Dumped slinky recovery
The very first time I dumped, the slippery slinky slipped off its fitting attached to the RV and ran into the hole at amazing speed. It happened again this week, 4 years later. What an embarrassing newbie moment! Luckily I was not in a busy dump site either time. There was great temptation to slink away and leave the darn thing in the hole but responsibility won out.
The first time, I went looking for a long piece of wire to fish the slinky out of the hole. Meanwhile DW found a tree branch with a hook-like broken off branch on the bottom and used it to hook the slinky and pull it out before I got back with the wire. Yet another reason to get married.
This time I did try fishing with a light wire and had poor luck so I used the branch trick again and had no trouble. The stiffness of the branch ensures success. I am interested in how others do it, if any of you have been as careless as me about maintaining the clamp on the slinky end. I intend to carry five feet of heavy wire from now on in case there are no tree branches handy next time.
The first time, I went looking for a long piece of wire to fish the slinky out of the hole. Meanwhile DW found a tree branch with a hook-like broken off branch on the bottom and used it to hook the slinky and pull it out before I got back with the wire. Yet another reason to get married.
This time I did try fishing with a light wire and had poor luck so I used the branch trick again and had no trouble. The stiffness of the branch ensures success. I am interested in how others do it, if any of you have been as careless as me about maintaining the clamp on the slinky end. I intend to carry five feet of heavy wire from now on in case there are no tree branches handy next time.
