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nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
edited March 2014 in General Discussion
Is 1-11-11

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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    I unlocked a car with a child inside, strapped into a safety seat. Grandma had dropped her keys in the seat, walked around to get in, and discovered she had inadvertently hit the power lock and locked herself out.

    I love the Big Easy tool, and intend to buy one for myself very soon.

    Now, for bright, hot, sunshiny days, when the interior of a car can become dangerously hot in just minutes, I have another tool, one that I have used without apology. It is a spring-loaded center punch, and it will instantly open any car that has glass windows.
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    on June 6, in the year 1944.

    America lost more Men in the Normandy invasion than we have during our entire involvement in the Middle East, including Desert Storm, Bosnia and Kosovo, and Operation Iraqi Freedom to date.

    All Heroes to me, including my Four Sons, who have participated in all these Combat Actions as well as Panama and Grenada.

    Why must Freedom exact such a terrible toll, for each generation of American Men ??

    Please take a moment on this day to think of them, and what they have all freely given to you.

    And join me in selfishly hoping that My Son Darren returns safely from his deployment in Afghanistan - his fourth Combat deployment.

    Thank you.

    Doug
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  • swearengineswearengine Member Posts: 1,308 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    How long does it take to unlock a door with the big easy tool?
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  • searcher5searcher5 Member Posts: 13,511 ✭
    edited November -1
    Good job. David.

    I got called out on one of those a while back. Kid locked in the car, Not real hot, but pretty damn warm. On the way, I said a prayer, to help me be quick here, and had it open in seconds. The automatic centerpunch was coming out real fast, if the first try didn't do it. Woman asked what she owed me. I said, lady, if you have learned a lesson here, you don't owe me a damn thing.

    Dan
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,375 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    good Job David one of the daily good deeds that go unnoticed [;)]


    just a reminder I had friends who carried such tools many years back but they kept them locked in the trunk I reminded them with out the key to get into the car the tool was useless [:o)]
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  • searcher5searcher5 Member Posts: 13,511 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by swearengine
    How long does it take to unlock a door with the big easy tool?


    Depends on a whole lot of factors. Never used the Big Easy, myself, but have extensively used similar tools. I'd say the average time is 10 minutes. Some a lot faster, and some take longer.

    Dan
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  • retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good job Nunn... [;)]
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  • swearengineswearengine Member Posts: 1,308 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by searcher5
    Good job. David.

    I got called out on one of those a while back. Kid locked in the car, Not real hot, but pretty damn warm. On the way, I said a prayer, to help me be quick here, and had it open in seconds. The automatic centerpunch was coming out real fast, if the first try didn't do it. Woman asked what she owed me. I said, lady, if you have learned a lesson here, you don't owe me a damn thing.

    Dan


    What specific tool did you use in this situation?
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,243 ******
    edited November -1
    Good job,,,[^][^][^]
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  • searcher5searcher5 Member Posts: 13,511 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by swearengine
    quote:Originally posted by searcher5
    Good job. David.

    I got called out on one of those a while back. Kid locked in the car, Not real hot, but pretty damn warm. On the way, I said a prayer, to help me be quick here, and had it open in seconds. The automatic centerpunch was coming out real fast, if the first try didn't do it. Woman asked what she owed me. I said, lady, if you have learned a lesson here, you don't owe me a damn thing.

    Dan


    What specific tool did you use in this situation?


    Two air wedges and a long reach tool, with a snare on the end. Car was running, so I hit the power window button. Window down, kid out, in a matter of seconds. Less than a minute, anyway.

    Dan
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  • calrugerfancalrugerfan Member Posts: 18,209 ✭
    edited November -1
    You didn't follow them home to shoot their dog? [:D]
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  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Way to go David.[;)]
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  • bigoutsidebigoutside Member Posts: 19,443 ✭
    edited November -1
    Good work. You're going to miss the job.

    It's a lot harder to break a car window than most people realize.
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,234 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
    Glad it worked well nunn. I have tried break in tools in the past, and they just don't work for me. The center punch though, I can vouch for that.[;)]
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    I used to make slim jims out of heavy steel strapping I salvaged from a local door manufacturer. The slim jims worked pretty well on older cars, but not on much of anything made in the last 25 years or so. I also made vent window tools out of a pair of old screwdrivers, but finding a vent window anymore is pretty rare.

    Now, the Big Easy is another whole matter. There may be other, similar tools on the market, but we use the Big Easy and I like it. Use plastic wedge to get a little space between door and frame. Insert inflatable doo-hickey and pump, gaining a little more space. Then shove in the unlocking tool to hit the unlock button or snag the door handle. Easy.
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  • swearengineswearengine Member Posts: 1,308 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    That appears to be an easy to use tool. Sounds like it can be used fairly quickly. I am not a fan of breaking the window if it can be helped. It sounds like the spring punch is only a few seconds faster and I think most of the time nothing is gained from its use.
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,375 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    a couple weeks ago in Wal-Mart parking lot , a tow truck driver was trying to unlock a door in a mini van type vehicle parked in the handicap parking spot. just as I walked by he must have pried too much shattered the side window . he was using the wedges .
    not sure who has the responsibility at that point the fellow who broke it or the gal that locked her keys in '
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  • retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by nunn
    I used to make slim jims out of heavy steel strapping I salvaged from a local door manufacturer. The slim jims worked pretty well on older cars, but not on much of anything made in the last 25 years or so. I also made vent window tools out of a pair of old screwdrivers, but finding a vent window anymore is pretty rare.

    Now, the Big Easy is another whole matter. There may be other, similar tools on the market, but we use the Big Easy and I like it. Use plastic wedge to get a little space between door and frame. Insert inflatable doo-hickey and pump, gaining a little more space. Then shove in the unlocking tool to hit the unlock button or snag the door handle. Easy.
    So this thing works on "lock button only" type doors... Hummm.
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    Don't make assumptions.

    The only vehicle I couldn't get into with a Big Easy was a late model Audi. The doors fit too closely.
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  • tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ..Aaahh, for the old days of a simple, correctly bent coat-hanger. Did it many times in the school parking lot. Even then, we had to lock cars because of the 8-track thieves.
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    Many years ago, we had an old Toyota station wagon. Wife parked it at my aunt's house and locked her keys up in it. I didn't have mine with me. I went into my aunt's garage, looking for a suitable unlocking implement. On the wall was a bow saw. I unscrewed the blade from it and used it as a slim jim to open the car. It worked.
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  • tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,336 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ..My wife's niece locked her keys inside with the car running.
    Can't recall what the car was but I tried and tried to no avail.
    She was ticked off at me because I couldn't open it. I
    told her there was a body shop two blocks away, or the village
    police or fire personnel could get it. Geez, her step Dad is the
    Fire Chief! Mad at me? You're on your own kid.
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  • partisanpartisan Member Posts: 6,414
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by montanajoe
    Good job,,,[^][^][^]


    +1[:D][:D][:D][:D]
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