Do you know what this is?

[Riggs]

My wife's Grandfather was cleaning out a shed and gave it to me, I was lucky enough to have him tell me what it was, or I would have never figured it out. I had never seen one.

[Texas Ranger]

Handling railroad iron.

[bill m]

That was my guess too.

[Woodchuck53]

Light duty. Beam clamp for a safety lanyard. We have a full crew of sand blasters using them all over the platform that look just a little more modern than that one. That's my guess.

[Busy Beaver Lumber]

I was going to guess it was a clamp to compress front suspension coils in cars and trucks so that you could replace them.

[Riggs]

I love the guesses, I have had fun with it at work too.
According to him (85 years old) it is a trailer hitch that clamps on the old steel bumpers.
I have it soaking now trying to free it up.

[Den Socling]

Sounds to me it is like all really good tools. It has a lot of uses.  :D

[Cedarman]

They don't make bumpers like they used to. :D

[Autocar]

As soon as I read your answer I remember renting one of those from a trailer place/body shop here in our home town. Boy dose that picture bring back some memories  :D

[Riggs]

As soon as I read your answer I remember renting one of those from a trailer place/body shop here in our home town. Boy dose that picture bring back some memories  :D

Any ideas on when this style was in use? I can't find out much about it...

[Sprucegum]

I had one on my 1963 Valiant but the car was 10 years old then  ???