Buying a pipe threader

[AKElectrician]

Stick a cheater pipe in the handle.

Tie a rope from the Tristand leg and tie off the pony one finger operation and the tristand stays in place.
That's what the whole is for in a tristand foot, rope or lags.
As for the OP you can do a lot with a pony and a tristand.

 

[rambojoe]

Well...electricians "rope"...
As long as you spend the free time oiling the heck out of the dies...
Pony threader?! In the high desert its a hogs head... aka, watch it take a rookie for a ride! I do not miss those damned things...think hole hawg w/a forcner bit.

 

[Eddie702]

Ridgid tri stands usually have that tee handle acme threaded handle that comes up through the bottom of the tri stand. Many don't know what it is for. You cut a 1" pipe place it on the vise and turn the handle to jamb the pipe up against the ceiling to brace the tri stand

 

[cpickett]

Ridgid tri stands usually have that tee handle acme threaded handle that comes up through the bottom of the tri stand. Many don't know what it is for. You cut a 1" pipe place it on the vise and turn the handle to jamb the pipe up against the ceiling to brace the tri stand

Learn something new every day! Never even noticed that but just checked, and sure enough ours have it too.

 

[AKElectrician]

Well...electricians "rope"...
As long as you spend the free time oiling the heck out of the dies...
Pony threader?! In the high desert its a hogs head... aka, watch it take a rookie for a ride! I do not miss those damned things...think hole hawg w/a forcner bit.

Oil is a must while threading any pipe.
Hogs heads are for anything over 2" if I'm not mistaken ran by a pony of course.
A pony lets you get those bent pipes threaded that don't fit in the bigger threaders.