Pipe Vise Stand and Bracket

Alan (California Radiant) Forbes · January 21

Just bought a new truck. It comes with everything except a slide-out pipe vise bracket like the one pictured, but I can’t find one for sale anywhere. Fabrication is a second choice if I can’t find one off the shelf.
Does anyone have a source?

pecmsg · January 21

i’ve seen that slipping for the trailer hitch a little low but out of the way

JUGHNE · January 21

American Van has a floor mount telescoping bracket for vice mounting.

I have gotten a lot of items from them and all was good.

pecmsg · January 21

https://pipevise.com/products/the-big-boy-apv05?srsltid=AfmBOopoJAl44KMpEPWPImcpdkGtT4MuOBYDn8pIqOaaMYBA_aMIxfem

or

https://www.americanvan.com/hitch-vise-mount-av-hvm-all-1944.html?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21545872485&gbraid=0AAAAAD_nZnHzdSR2bbL2vSP8a27QBMPK0&gclid=CjwKCAiAj8LLBhAkEiwAJjbY7-xeQIwS8HA5qCMN2r1Cecs7_70dgqbwlw0shGa2Pr5BcOXbUrjGIxoCVyIQAvD_BwE

JimP · January 21

This image is from the Knapheide website.

Larry Weingarten · January 21

Hi, Like @JUGHNE , I used their van vice mount with great success. https://www.americanvan.com/slide-out-vise-mount-av-svm-11-1006.html

Yours, Larry

hot_rod · January 21

That bumper is stout enough to mount the bottom 1/2 of a regular yoke type pipe vice.

Or detachable receiver type, like this.

Nice truck, beefy pipe rack. I like the colors

hot_rod · January 21

A lot of guys and gals swear by this Bigfoot type of vise. You could rig a bumper mount, and use it as a portable with some clever bracketing

EBEBRATT-Ed · January 21

Like the looks of the bigfoot. If I was working, I would get one.

But it takes the fun out of kneeling on a concrete floor with two pipe wrenches

hot_rod · January 21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESgyUVzkvY0

mattmia2 · January 21

i bought one of those guillotine style pipe vises used with the intent of bolting to a couple foot long piece of 2x.

ethicalpaul · January 21

I like the way you worded that. I have a lot of intentions too 😅

Nice truck btw!

HydronicMike · January 22

Looks like you have this one, and they made their own mount

hot_rod · January 23

if you do a lot of threaded pipe these portable threaders are super handy. They have cordless versions now.

I rarely used the pipe vise after I got one of these.

Does that truck have 120V receptacles in the bed.

EBEBRATT-Ed · January 23

I have an Amigo 2 that I bought used 31 years ago. Works great i think.

I wouldn't know my brother scoffed it off me over 20 years ago and I haven't seen it since. Only threader I have left sold the others. Much lighter than a Rigid 700 and plenty of power.

Intplm. · January 23

@Alan (California Radiant) Forbes Nice new ride. I can see why you want what you have had before, that good old familiarity often works best.

I use the big foot. The problem I have with it is you can't crank down on something, it will not stay stationary. Otherwise its a good portable vice.

I looked in the Ridgid catalog and could not find anything there. Try giving them a call. 1-800-474-3443. They might have something not listed, or a recommendation. If not, the company that sold you the utility box on your new truck might have something.

I sent you a message in your mail for some other thoughts.

ethicalpaul · January 23

Just for my education, do those portable threading machines still require a vise, or do they have an integrated vise that prevents a free pipe from spinning?

Intplm. · January 23

They require a vice. They usually come with a clamp that is clamped onto the pipe. The clamp has a post or integral rod. The threader is inserted on that rod so the threader can travel the length of the cut of the thread.

The clamp is pictured here, the part farthest to the right.

EBEBRATT-Ed · January 23

@ethicalpaul

Yes as @Intplm. mentioned Reed, Rigid, Rothenberger, Rems (why do they all begin with an R) and Milwaukee all have a vise to clamp the pipe some designed a little different than others.

You can usually thread 1/2 or 3/4 without the vise but is needed on larger pipe

mattmia2 · January 23

there is a harbor freight version too

hot_rod · January 24

As long as you have enough space to get the machine positioned, you can thread pipe in place. Which can be very handy for cutting in fittings or replacing sections of pipe.

ethicalpaul · January 24

I've seen that, it looks amazing when you can do it

PC7060 · January 25

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/203508/pipe-vise-stand-and-bracket

nice truck!

EBEBRATT-Ed · January 25

I had a 3" welded gas line that we had to make some changes to. It was all low pressure gas. It was in the ceiling in an office building so welding was not really an option. No Mega Press back then.

Luckily there was space around the pipe we cut it with a band saw and mounted a Ridgid #141 threader with a ridgid 700 on it and cut a thread on it.

Not fun up in the air on a ladder but it worked.

hot_rod · January 25

A chain vise is handy if you want to hold "other" larger diameter or odd shaped stuff. I used one for cutting the smaller fire wood with my truck vise.

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EBEBRATT-Ed · January 26

Chain vises are the best. Cut a whole bundle of threaded rod, square tubing, angle, channel, Unistrut…..oh yeah and pipe and tubing too.

Alan (California Radiant) Forbes · January 26

Guys: I got a new chain vise from Santa and all I need is the stand. I don't thread pipe anymore, so it's just tightening and loosening fittings from pipe, cutting PVC and galvanized flue pipe. And it looks cool, hanging off the back of my truck like I know what I'm doing.

EBEBRATT-Ed · January 27

@Alan (California Radiant) Forbes

It will look better when it is covered in pipe dope, a few pipe chips and dirt

Lance · February 5

I had a Ridgid bolt on chain vise. I mounted it on some steel c channel that I fashioned into an upside down L stand. I secured a c channel bracket to my bumper so I could drop the vise into it. This kept my vise in the truck, and allowed me flexibility in using it and transferring it to another truck. I go through trucks quicker than I go through through tools. It was my answer to a truck without a hitch. Smaller than a tripod vise, lighter too. till in use 40 years later. I like tools that are forever. ⚒️

ChrisJ · February 5

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1883664#Comment_1883664

You literally saw a picture of a setup I was using with a Ridgid 700 back in October…..

I guess you're forgetting stuff in your old age. 😁

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