Agricultural wrenches and spanners are categorised as those produced for use on farms or in the maintenance of farm equipment.
The nature of many pieces of farm equipment was such that they often needed custom-designed tools to carry out routine adjustments and/or repairs.
In some cases the spanners needed to be quite large due to the size of the equipment they were used on. in other cases they were designed for the farmer's convenience, as often farmers had to use the tools literally out in the field so wanted the minimum numbers of essential tools and they had to be suitable for use without the aid of other workshop equipment.
Agricultural spanner are often of odd shapes to allow for use in confined spaces or because the one tool is used for more than one function.
Click on any of the images below to see the larger image and accompanying details:
Agricultural wrenches
ap146-AP593-sm.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/ap146-AP593-sm.jpg
ap872-sm.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/ap872-sm.jpg
ap11408.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/ap11408.jpg
austral-sm.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/austral-sm.jpg
barger-sm.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/barger-sm.jpg
BigBarger.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/BigBarger.jpg
BradshawHorsham-3-web.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/BradshawHorsham-3-web.jpg
buncle-3t.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/buncle-3t.jpg
C&B2.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/C&B2.jpg
cliff&bunting-gr-sm.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/cliff&bunting-gr-sm.jpg
Clyde-NSW-a-web.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/Clyde-NSW-a-web.jpg
Clyde-NSW-b-web.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/Clyde-NSW-b-web.jpg
ClydeHudsons-a.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/ClydeHudsons-a.jpg
ClydeHudsons-b.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/ClydeHudsons-b.jpg
cohoe&walster.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/cohoe&walster.jpg
cooper2-sm-tn.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/cooper2-sm-tn.jpg
csr-sm.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/csr-sm.jpg
danielharvey.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/danielharvey.jpg
dikkers-web.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/dikkers-web.jpg
Duiganx.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/Duiganx.jpg
furphy-gr-sm.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/furphy-gr-sm.jpg
FurphySpanner-4.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/FurphySpanner-4.jpg
GibbinsP77-d-web.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/GibbinsP77-d-web.jpg
h-lennon-spottiswoode-web.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/h-lennon-spottiswoode-web.jpg
h-v-k-1.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/h-v-k-1.jpg
harvey-reverse.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/harvey-reverse.jpg
Hicks3-a-sm.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/Hicks3-a-sm.jpg
hugh-lennon-front-w.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/hugh-lennon-front-w.jpg
hughvvmckay-184.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/hughvvmckay-184.jpg
ihc-595-3.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/ihc-595-3.jpg
ihc-ap331-lite.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/ihc-ap331-lite.jpg
KP107-KP108-sm.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/KP107-KP108-sm.jpg
lightning-r-web.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/lightning-r-web.jpg
lightning-web.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/lightning-web.jpg
may&millar-web.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/may&millar-web.jpg
may-bros-sm.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/may-bros-sm.jpg
maybros-web.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/maybros-web.jpg
mcg&c-sm.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/mcg&c-sm.jpg
mckay-twistx2.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/mckay-twistx2.jpg
mckay.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/mckay.jpg
McKayx2-long-b-sm.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/McKayx2-long-b-sm.jpg
mckenzie-holland-sm.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/mckenzie-holland-sm.jpg
millar-web.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/millar-web.jpg
mintern-reverse.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/mintern-reverse.jpg
mintern-t.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/mintern-t.jpg
mintern-treble-r-sm.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/mintern-treble-r-sm.jpg
moffat-virtue-c-spanner-smb.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/moffat-virtue-c-spanner-smb.jpg
moffat-virtue c-spanner.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/moffat-virtue c-spanner.jpg
munro.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/munro.jpg
N1841-2-sm.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/N1841-2-sm.jpg
p206sm.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/p206sm.jpg
S24.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/S24.jpg
sunshine-d&d.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/sunshine-d&d.jpg
sunshine-impspanner.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/sunshine-impspanner.jpg
T-Howie-Footscray-1-web-sm.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/T-Howie-Footscray-1-web-sm.jpg
T-Howie-Footscray-3-web.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/T-Howie-Footscray-3-web.jpg
TDC-TR&Co-sm.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/TDC-TR&Co-sm.jpg
tr&co-x3.jpg
http://webwerks.com.au/htpaa/images/wrenches/agricultural-wrenches/tr&co-x3.jpg
The HTPAA welcomes any additional information, pictures and ephemera relating to these tools or any other Australian Makers.
Contact the Australian Collection Curator.