Klein Tools KLT5417T Tool Holder Bull-pin holder with tunnel loop

The Klein Tools KLT5417T is a bull-pin holder with a tunnel loop.

A dedicated holder for a single tool sounds like overkill until you consider where it is used. An ironworker climbs steel with a bull pin, and a bull pin is a foot-long tapered steel spike weighing several pounds. There are exactly two places it can be: in a holder on the belt, or falling.

That is the entire argument. A dropped tool at height is the most persistent fatal hazard in structural steel work, and a bull pin dropped from twenty feet does not need to hit anyone in particular to end badly. A holder that positively retains the pin is not a convenience item.

The second reason is that the pin has to come out fast and go back fast, one-handed, while the other hand is holding steel. A pin shoved into a bolt bag is fished for; a pin in a holder is where it always is. Ironworkers who have worked at height know exactly where every tool on their belt lives, because they have to find it without looking.

The tunnel loop threads onto the belt rather than clipping, which means it cannot be knocked off — the same reasoning again.

Applications include structural steel erection, bridge work, and heavy construction.

Users include ironworkers and structural crews.

Brand

Klein Tools

SKU

KLT5417T

Category

Hand Tools

Weight

0.4 lbs

Dimensions

12.00 x 10.00 x 5.00

Price

$22.00

Availability

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Rating

4.74 / 5.0