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Things you have found on the side of the road.

M92PV4U said:
I know where a stop sign is that has been replaced but the old one is still laying there.

I would feel bad for taking it...
But now that you mention it I do have a seatbelt ticket that I need to square up on:laughing:.
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If it's already been replaced and you take the old one then you won't be square. You gotta take one that they need to replace after you take it. :flipoff2:
 
Driving on HWY 101 in Humboldt Co, I pulled over to move a tire laying in the middle of the slow lane. As I rolled the tire off to the shoulder out of harms way, something in the brush caught my eye. It was a back pack. It contained 4 - gallon size ziplock bags full of bud. :dustin:
 
gmcxt said:
This is something kids today will never know. We used to go walk around and skate in the ditches just to smoke weed, cigarettes, and find porn. Great child hood memories right there.
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it was the end of logging roads in our area, riding dirt bikes as kids, that was like winning the lotto
 
5ah 20V Dewalt battery
Extension ladder (Luckily I was towing a trailer and had a spot for it)
Blitz gas can
$22 cash money
Pliers
framing hammer
 
Found a brand new phone in a case a few years ago leaving monster jam with the kids. It was in the road by the curb. When i picked it up the wife said put that down you dont need it. 🤷🏻‍♂️
Told her i was picking it up to find the person it belonged to.
Didnt have a samsung charger at home so i toon it to work the next day. Charged it enough to get it to power on, passcode required.
Metro pcs logo showed upon power up so i called them. They were dicks but gave me the other number they had on file for the owner. Called him, told him i found his phone. Turned out to be a customer at my shop. He was very happy to get his phone back- he had just gotten it.
 
Tire spoon, still use it regularly in my shop. Currently holding my door shut, pic in the incorrect useage thread.
 
assuming we're lumping in the "on the curb" shit people have thrown out. I have NO hesitation to take good shit from your trash pile, and often make $$ off it. I drive around almost every month the night before bulk pickup

within the past 1-2 years, major items include:
  1. a complete moped I spent a couple hours on getting running and sold for $500
  2. 3 snowblowers. 26" Craftsman a little older, then a 24" and 22" orange brand. 2 are in the garage ready for snow after putting gas in, the 3rd the guy was nice enough to tag it "low compression" so its for parts right now
  3. push mowers galore. Recent was an almost new direct-swap deck for the 15yr old Craftsman engine that runs great, but deck rotted out finally after abuse clearing the woods. Sold a different self-propelled for $60 after fixing the throttle cable
  4. set of 4 Wrangler JK factory wheels/tires, with decent tread left. Sold them for $200 or so. Go figure JK wheels/tires are cheap since everyone swaps them out
  5. metal firewood rack in use currently
  6. larger walk behind Tiller. Sold for $100 non-running, had no time to mess with it
  7. 5hp Honda motor on a power washer frame. Pump must have died. Started right up with some gas, sits ready for a home
  8. M12 fuel drill with battery in middle of the road. Little banged up but used it all the time
  9. cordless stick vacuum and charger. Worked fine, better after I blew out the filter. No dig shit inside either
  10. not me - Dad out biking found a brand new Craftsman ~60 piece socket set in hard shell box.
  11. dad again - Dyson stick vacuum working fine. but his had dog shit, took a little while to clean :laughing::homer: they use it every day now, though it could use a new battery

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a couple 1990's era yard tractors, 8 billion old pieces of furniture. Within the past 3 months a couple ladders, gas cans etc on areas too sketchy to stop safely.
 
I found an unopened case of MRE's on a dirt road near my deer hunting camp one time. That was cool. Another time my son and I found a bag full of electronics. This was a while back, so it had all of the things that your phone does now in it, including a flip phone, camcorder, digital camera, etc. I called the number listed as "Home" in the phone and the guy came over and picked it up. He gave my son a few bucks and was very glad to get it back since the camcorder had his son's championship baseball game on it. Found it near the parking lot for the fields.
 
