Neat way to hide a key.

[Rmart30]

On a car or truck before key fobs, I'd tape one on the harness for that one emergency!

Every vehicle I have owned, and every company vehicle ive had, had a key hidden on it somewhere. Learned my lesson years ago in a company truck working 5 hours from home and couldnt find my keys.
Luckily I found them but since then ive always had a spare.
At my remote hunting properties. 2-3 hours from home. First thing i do is make spare keys for the gates etc and hide them near the property. I had one that hung on a speed limit sign post for probably 12 years. It may even still be there.

 

[Jstpssng]

From an expert in a previous life, there is no secure place to hide a key within 10' of a door.

I beg to differ with that!
I hid a key to the house I was renting.
In 1996.

I never did find it again.

 

[MossRoad]

At least three people in town have keys to our house. Plus I'm a pretty handy burglar. From past experience, burgling is faster than waiting for a friend with a key.

One of our kids is buying a house. It's on a well. They couldn't find the well. I told them to look under the fake rock next to the house. They said what fake rock? I said look around. I'll bet there's either a fake rock or a wishing well in the yard. They found it under a fake rock.

 

[Carl_NH]

Same here - we have keys or codes to the neighbor's houses and they ours. We don't lock our outbuildings or equipment - just don't leave the keys in the cars anymore.

Still trying to figure out how those keys work FuddyDuddy on the other side of the lock?

 

[MossRoad]

Same here - we have keys or codes to the neighbor's houses and they ours. We don't lock our outbuildings or equipment - just don't leave the keys in the cars anymore.

Still trying to figure out how those keys work FuddyDuddy on the other side of the lock?

I think he said they are for rooms inside of the building.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Same here - we have keys or codes to the neighbor's houses and they ours. We don't lock our outbuildings or equipment - just don't leave the keys in the cars anymore.

Still trying to figure out how those keys work FuddyDuddy on the other side of the lock?

Walk in door has key lock on outside. Shown is inside barn, tack room keys hidden under board. So walk in, tack room keys are right there. In tack room we get grain & lock door.
It's hard forgetting keys back because board is swung out near knob.

 

[Carl_NH]

Ah I get it now - this is the inside of the tack room, inside the barn. makes sense now.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Ah I get it now - this is the inside of the tack room, inside the barn. makes sense now.

Well, no...as Moss said, a building with rooms inside. One walk in door gets you into building, flip-out key holder gets you into rooms inside building.

 

[Carl_NH]

Got it - my barn 24x36 isnt large enough to have rooms inside

 

[oldballs]

This thread jixed my luck.....Just yesterday, I lost or misplaced my house keys that I usually carry with me when working around the place. Usually hey show up............ ....somewhere...........but I spent most of the day outdoors.....and no sign of them yet.