Tool Tale : Leatherman

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Leatherman Saved My Life

I was driving in my Volkswagen Vanagon camper when out of the blue a car pulls out of a side street and t-bones my van. ... Read the Rest of This Story

OK, you voyeur, you. Enough of reading other people's stories. It's time you told your own tale of gripping heroism or even just neat DIY'ism. We know there's a Shakespeare in you somewhere. Don't make us use the Steens to find it.

If You Find Yourself Trapped Under a Bale of Hay

I am in my mid 70's and I manage my own farm. One morning, I went out to feed the cows and somehow caused a bale of hay to fall. It fell on right on top of me and trapped me beneath it's 500+ lbs of weight. I was alone and knew no one would be able to hear my calls, so I thought about what I had at hand to get myself out. I had my Leatherman PST on my belt and was able to use if to pull a bit of hay out of the bale. Unfortunately, I could reach to cut the baling wire. Over the next 6 hours I pulled bits of hay out until the weight was lessened enough to get out. Thank you Leatherman for helping me rescue myself!

~ Ike. F.

~Tonasket, WA