Guardrail Hardware Removal Tool

A guardrail bolt stabilization apparatus facilitating guardrail removal comprising:

• a clamping frame configured to mount on a W-shaped guardrail beam;
• a plurality of contact elements carried by the clamping frame and positioned to engage multiple surfaces of the W-shaped guardrail beam;
• an adjustment mechanism operatively connected to the contact elements and configured to control engagement force applied by the contact elements to guardrail bolts;
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• a hook elements extending from the clamping frame and configured to secure the apparatus to the guardrail beam during operation.

An apparatus for removing seized guardrail hardware comprising:

• a structural framework including a fixed jaw assembly and a movable jaw assembly;
• attachment hooks carried by the structural framework and configured to engage upper and lower edges of a guardrail structure;
• pressure-applying elements positioned between the first jaw assembly and the second jaw assembly and configured to contact bolt heads extending from the guardrail structure;
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• an actuating system configured to move the pressure-applying elements toward the guardrail structure to immobilize the bolt heads while allowing access to corresponding nuts on an opposite side of the guardrail structure.