So this old boilermaker at the Local 40 hall showed me the two-wrench trick, and I felt dumb for not knowing it

Anna Smith · 2026-09-18T05:10:02.587504+00:00

I was struggling to break loose a stuck flange bolt at a site in Cleveland, and this guy named Dale just handed me a second wrench to link into the first for leverage. I'd been fighting it with a cheater bar for 15 minutes, but with the two wrenches locked together, the bolt popped in about 4 seconds. Maybe it's just me but nobody ever showed me that in my first 2 years. What little hand tricks did you guys pick up from the old heads that you wish you'd learned earlier?

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So this old boilermaker at the Local 40 hall showed me the two-wrench trick, and I felt dumb for not knowing it | Boilermakers - Babble Community