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c/foundry-workers•shane434shane434•27d ago

Warning: That cheap knockoff pouring shank cost me a full shift

Bought a no-name pouring shank online for half the price of our usual brand. It cracked on the third pour, right at the threaded joint. Lost about 8 hours of production time while we shut down to replace it and clean the spill. Anyone have a go-to brand for these that actually holds up?
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victor_hall
Yeah, I was totally with kimh67 on this for a long time. I figured a metal tube is a metal tube, why pay more? Then one split right down the seam on a busy Friday, soaked a keg and the floor. The downtime and lost beer cost way more than the shank ever saved. Now I just buy the known brands and sleep better.
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emery_lane
emery_lane27d ago
We switched to Perlick shanks after a similar mess and they've been solid for years.
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kimh67
kimh6727d ago
Had good luck with the cheap ones, honestly.
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