What tools have you lost at an inspection?

[RAY THOROMAN]

I would be interested in starting a poll but do not really know how to make one....

Last week I lost my second pair of binoculars in about 4 years. I sat them on the tailgate of my truck (tailgate stays open to carry my extension ladder) after looking at the exterior/roof of the home. Normally I put them right back in the cab but got chatting with a customer. Well a funny thing, I was heading to another inspection about 40 miles away, got off the Interstate, turned the corner and saw something small and black hit the road followed by a semi-truck running them over. That very second it dawned on me that I left them on the tailgate. The second inspection was only about a mile from the off ramp.

I have not lost many tools other than the binoculars, 1 flashlight, a couple of GFCI testers and that's about it.

I bet the most common tool left behind or lost is the GFCI receptacle tester...

R.T.

[iniquette]

Lost an infrared thermometer once. Showed up in the mail a week later. Called the seller and thanked them very much for their honesty and gave them $50.00 off their home inspection when they found a new place. Got the job and my thermometer back.

[Charley L. Bottger]

100 GFCI testers, 200 oven thermometers, one battery screw driver, one amp meter (Stolen) I buy screw drivers by the case

[jhugenroth]

I left my camera on the rear bumper a couple of years ago...
A couple of years before that I was climbing into an attic, and lost the grip on my Streamlight flashlight (about 120 bucks) and it fell between two walls all the way to floor level.
I could see it shining down there, but there was no way I could reach it. Somebody is going to find it someday when they tear the wall out.

[Dale Duffy]

I left my new "Talking Screwdriver" at an inspection today---on purpose---

[RAY THOROMAN]

Ok Dale you must tell more about your ''talking flashlight'' and what else was it suppose to do?

That must had made you very upset Joseph. Was the light still on!

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by rthoroman

Ok Dale you must tell more about your ''talking flashlight'' and what else was it suppose to do?

Hey Ray---nobody is getting my "Talking Flashlight"....not over my dead body---....and I'm not telling what else it does----

I had it with the screwdriver talking back to me (arguing)----

Me and Larson swiped a couple for ourselves (talking flashlights & screwdrivers) from Shipping & Receiving before we started shipping the "How too count too 10" books for a couple hundred folks in dire need--------

[Bob Elliott]

I am getting sick of losing my three light testers .and may start carrying them on a neck chain.
(metal of course)

[David A. Andersen]

I wear a safari vest to hold tools, but things still fall out in the crawlspace!

A long time ago, I started doing inventory before I left the house (or locked it up). This step is as important in my "sequence of inspection" as anything else (even picking up the clients check)!

I have lost a lot of things, but found most of them!

[dmcauley]

So far I have been lucky and lost only an infrared thermometer in an attic. Fell out of my pocket and couldn't find it anywhere. Drat that blown-in insulation. Now that I've said that, I will probably begin to loose more stuff.

[Frank M. Carrio, CMI]

Quote:
Originally Posted by rthoroman
Ok Dale you must tell more about your ''talking flashlight'' and what else was it suppose to do?

Originally Posted by dduffy

Hey Ray---nobody is getting my "Talking Flashlight"....not over my dead body---....and I'm not telling what else it does----

I had it with the screwdriver talking back to me (arguing)----

Me and Larson swiped a couple for ourselves (talking flashlights & screwdrivers) from Shipping & Receiving before we started shipping the "How too count too 10" books for a couple hundred folks in dire need--------

Hi Dale!
I know the feeling except.... my "Talking Tape measure" is the one that is giving me fits!

I said to heck with it and left it on the last job along with the Free Hummer.

[jhugenroth]

Originally Posted by rthoroman

That must had made you very upset Joseph. Was the light still on!

Yep, it was still on. I could see the light shining down there, but...

Where's Reed Richards (AKA Mr. Fantastic) when you need him?

[mlopezi]

4 ft.level went back to get it and it was gone

[Frank Magdefrau]

I left one of my tool bags on my tail gate and drove off. I was down the road a good ways when this guy pulled up at red light and said my tail gate was down. I knew right then what I had lost. I went back and I could not find it anywhere. I was alone at the home I just inspected (vacant) and I was sitting in the driveway wondering what to do feeling like a fool. A car pulled up an a real estate agent who was showing property around the corner ask if I was looking for this and pulled out my bag. Wow what a guy, he got a free inspection and I have been working with him for 4 years now.

[rmaday]

My mind!