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Environmental_Tap792

The shinbuster 3900


the_toxic_hotdog

This is the shin eliminator 💀


M1Slaybrams

The Shin Annihilator 9 Trillion.


CaptainBeefsteak

The Shinnihilator


CriticalKnick

Omg, I'm mostly blind and in my fb blinds group we share jokes about common things that mess up our lives (mostly wet floor signs and trailer hitches) they are going to lose their shit when I describe this one to them!


YooAre

Just for context, this vice is very square with few rounded surfaces. It's already either painted red or covered in shin blood and tears. The example pictured has its mouth open


Hammerh69

So true! I take my trailer out 4-5 times a year, but leave the ball hitch in all the time and bang my knees on it at least twice a week!


Own-Calligrapher-352

Illegal in some states.


JGG5

Banging your knees on something is illegal in several states?


BBO1007

Banging many things is illegal in many states.


JCSmootherThanJB

*Dueling banjos music intensifies*


cdev12399

You sure got a real purty knee..


Nearly_Pointless

You can lead a horse to water…


Swimmingtortoise12

Imagine the vice is left perfectly open and you not only hit your shin, but wedge your shin in the vise


Vast_Character311

…as your wife is driving off.


Singlehispanicmale

O’Doyle rules


One-Estimate-9078

I etched that into my quick flip utility knife just to see who was cool and who isn't. I love the laughs when someone gets it.


LocalOutkast

First I thought it was cool, then after I read that, I realized how many times I would slam my shins into it. Lol


TK421isAFK

So...like...y'all realize you can take this thing off and put it back on when you need to use it, and store it under the seat inside the cab when not in use so you're not being one of those assholes that leaves this trailer hitch sticking way the fuck out of the back of the truck into planes of traffic and blocking sidewalks, right? Half the time, it seems like those giant trucks are driven by some 70-year-old asshole that has a handicap plate and seems to think his truck is 4 feet longer than it actually is, preventing him from pulling his four-door, long bed monstrosity all the way into the handicap spot at Walmart.


[deleted]

Also the Tailgater 9000


jcoddinc

Radiator remover


nbclay_youngboy

My small workshop is a work in progress and there have been times where having a vise would have helped a lot, but now I can get back to work until I have a solid bench to mount it.


nullvoid88

There's lots of ready made work benches available; even kits & plans. Amazon even has them as does Lowes & HD (last I looked). But you might need to order from their website for pick up or delivery. Anchoring the bench 'Rock of Gibraltar' stable is worth the extra time/effort. Good dedicated over bench lighting also goes a long way.


I_Makes_tuff

Why buy when you can make it for twice the price?


jewaaron

Making it might be more expensive, but it will also take longer.


thetruemata

Making it might be more expensive and take longer, but it will also require more energy.


collectsuselessstuff

Don’t forget to make a temporary portable work bench first so you have the right set up to get started on the final bench.


Wilson2424

My temporary bench I threw together right after buying my house. Needed something quick and dirty to get some move in the house jobs done. That was 12 years ago. Still haven't gotten around to replacing it.


tjdux

>Why buy when you can make it for twice the price? Jokes aside, with some good practice and planning you also end up 10x quality (or more) and custom to your fit and needs.


Unsweeticetea

Any recommendations? I'm having trouble shopping for one without paying out the nose.


nullvoid88

Sorry, I honestly haven't been keeping up with them. Big, stout & heavy is what your after... it should be a lifetime item. Oh, and don't stow stuff on it, it's a work surface, not storage space.


Aggravating_Fig8884

If you aren’t going to DIY one Harbor Freight makes a “hardwood” bench that is actually pretty nice.  It’s not premium, but I feel like you get a lot for your money with it compared to others.  


Paul__miner

A basic design I used for my workbench and shelving: 2x4 uprights, *bolted* to cross-members, with diagonal stabilizers screwed to them on the sides, and a pair on the back, with a 4x8' sheet screwed down as the work surface. The bottom cross-members also support a half-depth shelf for under-bench storage. Bolts for the main load-bearing joints means I won't have to deal with bent or sheared fasteners if I disaasemble it in the future.


chivoloko454

Look in the free section of your local classifieds plenty of free work benches,sadly plenty of old dudes move into nursing homes, die, and kids happy anxious to get rid of our treasures, I score a grat work bench, every time I use it I think of the guy that build it.


iplaypinball

I still don’t need it…. But I sure do want it!


BoilermakerCBEX-E

I like the idea but it's a little short for me.....


antarcticacitizen1

Well you just need a 6" lift kit and some 35" mud tires...nothing a few more tools won't fix. 😁


Extension-Drawer347

Don't forget the Truck Nutz.


