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Default Multi-tool.

On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:08:00 -0600, Vic Smith
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On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 19:46:28 -0800 (PST),
wrote:


The guy I posted for will be using it to carry on a dirtbike.. no room
for a toolbox, even a small one...


Ya but...
Those multi-tools aren't exactly small either.
When I biked (pedal) I could carry what I needed.
Forgot what your friend wanted - pliers? - but there's
not many sizes to twist on any bike.
Though I don't use them, and I don't like them, a Crescent
wrench is better for cranking nuts than any pair of pliers.
Somebody already wrote about a multi-tool pliers breaking.
I can't imagine breaking a pliers, and I've cranked on a lot of them.
And you need a slip joint in any set of pliers to get a good bite on
more than one size thing.
I'm spitting in the wind here anywhere, because the multi-tool Army is
marching, and I'm just going to get run over. (-:

--Vic


I think my friend used his Leatherman pliers as a pry bar. It's for damn
sure they didn't break under proper use.

The thing is, Leatherman just replaced the tool.