Tool Overview

So the tool that I'm talking about today is this 26 inch water meter key right here. It is, it really is just made out of rebar and flat stock. You can see right here that they've just welded this together. Just this piece of flat stock they've made into a little fencing nail shape or a little rainbow shape or maybe a hot dog skewer shape. I don't know, little flat. It's flat. You're able to just grab it. Like I said, welded just a welded piece of rebar with a tea handle on it, put a couple little fancy grippies on it. By all means, you don't have to have those. And if you didn't have one of those, you would be able to use a caressant wrench, a pair of channel locks. Any kind of tool that you can use to shut that off is going to be your best friend in a moment of need. I personally just like to have this. It's, I'm a plumber. So of course, I have one. Another nice thing about having one of these is it's 26 inches long. You actually don't have to put your hand down inside of the meter box. I know that a lot of people are afraid of spiders or slugs that they're just grossed out about having to get their hands in there, especially at night when you don't know what you're reaching into. I've seen frogs in there. I've not seen a snake in there, but Arizona scorpions. You just never know what's going to be in there. There's a lot of black widows around here, and I've seen my fair share in meter boxes around here. I like to make people aware that this tool is out there, and it will save you a lot of pain, a lot of heartache. They're not very much. You can get them at your big box store. I'll put a link in the description box below. They're really, or you know what, make one. You can make one. If you're a welder, like make one of these things. Hook it up. So in my area, if we're standing at the street, and we see these lines, if you actually just walk towards the property, then you're going to eventually run into the meter box.