The other day, I walked past a service truck and noticed a guy using this old vise mounted to the back. He was trying to hold a tube in place while fastening something, and right away I could tell that the vise had seen better days. It was rusty, beat up, and barely hanging on.
I asked if he needed a hand, but he said he was good. After he finished, I watched him trying to open the vise. I could hear the struggle. He was grunting, sweating, and at one point kicking the handle to see if the vise would loosen. When it finally opened, everything he had clamped just dropped out to the ground. You could see the relief on his face until he had to use the vise again.
Seeing that made me think of Fireball’s latest video that I watched recently. After seeing that mess firsthand, I’m glad I watched it. I know which vise I’m going with when I put a vise behind my truck.
Looks like the handle is bent. Wish we could have seen that happen. Nothing is more frustrating than a tool that doesn’t work in the field. The vise on a service truck is one of the most important tools the mechanic has with them.
I’m wondering what is he trying to do? I’ve replaced probably over 30 garage door springs in my years and I’ve never had to replace the cones on one of them? Anyone here know why someone would replace the cones on a spring rather than just replace it with a spring that has the cones already installed?
It looks like it could be a new spring, is it possible that garage door repair companies take your old cones off your broken spring and put them on a new spring instead? I didn’t know you could even buy springs with no cones on them?
Would anyone be interested in a Fireball Hardtail extension plate like the one on this truck, but much better and designed for the Hardtail?
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Seeing as he had a cutting torch out, I think it might be more than a parts swap. 