Every_Palpitation449

I have a 3" lift and 35's... I had 38's on it but very little suspension travel with them


MYcollegy

I welded a bumper stand for a vise so that I can use the tail-gate flipped down as a bench, with the vise right in front of it.... way better


Extension-Drawer347

Justification Bias.


TK421isAFK

It is, but if you flip a drop hitch adapter upside down, you can raise it up by almost a foot.


Primitivethinking

No idea what I would use it for, still want it, could you imagine hitting your shin on this thing!!!


machinerer

Think field service trucks with utility box beds full of tools. Most guys fabricate a vise mouting bracket that bolts to the bumper on these type of trucks. I just made one for my work truck last month.


instantlyforgettable

Interesting, not something we see much of in the UK. Some heating engineers (aka plumbers with a gas qualification) and some white goods servicing engineers have vans fitted out with benching inside.


Todd2ReTodded

They're good for when you need to fix equipment that is far away from your shop. Or even just somewhat far away.


Blank_bill

We had some home made ones at work that came out further Than the tailgate and up to that level, we had one forman who would leave it on all the time, I can't count how many times i hit it with my shins or higher up walking around the back of his truck.


LazyLaserWhittling

painted red to hide the stains


Whynotyours

I’d put some truck nutz in there for a laugh…


boarhowl

Just give em a good ol squeeze


ElectroAtletico2

….and the mud flaps with Yosemite Sam


OhYouMeanTruckNutz

I support this


clandestine_justice

Those immediately came to my mind, along with the scene from _Stir Crazy_ where the smaller man in a fight gets a pair of pliers on some portion of the bigger guy's package & the big guy immediately looses his belligerence. I'm picturing a beat up, old, Ford Maverick getting equipped with a vise & suddenly ruling over a parking lot filled with F-150's & Sierra's equipped with truck nuts. F-350 addressing Maverick: "May I fetch you some wiper fluid or a new air freshener?"


LazyLaserWhittling

but can it withstand the gentle tap of a well fisted 20 lb sledgehammer? or even a hard slung 5 lb’r?… looks like it could shred a tesla front bonnet though, I’ll give you that much


StandByTheJAMs

It's attached to the frame. It can probably withstand more than the one on your average workbench.


LazyLaserWhittling

i sure hope so, harbor freight vises are well known for casting flaws and not being hardened enough to take serious abuse. I’ve broken my share, just tightening them down


StandByTheJAMs

Absolutely. HF has some great tools and some I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.


i7-4790Que

yeah, the Central Forge/Machinery low end vises were. Those were $40-$50-$60 vises back before HF even offered anything better. What else would you expect going that cheap and trying to do service truck work with one. They were only ever for seriously light duty homeowner type use. The Doyle line is not at all known for breaking from tightening them down. They're a much better vise made from ductile iron and the ~2x-3x price premium will go a long way over the lower end line that just used cheese grade 30k cast grey iron. A couple of the Doyles are basically just rebrands/clones of similar Yosts anyways, probably from the same factory/OEM and Yosts made of the same 60k-70k DI weren't ever "well known" to break from being tightened down either.


FrogFlavor

Well right, it’s the vice that’ll fall apart before the truck even notices any action


PhilthyPhan1993

This guy vises


tanstaaflnz

I wouldn't hold anything in there to do some arc welding


StandByTheJAMs

True dat! But also I wouldn’t arc weld anything on the average workbench.


Todd2ReTodded

When I worked on field tile, we had a welded up version of this and it worked quite well. I wouldn't hit anything in a vice this size with a 20 pound sledge though. It's more of the ball peen or 2-4 pound cross peen size thing.


LazyLaserWhittling

i mentioned the sledge merely as an idea of the potential abuse these can be subjected to. my old service truck had a pretty solid bumper with very heavy old forged vice on it. came that way when I got the truck from a retired welder/pipe plumber. some yahooo slammed into the rear of the truck at a light, hitting the vice handle, vice survived, bumper which was 1/2” steel plate welded, was bent badly at the vice mount. my smaller HF vice I mounted on the other side popped right off, when the bumper bent shattering the HF vice base… had to beat the old vice handle back straight and buy another HF replacement. took my 20lbr to straighten it. insurance got me the bumper straightened


Todd2ReTodded

I guess I mean the answer is no, regardless of who is making it. It's not a practical thing to do. You put this in place when you need it and then remove it when you're done. You don't drive around with it, that's not really reasonable. And any 2 hander is gonna be more than it can handle because of where it is mounted. Sure a hitch is strong, but I'm not gonna be surprised if I beat the fuck out of this with a 20 pound sledge and something breaks. You give me a hammer that big and there aren't a lot of thing I can't destroy.


