Ridgid has had a presence on the tool scene for over 100 years, finding its start in 1923 with the creation of the modern pipe wrench. Back then, the company was led and owned by its founder ...
Historically, such a wrench would have smooth jaws that run perpendicular to the handle and adjusted vertically; a pipe wrench is similar but with serrated jaws; a crescent wrench has jaws running ...
Whether pipe is being fed into the wellbore or it is being taken out, the iron roughneck uses a rotary table and torque wrench(es) to make up or break down pipe. What was once an extremely ...