Another Whatzit from the trailer

[farmerdoug]

Here is another whatzit from the trailer. 

I know it is for wire but how what where and why I do not know.  I am hoping our collective knowledge here will answer the questions.





It is mostly aluminum.  I will get a couple of more pictures tomorrow if needed.

[sawguy21]

It appears to be some setup to hang a hook from an overhead line. The block would be clamped to the line (the other half of the clamp is missing) and the ball on the other line would slip into the nubbin.

[fstedy]

Its a wire saddle its used to clamp onto the wire and hang it from the bottom of a stack of insulator dishes. They are usually used on Transmission Lines. The knob with the cotter pin locks it onto the lug on the bottom of the last insulator dish. The the saddle has a clamp with 2 or 4 threaded lugs and nuts that clamp the wire if you look closely you can see them sticking up.

[mike_van]

What fstedy said - I hung enough of them -  8)

[stumpy]

I agree with Fasteddy.  I also hing a bunch of them.

[Weekend_Sawyer]

I never hung one. But that's what I thought when I saw it.

[farmerdoug]

Okay, I can buy that.  Now what are they useful to someone like us.  To me I see some aluminum scrap as I do not think there is a market for them outside an utility.

[Banjo picker]

Sell it for scrap, and you will figure out a use for it next week. :D :D ;D Tim

[Woodwalker]

I poor-boy a lot of things (hay wire and what not) and I've used a lot of pole-line hardware around here for things it wasn't designed, but so far I haven't found a other than intended use for suspension shoes.
New price of these things would probable shock you. Any hardware associated with line work is usually expensive.  This in a great part is due to the liability if a part fails. I don't think you will much luck selling to your local provider. They are going to want to use their approved vendors.  It's going to be an aluminum alloy, so don't know how that will effect the scrap price.
2-blocks, cad weld molds, suspension shoes, you have "unique" supplier.