LazyLaserWhittling

you’d be surprised how many service trucks (at least in NM) leave massive hitches, vices, and steel “balls” hanging out driving down the road… more often than not…


Todd2ReTodded

Jeez, we never would have done that just due to the shin risk. Our trucks all had tools and stuff we needed to get out often. In fact, just in my every day life, I find a vice to be handy to have in a regular pick up truck but I bolted it to a 6' long oak plank. Obviously you can't use much more than a ball peen on it, but its a functional 3rd hand which is more or less all I need


LazyLaserWhittling

maybe a status symbol, on whos got the biggest nut crushers.


Both_WhyNotBoth

My first thought was how good that'd be at preventing tailgaters


LazyLaserWhittling

definitely would cause some last second dirty undies for the driver in that car, when they saw it…


mikeoxwells2

I can’t wait to clamp up some gnarly hunk of metal, and completely forget about it when I open the tailgate to get a cold one out of the cooler


TurdFerguson614

If you're in position to open your tailgate and aren't aware of something in that vice, you've already had too many cold ones lol.


porsche4life

I need one of these. My little work bench moves when I really try to persuade something in my vise.


Dr0110111001101111

Sounds like it’s time to build a new workbench


nullvoid88

Those new ductile cast iron HF 'Doyle' vises are nice! I bought this version a while back: [https://www.harborfreight.com/4-12-in-swivel-vise-with-anvil-and-pipe-jaws-57737.html](https://www.harborfreight.com/4-12-in-swivel-vise-with-anvil-and-pipe-jaws-57737.html) Really like it, use it more than the Wilton anymore.


hand_made_silver

Is Doyle a good brand?


Rochemusic1

They're supposed to be, I bought their needle nose pliers off of hearing they were a solid brand and have been pretty disappointed. They're situated right underneath Icon as the number 1 tool brand there.


hand_made_silver

I regret lots of HF buys. Trying to avoid. I do use Doyle needle nose pliers, and at least HF will indefinitely trade me for new ones when I break them, so that's nice.


Rochemusic1

Right that part of the deal is nice. Just spent 160 on 4 ratchets while I had that in my mind it's probably the last time I'll have to buy those.


hand_made_silver

I seek quality tools these days. And I'd like to become a better tool maker myself.


nullvoid88

Far as I know, 'Doyle' is just a marketing name HF cobbled up... don't know about the other 'Doyle' stuff, but I've been very happy with the vise. Haven't abused it thus far; but definitely haven't coddled it either. It's earning it's keep Some of those new generation HF vises aren't the typical offerings of yore... if nothing else; they're absolutely worth stopping by for a look.


IndependentUseful923

the hitch receivers easily bolt on benches, columns atc in a shop. Buy the hitch steps and put grinders and other small tools on them.


bhgiel

I've seen advertisements where I refill my forklift propane for those. They've been selling them for years. They want a small fortune for it. Glad to see China finally made an affordable version.


RovingTexan

I have a few of the trick tools [versa-mount](https://www.trick-tools.com/search/go?view=grid&w=versa-mount) versions of such things - my workspace is small - I have the receiver part under the surface my gladiator rolling table and I can switch out tools as needed. The mounts can go on the bench receiver - or a hitch receiver. When not in use, the tools and attached mounts sit on the shelf.


Frank_Fhurter

as a blacksmith/metal fabricator, this is so rad.. ide chock something directly beneath the anvil portion if and while youre using it


Misanthrope-3000

Dammit, now I need to get a trailer hitch on an Fiat 500.


a_cycle_addict

Ah yes, the shinfucker3000™


finnly1976

When you can feel the pain of a picture


WilTravis

My shins offer their condolences.


Good-guy13

Can’t wait till that thing rattles apart going down the freeway


ApoplecticStud

Doyle rules!


bennyjay84

Watch out for banana peels!


buzzothefuzzo

Ah damn, I lost the race. You won.


ApoplecticStud

Lol. I was completely shocked that nobody beat me to it.


MaddRamm

I had a metal shop make me a hitch platform and I bolt 6” jaws to the little platform. This is a pretty cool idea having it built into the vice itself. The only problem is that you can’t rotate this. I always am putting g crazy stuff into my vice and sometimes need to spin it to make stuff fit.


Newherehoyle

The one I made for my service truck puts it more at tailgate level, and has a hitch Jack for extra support, otherwise it will shake your truck.


PhilthyPhan1993

Awesome tool. Remove after use. I have scars on my shins from implements similar.


Final-Ask-7979

How much $?


nullvoid88

I think I'd work on a way to keep the vise handle horizontal for driving... I can visualize it digging into a curb or whatnot turning around.


tanstaaflnz

It looks like it was a happy coincidence, rather than being built for it.


hannahranga

https://www.harborfreight.com/6-in-hitch-vise-58880.html deliberately built


Smuggler501

GENIUS!!


chrisfoe97

I have one and it's an amazing vise, holds great and I even mounted it my work bench.


