walls during the mop-up phase. "Truckees" are the main tool users and are equipped with various types of axes, pike poles, crow bars and other , more specialized hand and power tools, as well as ladders.
Both types of companies work as a team under direction of the incident commander. This makes a lot of sense actually. But the description on Amazon calls it "designed for professional truck drivers." I can see the sharp edge designed for extrication, but that doesn't square easily with the truck driver focus. So something is wrong somewhere.
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#242869 - 03/10/12 03:07 AM
Re: What do you think of the trucker's friend (a tool)
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Geezer in Chief
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I would agree that the tool is too heavy for wilderness or mountain SAR. For me, the most common need for cutting tools in that enterprise has been to clean up or clear out a helispot; that is why I often carried an Estwing hatchet (which also made a pretty good hammer,as well). The TF doesn't look like it would be very effective at that task. At a probable weight somewhere between a pound and a half, and two pounds, it just isn't worth carrying.
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