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gmcxt

gmcxt

Jack of all terrains
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What are some things you guys found on the side of the road?

I've been on a roll lately. In the past few months I have found:
A wallet (no pic)
A brand new 1/4" dewalt impact
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A shattered 380 high point with a big boy clip
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And a bag full of dildos and bondage gear
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Various wrenches/sockets/ratchets/pliers is about all I've gotten.

My dad found a complete Western snow plow setup (minus blade) BNITB on the side of I-40 in the late 80's. Brought it home, bought a blade, and its still being used as his main source of winter income to this day.
 
Does it count if the side of the road is your front yard? I live on a fairly major 2 lane state highway.

I found an air cleaner lid off a Harley. I'm sure whoever lost it was pissed, I bet it was expensive. It makes a good dish to hold bolts when I'm working on something. I've also found a 5 gallon bucket. Who doesn't need a good bucket?

Other than that, lots of trash :mad3:
 
When I used to road bike a lot, Misc hand tools like pliers, screwdrivers, sockets etc. Throw them in my jersey pockets and take them home.

Now that most of my driving is highway I haven't found anything useful. Most of the stuff I see like coolers and ladders are destroyed and not worth stopping for.
 
Trailer hitches, Multiple...

New Estwing Hammer

Last week a North Face tent, Sleeping pad, and some random camping gear with a Rubbermaid tote labeled "Camping"

Kayak on I-95 once

Brand New trailer spare
 
OP your not fooling anyone….
What kind of side deal you got going on that requires…
1.Gun…(force people to do things they don’t want to do)
2.Extra wallet….(carry all your other identity)
3.Screw gun….(screw the door back on the rape shack)….
4.Kink bag…..(you posted up the small ones…we all know you got some 2 liter bottle sized shit in another bag)
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found a cooler full of canoe sex beer the other day policing the side of the road at work.

Picked up a mobility scooter with a free sign on it when someone moved out of my old neighborhood. I parted that thing out on ebay and made $850 and kept the dc motor and gearbox. :usa:

found a spare wheel for trailer that had a blowout tire on it while I was changing a flat on my trailer.
 
In the last year or so a couple strap ends for ratcheting straps, an ATV luggage bag, a ratchet for the big 4 inch wide straps, pieces of chain, bungee cords, a long piece of vent hose, a couple gas cans, now that I'm doing most longer drives in tiny shitboxes a lot of times I can whip to a stop and grab stuff without even getting out unless it's off in the weeds.
 
Tools. Big crescent wrench, a sledge hammer, and some nice pliers. I carry the Mexican tool box and the pliers in my wheeler.
 
Once found a $100 bill on the side of the road. Couldn't have come at a better time. My EX Wife had just divorced me (1988)and wiped me out. I was raising our son and had given him my last 10 spot for his lunches. I was just planning on not eating lunch for a few days. Had Ramen Noodles at home for dinner, and a half loaf of bread and some peanut butter to last until payday.
That $100 fed me lunch until payday, and was able to give him enough for his lunches till then too.....
Those were some tough days.
We are both doing well now. I'm retired (12 years now) living comfortable, and my son owns a multi million dollar Construction Buisness in Colorado.
My Ex is nursing Rich Husband #3 along until he dies. Any Day now! She's spending his money faster than his money is coming in. :)
I dodged that bullet.
 
Dildos. Lots of dildos. This was before the cell phone days so no pictures. It was on a stretch of I-5 north of Bakersfield. Broke down and walked nearly ten miles to the next exit (I think the Kettleman City exit). For whatever reason they were all over the place as I walked those miles.
 
ihpartsjeff said:
Dildos. Lots of dildos. This was before the cell phone days so no pictures. It was on a stretch of I-5 north of Bakersfield. Broke down and walked nearly ten miles to the next exit (I think the Kettleman City exit). For whatever reason they were all over the place as I walked those miles.
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did you have a bag big enough to pick them all up for later? :flipoff2:
 
gmcxt I'm betting that bondage bag fell off a roof of a vehicle with someone forgetting they put it up there. In other words, I'm betting it's one of your neighbor's.:laughing: Do you belong to the web sight "nextdoor" by chance? Would be very interesting to post it as "found" and see if anybody claims it.:laughing:

I had a SIL "borrow" my floor jack without telling me. And then when I went to use it and it wasn't in it's spot I asked the wife and she informed me that he borrowed it. I went off on my wife for letting him without telling me and she went out and bought me one for my birthday. I felt like total shit for that but glad to have a backup when my old one was finally returned. But I be damned one fell off the truck in front of me the very next day when he took off from a redlight. They never looked back. And I had no choice but to get it out of my way so now I have 3 floor jacks.
 
Buddy's car threw a rod on rt66 back in high school, so he had to borrow my dad's winch trailer to get the thing home.

Found a little red buttplug about 5 feet from where the car stopped when it chunked.
 
In high school I found a toolbox full of cheap tools. Put it in the local adds, but no one ever claimed it. I was happy even though they were cheap.

Most recently, a few hammers and big wrenches from farm equipment. Found one of our clients John Deere brand wrenches. He was pretty happy to have it back.
 
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