trailer hitch receiver vise

[chrishaynesusa]

Any thought about a vise for the trail?
I bought mine and like the utility of it..


http://www.macscustomtiedowns.com/pr...lD-Vise/Towing

[loren85022]

that would sure make a good stocking stuffer

[rezdiver]

you could clamp your snatch strap in there and yank guys out of the mud and fix your stuff all at once.

pretty... but also pretty pricy for what it is.

[mudbutt]

... but also pretty pricy for what it is.

As a welder/fabricator I can tell you that price is very reasonable. I couldn't make one that nice for twice the price.

I have a buddy who mounted a vise to his motorcycle trailer. Practically every time we go out the desert it gets used.

Plus, there's this:

"Last, but not least, we've included a bottle opener. It seemed like the right thing to do."

Edit:

It uses a 5/8" acme screw.... Very beefy.

[Squatchout]

I've seen those and like the idea. I had a diamond plate top on my old Powerwagon winch bumper with a regular bench vise bolted to it. It got used quite a bit. I think it would be easy to weld some steel plate to some 2" square stock or tubing to put a med size (4.5") bench vise on that. Wouldn't be as compact as the fancy one shown above but I have a couple of extra vices. You just have to keep them wiped down with oil or WD40 if left in the weather.

[SixSpeed]

http://www.harborfreight.com/hitch-m...ate-66260.html

[mmccurdy]

http://www.harborfreight.com/hitch-m...ate-66260.html

Nice, then you can mount up your $40 POS Harbor Freight vise and hope that the casting isn't just crappy enough to crack on you as you put that last quarter turn on the handle trying to press in a u-joint cap in the middle of nowhere. It happened to me in a buddy's garage using one of their "too cheap to be true" bench vises, so for me it's not just a "what if?"

Full disclosure, I own the Mac's, but IMO it's was worth the extra few bucks for that peace of mind.

[frgtwn]

My trail buddy bought one of the early ones of these, and it certainly gets used. Since he carries a 12V Makita impact driver anyway, he chucks up the appropriate socket and screws the vise in and out faster than he can with a bench mounted vise.

Any comments about the serrated face on the vise? The early ones are smooth.

Dale

[bdbecker]

All things considered, that is actually not a bad price at all. You would spend at least the same on an similar sized Wilton, but you'd still have to fab up a mounting plate. You could always use the Wilton on your bench though. Then again, the Mac's comes with a bottle opener... tough call, but a pretty cool product.

[TwinCruiser]

Wow...that's pretty cool. I've never seen one of those.