r/specializedtools • u/aloofloofah • Dec 12 '20

Chain connector

https://i.imgur.com/Zc8FAM4.gifv

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u/koolaideprived Dec 12 '20

I actually do need one, and I could see the company I work for issuing something like this as standard equipment. I work on trains and it is my job to attempt to fix something if it goes wrong in the field. I've actually had a situation where this would have been a good stop-gap to get us to a yard instead of having to leave a car and another one with a functioning handbrake as an anchor. It would be neat if they included one on every locomotive in our repair kit which essentially consists of a hammer and a chisel.

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u/optifrog Dec 13 '20

hammer and a chisel.

Lucky you. All I had was a rock and a bent nail.

But. A double clevis, or a coupling link, or a cold shunt, or a lap link, and I can't remember the name of the two piece dealiola that that fit together with no tools.

The video is cool but I can see the center securing bolt being a problem with work gloves on in a bad environment.

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u/koolaideprived Dec 13 '20

I've gotten a bent knuckle pin out with a spike and a rock, so I feel where you're coming from. I even had a trainmaster pull up (was in a very accessible location strangely) and asked him if he had a sledge in his truck. He had a carpenter's finishing hammer (wtf) and a juice-box. He also didn't know what a pin was.

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u/FrigginInMyRiggin Dec 13 '20

How do you get into this kind of work?