What is it?

[JoeM 7,874]

Found these in the bottom of a bucket of stuff bought at the auction. I am thinking some kind of spring compressor??

I figured someone here will know.

 

[Achto 27,577]

Kind of looks like some type of home made spring compressor to me.

[Pullstart 62,892]

Smart thinking!  Beats ratchet straps!

[953 nut 55,243]

I'm of the opinion that they would be used to support a heavy pair of wooden gates and their posts in a wooden fence. They would be mounted in the top hinge with one cable running to the opposite corner of the gate. The second cable attached to the next line post to prevent the weight of the gate from pulling the gate post out of plumb.

[SylvanLakeWH 25,563]

25 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

I'm of the opinion that they would be used to support a heavy pair of wooden gates and their posts in a wooden fence. They would be mounted in the top hinge with one cable running to the opposite corner of the gate. The second cable attached to the next line post to prevent the weight of the gate from pulling the gate post out of plumb.

 

I was thinking top cable pull on a fence that has cable instead of top rail. Pulls cable taught where spliced... 

[Digger 66 3,478]

I made a pair of those years ago to squash my wheelers coil-springs and hold them while I slipped the shock body out .

[JoeM 7,874]

9 minutes ago, Digger 66 said:

wheelers coil-springs and hold them while I slipped the shock body out

bingo I did a search using ATV Spring compressors and they came up. looks like used as a coil over smaller shock application.

Threw them in the drawer with puller stuff.