Just scored this trailer spare tire on the side of the highway by my work. Saw it on my way to work yesterday but couldn't stop. It was still there today. Brand new tire and wheel and same size tire I have on my trailer. Too bad it's not an 8 lug. But good score! 20211215_070511.jpg
 
I found a 4" drop ball mount with a new 2" ball on it.

Other than that....nothing. I have no luck.
 
Well today I turned around twice, got a 2 inch wide ratchet strap with the ratchet, the long strap broke in the middle but it's still useable, and later a receiver hitch luggage rack. I don't really need it but what the hey, i removed a road hazard anyway.
 
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5 gallon plastic buckets
rubber bungee straps/cords
misc tools...side cutters, sockets, screwdrivers, etc.
shovel
trailer ramp
trailer tire and wheel
5 gallon plastic gas jugs
hardcase with misc lawn sprinker service/repair parts...had a nice fluke multimeter in it
lots of old soda bottles, when clearing out a fencerow to put in a new fence
probably lots of other stuff I don't recall right now

The wife found an allen wrench with her rear tire...went in long side first, so that took some skill (although maybe not as much as the guy that ran the double ended box end wrench through his tire). Guessing the front tire flipped it up just right to let the long side go in.
 
Yeti cup found today. The magnetic lid was next to it. Today I learned the Mag Lock lid slider thing is magnetic…and comes off. :homer:

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Shoot. This thread reminded me of something I spotted on the side of a road today that I was going to check out on my way home. I think it was a big yellow wheel chock but I was in a hurry at the time.Oh well. Its 50 miles away so forget about it.
 
I found the neighbor walking down the road 10 miles from home in the dark
poor old guy lived by himself with no family around and has Dementia or Alztimers (?)

stopped and picked him up took him home, got the out-of-state family on the phone and upped the reality to them of wtf was happening to dad

Last report he was in a comfortable assistant living home sitting with all the ladies :grinpimp:
 
drove past one of them 4" wide straps today, real fresh kinedyne one
thought about it but didn't bother stopping
shoulda stopped to see if it had the ratchet block still attached, woulda been worthwhile then
 
AK_F250 said:
My power pole yard at work is a block from the main campus, and across the road from a homeless shelter and soup kitchen. They all camp out in the street in front. I’ve found a couple guns, a switchblade, smith and Wesson collapsible baton, tons of knives and homemade shanks, and more nasty shit than I care to think about.

Monday I got to work and there was a fucking walker in the main yard by my buildings. One of the nice ones with wheels and brakes and a seat. I figure they were trying to steal copper but we moved it inside after the last time they hit us so they left it and bailed. Now we have a cool rolling chair !

Random walker in question

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A friend's Dad used one of those as a chair in the shop.

Now imagine a ~6ft 4in, 350lb 85yr old dude going from standing to sitting by dropping, onto that flimsy ass thing.

It lasted for a year or two before I'm in the back and heard "kabang... god dammit, this fucking Chinese bullshit. God damn good for nothing gooks... should have bombed them too.... etc, etc"

I walk to the front. Sheared the aluminum horizontals and he was on the ground with walker parts all over.

Want to know how hard it is to pickup a 350lb sack?
I ended up getting help, about needed to get the forklift.
 
AKnate said:
A friend's Dad used one of those as a chair in the shop.

Now imagine a ~6ft 4in, 350lb 85yr old dude going from standing to sitting by dropping, onto that flimsy ass thing.

It lasted for a year or two before I'm in the back and heard "kabang... god dammit, this fucking Chinese bullshit. God damn good for nothing gooks... should have bombed them too.... etc, etc"

I walk to the front. Sheared the aluminum horizontals and he was on the ground with walker parts all over.

Want to know how hard it is to pickup a 350lb sack?
I ended up getting help, about needed to get the forklift.
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:lmao:
 
Couple weeks ago I spotted a 20' stick of 2" wide by 1/8" hot rolled flat. I bet someone was pissed when they got home and didn't have it anymore! No clue how long it sat there as the only way I spotted it is I was roading a tractor between farms. Couldn't have been long though cause it was still fresh from the steel yard.
 
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