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MJH

  • Posts: 901
What equipment have you lost???
« on: June 17, 2008, 07:15:19 pm »
i am always rushing about like a lunatic and left my rojak ladder stop on a job which i am cheesed off about as it has yet to be returned!!! nobody has seen it apparantly!!!
What have you guys left behind?
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NWH

  • Posts: 16952
Re: What equipment have you lost???
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2008, 07:18:34 pm »
When i first started using modular poles a couple of times i left a section behind on the grass when using up to 7 sections,when lowering the pole you sometimes leave them and forget as your working away.You get back round to where you started and forget there round the back,i must admit it dosen`t happen anymore these days.
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cbcs

Re: What equipment have you lost???
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2008, 07:19:54 pm »
Forgot a slip n slide. Never seen again!
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karygate

  • Posts: 694
Re: What equipment have you lost???
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2008, 07:23:04 pm »
cat9921 lost his marbles
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jeff1

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Re: What equipment have you lost???
« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2008, 07:26:29 pm »
I left the Boss (wife) behind once  :o never lived that down that night  ;D
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poles apart

  • Posts: 664
Re: What equipment have you lost???
« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2008, 08:01:16 pm »
Three 100m hose reels - never seen again!!
Three slip and slides - found still in place on next visit!
30ft carbon pole - returned next day, still on grass!
Numerous hozelock fittings - these seem to have legs!
Harris pole - still to be collected on next visit. Too far otherwise.
About 50 microfibre cloths! - over a few years.
Two squeegees!
Numerous employees! - can't take the pace!

Rod
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davids3511

  • Posts: 2506
Re: What equipment have you lost???
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2008, 08:07:13 pm »
I left my backpack outside someones house once. Drove 20 minutes to my next job to realise it wasn't there. Drove back bricking it all the way as I knew it was just sitting on theor driveway, fully expected it to be gone but it wasn't.

Have lost two brushed in the past. I expected to see them next time round but never did.

In a previous job as a datacomms engineer I left a 10k test set behind me on site. The site also had one similar and when I rang to arrange pickup they said 'how do we know it is yours and not ours?'. Thankfully the name of the company I worked for was engraved into it.
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jeff1

  • Posts: 5855
Re: What equipment have you lost???
« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2008, 08:20:00 pm »
Quote from: poles apart on June 17, 2008, 08:01:16 pm
Three 100m hose reels - never seen again!!
Three slip and slides - found still in place on next visit!
30ft carbon pole - returned next day, still on grass!
Numerous hozelock fittings - these seem to have legs!
Harris pole - still to be collected on next visit. Too far otherwise.
About 50 microfibre cloths! - over a few years.
Two squeegees!
Numerous employees! - can't take the pace!

Rod

I'm going to follow you around then Rod  ;D good Job you didn't loose your caravan on the way home then? ;D ;D
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Jon-scwindows

  • Posts: 645
Re: What equipment have you lost???
« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2008, 08:27:42 pm »
the neighbours step ladder i borrowed i left 60 miles away at a job, now sold the round. I didnt like the neighbour anyway.

I seem to leave poles in the back gardens and forget about them!
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sjm

Re: What equipment have you lost???
« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2008, 08:45:50 pm »
Forgot to put bucket in the car before we set off ( squeegies, buckets on a belt etc ) arrives 8 miles later and realised ! rushed back , and abra cadabra ?  cost me £80  :'( I will never forget to put the bucket in the car again )  ;D
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Rob.Hall

  • Posts: 1078
Re: What equipment have you lost???
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2008, 08:49:44 pm »
Went to get one of my brushes out the van yesterday and found it + another missing.

Have not got a clue where I have mislayed them  >:(

Unless one of you guys niped into the back when I was not looking!!
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Captain Scarlet

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Re: What equipment have you lost???
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2008, 09:13:32 pm »
a slip and slide under a car!!!!! it didnt get crushed and it was returned! Luke
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MJH

  • Posts: 901
Re: What equipment have you lost???
« Reply #12 on: June 17, 2008, 09:16:55 pm »
I forgot to say a couple of years ago i lost my ladders of my roof rack when i braked hard!!! :o
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SherwoodCleaningSe

  • Posts: 2368
Re: What equipment have you lost???
« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2008, 09:47:34 pm »
Nearly 11 years ago when first starting I poured a bucket of water down the drain at the end of the day.  I had forgotten to take my applicater and blade out and the blade went down.  I felt like a right Rodney as a couple of kids were watching me at the time.

We have lost and found numerous trip hazard signs on jobs.

Simon.
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MJH

  • Posts: 901
Re: What equipment have you lost???
« Reply #14 on: June 17, 2008, 09:56:52 pm »
And i left my scraper on my van roof and drove off, went back 5 minutes later and it had been ran over!!
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*Mr Tumble

  • Posts: 367
Re: What equipment have you lost???
« Reply #15 on: June 17, 2008, 09:59:31 pm »
Lost a £100 camera on the _roof_ once.  Bad day that.
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alanwilson

  • Posts: 1885
Re: What equipment have you lost???
« Reply #16 on: June 17, 2008, 10:15:25 pm »
I have a habit of losing caution signs!

think I should get one saying

"Caution - don't leave me behind"!!
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AJ

  • Posts: 1262
Re: What equipment have you lost???
« Reply #17 on: June 17, 2008, 10:21:47 pm »
1 hose in kent
1 vacuum in N London (builders clean, vanished off the face of the earth)
Microfibres and scrims all over the place.
Squeegees on window cills when doing cherry picker work (one of my favorites that)
virginity at 16 (got it back again at 40  :-\)
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Neil Williams

Re: What equipment have you lost???
« Reply #18 on: June 17, 2008, 10:28:15 pm »
As sort of mentioned earlier I left an employee on an estate. Well to be honest I sacked him on the spot and told him to start walking
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Ian W

  • Posts: 1161
Re: What equipment have you lost???
« Reply #19 on: June 18, 2008, 02:47:24 am »
A customer gave me back a spray bottle and I hadn't realised it was missing, which was nice.

Also realised I had left 2 ladder mats somewhere, but didn't know where. Found them next time around where I had left them.

I'd probably lose my head if it wasn't screwed on.  ;D
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