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Retired equipment
Posted by Second-Generation on December 13, 2016 at 3:16 pmReceived a txt from a fellow surveyor. He found a Machete I retired to the woods. Told him I like to leave things for other surveyors to find in hopes it’ll make them smile on a bad day. Turns out it did. He had just fell climbing a Barb wire fence. Punctured his hand and re injured his ankle. Mission accomplished!
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Second-Generation replied 7 years, 6 months ago 8 Members · 13 Replies -
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I don’t know if it still there but I left a bush axe in a tree about 40 years ago. The hook went around the trunk straight into a hornet’s nest. I RAN away and never went back for it.
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Sounds like a fun idea to enlighten someone’s day, far in the future.
But, in doing so, this picture just screams LIABILITY to me.
What if future surveyor didn’t see said retired object and impales himself thereupon?
Or worse yet, if a child was hurt while playing hide-and-go-seek… -
epoch date, post: 405108, member: 485 wrote: Sounds like a fun idea to enlighten someone’s day, far in the future.
But, in doing so, this picture just screams LIABILITY to me.
What if future surveyor didn’t see said retired object and impales himself thereupon?
Or worse yet, if a child was hurt while playing hide-and-go-seek…That’s what I was going to say… what if he was just on a bad luck streak and his bad day got even worse…
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epoch date, post: 405108, member: 485 wrote: Sounds like a fun idea to enlighten someone’s day, far in the future.
But, in doing so, this picture just screams LIABILITY to me.
What if future surveyor didn’t see said retired object and impales himself thereupon?
Or worse yet, if a child was hurt while playing hide-and-go-seek…Ya’ll didn’t play with machetes when you was kids? That would be an awesome find for a 10 year old. It’s a Fort building tool.
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epoch date, post: 405108, member: 485 wrote: Sounds like a fun idea to enlighten someone’s day, far in the future.
But, in doing so, this picture just screams LIABILITY to me.
What if future surveyor didn’t see said retired object and impales himself thereupon?
Or worse yet, if a child was hurt while playing hide-and-go-seekI left it for a surveyor to find. Therefore It’s deep in the woods only a surveyor would dare go.
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Rich., post: 405153, member: 10450 wrote: That’s what I was going to say… what if he was just on a bad luck streak and his bad day got even worse…
Guess im just a optimist then. Gessh.
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wfwenzel, post: 405101, member: 7180 wrote: Quite a swing you have there …………………..
I do. [emoji3] but in this case I used a hammer to in sure it didn’t fall out.
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Adam, post: 405183, member: 8900 wrote: Ya’ll didn’t play with machetes when you was kids? That would be an awesome find for a 10 year old. It’s a Fort building tool.
As a kid. My dads crews hated when I got ahold of there machetes. It take them weeks to get out the teeth out of the blade. Lol
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In desert areas I find chaining pins.
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Larry Scott, post: 405612, member: 8766 wrote: In desert areas I find chaining pins.
I don’t think they were left intentionally.The coyotes won’t chew them up………………….
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I think I would retire a machete next to monument that didn’t have any metal in it. That will continue to be a nice find for many surveyors in the future.
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Bow Tie Surveyor, post: 406761, member: 6939 wrote: I think I would retire a machete next to monument that didn’t have any metal in it. That will continue to be a nice find for many surveyors in the future.
That’s a good idea!
Retired a shovel like that once! I scavenge pvc off construction sites and use it to mark monuments along with small pieces of rebar to small to use as a trav point.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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