| 摘要 |
A tool for installing and removing dock posts which includes a short tubular ratchet head. The tubular ratchet head is generally circular in cross-section and has angled teeth formed in the outer edge of both ends. The inner diameter of the ratchet head is sized to be slightly larger than the outer diameter of the dock posts, which permits the ratchet head of the tool to slide onto the top of the dock post. The tool slides down the dock post until the post turning bar inserted through the dock post engages the slot between the angled teeth in the lower edge of the ratchet head. If the tool of the present invention is rotated about the dock post in the direction which the teeth are pointing, the angled teeth on opposite sides of the ratchet head engage the post turning bar which causes the post turning bar and dock post to rotate in the same direction. When the tool is rotated in the opposite direction, the ratchet head disengages the post turning bar to permit the head of the tool to be repositioned for another power stroke to rotate the dock post. The ratchet head of the tool may be mounted in one direction for installation and the opposite direction form removing the dock posts.
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