Due to my paranoia I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on retrieving a tool if it falls in the cinder blocks
Retrieving a tool after dropping it down blocks
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Framing101
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Keys rarely, if ever, leave the ignition of my truck.
Last place they’d be is hanging off my pants like it’s 1983.
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Last place they’d be is hanging off my pants like it’s 1983.
M202 A1 FLASH?I can't believe Reggi of all people didn't come up with the obvious answer to the OP.
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About like carrying your billfold while working. Never have stays in the truck.
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Don't remember why we were crawling around the insulated attic, but bossman and I were crawling around an insulated attic of a building we were finishing up.
End of day, he goes for his keys, not in his pocket.
Bad enough to be without your keys, but apparently the key chain was custom made by his son using the ivories of his first deer.
Back up we go for another two hours with no success.
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End of day, he goes for his keys, not in his pocket.
Bad enough to be without your keys, but apparently the key chain was custom made by his son using the ivories of his first deer.
Back up we go for another two hours with no success.
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Do i remember correctly that all tools need to be tethered to the workman in Japan if they are working above a certain height? Hence everything has an eyelet to tie to. I remember 20-ish yrs ago when i got my first small japanese cats taw prybar, and there was an eyelet below the head. And the cordless drills came with wrist straps.
Some of you guys are attic and crawl space amateurs.
Everything comes out of your pockets and stays in the truck.
Truck key gets laced in your boot lace, so even if the knot comes undone, the laces still have to get unlaced to lose the key.
If you don't notice your boot is falling off your foot, you deserve to walk home.
Everything comes out of your pockets and stays in the truck.
Truck key gets laced in your boot lace, so even if the knot comes undone, the laces still have to get unlaced to lose the key.
If you don't notice your boot is falling off your foot, you deserve to walk home.
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I got into the habit of using a piece of mason line tied to my tape measure and then back to my belt loop every time we were running a wall on scaffold, or a chimney.
Other than that, the biggest culprit is setting a tool on the wall instead of in the mudpan when you are done with it. Learn to keep your tools on the board in the in the pan and they can be retrieved when they get bumped.
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You guys must work in some bad areas if you are taking your keys with you onto a job.
It's only a handful of times a year where I take my keys out and lock the truck up, and I have a zippered pouch on my lunch box where I can place it and keep it in the staging area with the rest of the stuff.
It's only a handful of times a year where I take my keys out and lock the truck up, and I have a zippered pouch on my lunch box where I can place it and keep it in the staging area with the rest of the stuff.
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Job I was referring to, was in the middle of nowhere. Plains of Colorado. USFW property.
I agree with you, why were your keys even out if your truck? [emoji28]
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Really bad areas, I wouldn't leave anything in the truck.
Even up here, there are areas with junkies wandering looking for stuff to steal.
If I'm working alone the keys stay in my pocket, unless I'm crawling around, or carrying an iron tub, or something like that. With the crew, there are two modes of operation:
Upscale neighborhood and we're parked off the street -> keys in cupholder.
Anything else -> keys in a common area inside the building we're working in.
Upscale neighborhood and we're parked off the street -> keys in cupholder.
Anything else -> keys in a common area inside the building we're working in.
You fellas need older trucks. My keys are hanging on a hook in the kitchen. Trucks work just fine without them. 😝
Cargo pants baby.
There’s a reason the military and first responders wear nothing but.
There’s a reason the military and first responders wear nothing but.
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measure to dropped item, demo block cell,
mix mortar, patch.....
install outlet, USB port.....⚡🕯⚒.
Never set anything of value on CMU wall, that isn't grouted solid......
Cargo pants suck on scaffolding, IMHO
mix mortar, patch.....
install outlet, USB port.....⚡🕯⚒.
Never set anything of value on CMU wall, that isn't grouted solid......
Cargo pants suck on scaffolding, IMHO
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