r/Firefighting • u/Swegist • 6d ago

General Discussion What do y’all call this ?

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What do y’all call this tool

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u/choppedyota Prays fer Jobs. 6d ago

Spud bar.

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u/Desolator_X 6d ago

This is what we call it

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u/Coinbells 6d ago

spud bar are you making mashed potatoes with this thing?

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u/TacoDaTugBoat Backwoods Volley 6d ago

For digging up spud shaped rocks

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u/Coinbells 6d ago

So a rock bar? Or maybe you "pry" up spud shaped rocks... The other two names are fine a spud bar is a bit too esoteric.

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u/fireonion247 5d ago

No, you spud the spud shaped spuds with it. And it's a bar.

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u/Coinbells 5d ago

You spud the bar with a rock shaped bar spud rock?

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u/burningboarder 6d ago

This is the term I learned early on. I just looked it up and it seems like the term "Spud" is one of the earliest for a bar like this which is interesting since, at least in this thread, it's not as common as it used to be. Etymology is cool.

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u/disturbed286 FF/P 6d ago

I've always called/heard it called a spud bar too. I've never once used it for anything.

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u/meleemaker 5d ago

We had em on the ARFF trucks. I used it specifically once to behead a rattlesnake that got into the station

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u/disturbed286 FF/P 5d ago

That explains why I've never seen it used. No rattlesnakes where I am.

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u/ZalinskyAuto 5d ago

Run it through 100’ LDH for an easy 2 man carry

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u/disturbed286 FF/P 5d ago

Correction. I've used it for that. Or to roll it off of for loading.

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u/mmadej87 5d ago

Same here. We have them on all of our engines and I don’t think I’ve ever seen anybody use one. It’s been talked about being used as a picket to anchor a ground monitor but I’ve only ever used easier methods.

I used the shit out of them when I was in the coast guard setting buoys. We used them to slide the concrete anchors off the deck

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u/themakerofthings4 1d ago

Technically it's a pinch bar, although it could be mistaken for a spud bar because they're similar. Spud bars are longer, have a wider head, and have a round cap/pommel/whatever on the opposing end.