lost my laser level

[doug boardley]

was on my way home yesterday and was going through a roundabout when I heard my tools shifting in the back of the van. Thought no more of it until a car flashed me a couple of miles up the road. I stopped and he told me that the side door was open on my van and I'd been spilling tools out of it. I retraced my route and found a few things on the roadside, but it looks like I've lost my bosch laser level. What a numpty

[Sir Ramic]

Dopey Boardley !

[SandyFloor]

I can't say anything because I've done it more than once and lost some materials but nothing of the value of your level. I'm now slightly obsessive in checking the back door is properly shut and looking over my right shoulder through a gap in the bulkhead of my Master to see if the light is on in the back in case the doors have sprung.

[doug boardley]

this courtesy van has a full bulkhead mate, so I couldn't just look over my shoulder and check into the back

[Stewart]

I've done it too a few times and once had my tx700 slide past me at a junction. My latest van warns you if you haven't shut the side or back doors properly, so haven't done it for a while.

[Sir Ramic]

No use crying over spilt tools Doug, you could try the sympathy vote with TradeTiler .....He does some nice tools.

[nybor62]

once lost a cast iron bath from back of an old bedford cf pick up smashed to pieces all over the road , thankfully there was no one behind us

[Stewart]

Just wait till you get the L200 back and you forget to hook your trailer up properly........

[tfs]

I would be gutted mate. Takes ages to get all these tools together. I meant to ask Doug, how are things working out with the pick up? hopefully insurance companies aren't giving you any greif mate?

Am I right in remebering that that crazy woman had been drinking?

[doug boardley]

I would be gutted mate. Takes ages to get all these tools together. I meant to ask Doug, how are things working out with the pick up? hopefully insurance companies aren't giving you any greif mate?

Am I right in remebering that that crazy woman had been drinking?

supposed to get it back this coming friday, yes she'd been drinking and got a 23month ban and £650 fine

[whitebeam]

Thats unlucky Doug, just another expense which you probably did'nt want..

[tfs]

supposed to get it back this coming friday, yes she'd been drinking and got a 23month ban and £650 fine

Good to hear that your getting the pick up back, I know you were looking forward to getting it in the first place mate

[hillhead]

No luck Doug, it's damn easy done as i even done same last year.
Luckily i lost nothing.

[andy8758]

was on my way home yesterday and was going through a roundabout when I heard my tools shifting in the back of the van. Thought no more of it until a car flashed me a couple of miles up the road. I stopped and he told me that the side door was open on my van and I'd been spilling tools out of it. I retraced my route and found a few things on the roadside, but it looks like I've lost my bosch laser level. What a numpty

Driven off with the van door still open? Amateur. Plonker. U a plasterer?

Course none of us ever ever done that have we???

[whitebeam]

Of course not

[doug boardley]

I'd shut the door andy, but i think when the tools shifted something sprung the handle from inside, possibly my straight edge.

[Daz]

I lost the top pulley from my old beetle engine . I had heavily modified the engine and gave it some beans away from a junction and, as I had not re-fitted the engine lid the extra torque caused the pulley to shatter and spew out the back of my car.
Fortunately, I not lost any tools out the back of my van though.

[Mike]

i,ve never lost any tools ouit of the van either but a couple of months ago i lost 4x 8' by 4' boards off the top, i braked going down a hill as the car in front slowed down but the boards slid forward and down the bonnet of my van and slid on the road till they hit the tyres of the car in front. really embarrassing at the time, no damage luckily, funny thinking back

[nybor62]

i remember during my mod days , driving down the road , thought god its windy , i had for got to put my helmet on .

der my brain hurts

[devonmark]

was going on a golf away day last summer on a mini coach, there was a trailer for the clubs and holdalls. After about 3 miles on a roundabout a car pulled up along side and spoke to our driver, the roller shutter on the trailer hadn't been closed, we retraced our route and picked up 3 sets of clubs, never lost anything....amazingly..t'was the driver who had supposedly closed the shutter

[cozybadger]

One way to get the insurance company to buy you a new one!
I am looking for one at present, does anyone have any recommendations?
I was looking at either Stabila LAX50 or Stanley CLL both for around £80-100.
I would appreciate any feedback.
Cheers,

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

what a senior moment Doug!!!!!!left the door open!

[doug boardley]

see post #16 Gooner.

[mikethetile]

sorry Doug

there is a saying that things happen in 3s hopefully the next 3 will be good luck, ive done it and lost tools, nothing valuable

opened my back door and my screw case fell out and scattered screws all over their gravel drive

side door opened as I pulled away from a junction and an opened bag of cement poured out

but the funniest one [not] was when I was tugged for an insecure load, I looked at the copper and said insecure load ? im a painter, we know we have just followed your trail of lilac emulsion for half a mile LOL

so that was a white bedford cf van with a lilac bumper and a fine off the council for messing their highway up

[cornish_crofter]

Despite my having a warning light on the dash of my van I have actually pulled away with the back door open before now!

Fortunately nothing lost.

I have also driven several miles around Plymouth with a piece of 3x2 on the roof. Nothing unusual in that - until you consider that having arrived at B & Q I then realised it wasn't even strapped on!

All I can say Doug is that my karma must have been sent to the wrong person - sorry :LOL:

[doug boardley]

my new one came into longhorns today, decided to get the same one as I was really happy with it, luckily the transit is back with the courtesy hire firm now!!

[strummerman]

i once had my thick son in law chuck £800 out of the van window one nite in the middle of nowewre

[Ajax123]

I nearly crashed my car running over a step ladder on the M67 today.....was that yours as well.....LOL!

[kilty55]

i put 20 trims on the roof one day and forgot they were there...horns galore on the bypass as homelux were flying everywhere

did i stop did i nowt

[kilty55]

oops forgot the cup of tea one,done that half a dozen times as well...drivin up the road with a mug of tea on the roof