Weird_Roof_7584

Holly shit I actually could use this. I'm tired of breaking out my little Clamp that I have to find somewhere else to Clamp it to. I like that, for real when Soldering Clamps are extremely helpful, when threading pipe they are necessary


User_225846

New replacement for the tri hitch. Clamp any size ball you want.


Tezlaract

I prefer the Trail D vise. But I’ve used these also. Solid.


Hanayama99

Bless you. I need this


phelix544

Even the best of vie is useless unless it's attached to something that won't move


spawlicker

Hope you're not counting on it lasting long. I hope I'm wrong for you, but their cast iron breakes soon and often.


HandyMan131

What’s even better is to build a “L” shaped piece of steel and a vice that slips into the top of it, so that its level with the tailgate and just behind the tailgate when the tailgate is down. That way you have a portable work bench and vice (I even screwed down a piece of plywood to the tailgate to make it a better work surface). I have spent many many hours rebuilding oilfield equipment in the middle of nowhere with that kind of setup.


micah490

Finally a legitimate excuse to lift yer truckkkk


RickyRoquet

Impressive


Every_Palpitation449

I think I'll just mount one of my vices on a hitch....


Desert-Noir

What is this? A vise for ants?


beser12v

Seems silly to me, considering the car's suspension will be very annoying... Am i missing something?


hannahranga

You're not in the middle of a muddy field 10min drive and 4 gates away from a vice bolted to a work bench. They're not great but vehicle mounted vices are better than nothing.


beser12v

Good point!


eleventy5thRejection

I guess that's important.


Dedward5

“Not to be used while vehicle is in motion” I do quite like those for filed use.


Caveape80

Woah!!!!!!!


Itchy-Witness-4839

Did ya get the cut-tin torch and welder yet? Your 10 unintentional trips away from having a fully stocked service truck. Im not allowed to go in there unsupervised anymore. And if i had that id mount a sword in it for those pesky tailgaters.


hobbes3k

Won't this rust so fast??


chivoloko454

Is because you don't need it, just because you saved 350$ comparable to Wilton it doesn't mean that your bank account went 350$ up.


the_upndwn

Get a pipe vice stand. Your back will tank you. My work tried to get me to get one of these for my work truck. I fabbed one to sit on the bumper. My back thanks me every time I use it.


solowkey13

Now how do i clamp my trailer to this?


Wynstonn

I feel like this vise is a bit too low to actually be useful. As a pipe fitter by trade, many of our company vehicles have pipe vices mounted on the truck, so maybe having access to a truck mounted vise, I’m biased.


Liamnacuac

Plan on showing horses or welding in the outdoors?


MichaelMcNanner

I do camera inspections in pipes, as well as high pressure water blasting. We need a pintel hitch for pulling equipment, the box with the camera robot/controller sits in the gated flatbed. It didn't take long for me to realize before I even started setting up the camera, take that fucking hitch off. My shins have dents.


Ok_Farmer1574

OK, but now where do you put the receiver mounted toilet seat?


Meat2480

Watch your balls when you stand up


AT4LWL4TS

Wait til the Jeep people see this!!


Reasonable_Logic4532

I made one last year. Had the vise already. Welded a plate to a receiver and bolted the vise to it... Then made one for my nephew...Haven't broken them yet...


IMiNSIDEiT

Oh, Doyles rule! 🤣


buzzothefuzzo

Argh you beat me to it by 22 min. Lol


photonynikon

imma make one for my van! With a step to get up inside!


Clicky-The-Blicky

Better put a locking lug on that. Someone is gonna swipe that because it’s so cool lol


Punkrexx

Need to make it compatible with pentle hitches


buzzothefuzzo

Oh, Doyle rules.


Cafecitolife909

O Doyle rules !


thecamzone

Used to work at a car wash and one of the maintenance techs showed up with that on his van. I thought it was the coolest thing on the planet.


BroskiDude0

I love it but cringe at the sight of it.


mlechowicz90

I just use the hitch receiver to bend things in. Works 60 percent of the time all the time.


masterteck1

I love all the shin jokes . That was the 2 thing I was thinking about... I can just see it now lost of breath with a aaaa'AAA'AAA' sssssssshhhhhhhiiiiiiiitttttttt I know I forgot something


Nfletcher1994

I’ve had the Wilton version a few years now. Not something I use everyday but well worth keeping around. Only complaint is weird height. Still it’s better than nothing. Really helps bridge the gap between daily driver and full on service truck.