What treasures you find on the roadside

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 2:16 pm

I stopped to collect a lost IRWIN quick grip off the road today ( a big one too

) and wondered if others stop to pick up these little lost treasures.

Recent finds have been:
900mm step ladder Baileys tradesman,
1800 step ladder in smithereens for its scrap value,
22mm Snap On impact socket handy for front pulley bolts

12 , 13 mm ring spanner known brand
10mm 3/8 drive minimax socket with spring band a ball retainer jigger
roll of bear maskng tape,
the odd screwdriver

all with a bit of gravel rash

On the other side a mate lost his good LED worklight but had another Narva come in under another bonnet, and that lasted a few months before it went off to find a mate

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 2:43 pm

Hehehe... road side specials!

I once picked up 5 metres of driveway guttering. Its now draining the area out the front of the shed at home

I've got a shifter I found once when cycling to benders. Unfortunately found a Bon Jovi DVD on the side of the hume when we pulled up to check something on the subi - I know why they turfed it out the window, it was sucky Jovi...

There's been more but I can't remember what they are, I'll keep thinking

Cheers

Bennie

Post by **Alex** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 2:52 pm

my dads a cyclist and rides his bike to work everyday...the stuff he finds...too much to list haha

Green_eyed_liberty · Post by **Green_eyed_liberty** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 5:19 pm

i mow for the council (roadsides, mediumstrips, parks) i find EVERYTHING (or if i dont its minced into confetti) Money, Phones, tools, car parts, cars dumped etc

Post by **yarney** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 5:41 pm

Over the years of driving a truck the list is endless
the best are

Rbt unit the whole thing working too i handed it in tho
Surfboard
whole tool box
More tools than i can poke a stick at
$50
$15
xxx movies
phones
and stuff not worth mentioning

Jan

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 5:57 pm

I ride to work on the pushie and it is crazy the amount of stuff i have found over the years.

1111giles · Post by **1111giles** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:32 pm

Me and my Dad once found a Stock 8 metre length of 50x50x4 mm hollow section - high up on the moors between Yorkshire and Lancashire. It had quite literally 'fallen off the back of a waggon'
We initially hid it in the heather and decided to come back for it later that same day (after dark)

The howler is we had a real old beat up Vauxhall Victor (going back a bit hehe) car - Dad and I lifted it on the roof roped it down and tip toed home -about 10 miles under cover of the night so as to avoid attention from the Cops. With bar swaying about and roof reformed into a channel with the weight !

A couple of kicks from inside sorted the roof back out:mrgreen:
And the Hollow section was cut and welded into a Concrete mixer frame......
3 years later we were in business actually making and selling Concrete Mixers ! Based on the prototype we made from our find:D
We went on to make about 5,000 of them. Happy days:D

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:55 pm

well....found heaps and heaps over the years...especially recently while driving for a living.... but the best was a few members on this board not long ago stumbled accross a whole car, which had many aweosme bits including rear disks and a ft awd box

davo

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:54 pm

heheh... same here - people say i'm a junk collector!!!

Anyway, on the roadside in few years ive found -
Last year I picked up damaged case with Late model computer with AMD64 but brand new 1tb hard disk, 2gb memory - computer was working fine with damaged case!
ladder
step ladder
chains
strap tie downs
500mm 1" drive ratchet spanner (truckie style)
shovel
rake
pipes
countless tools...
hand held makita circler saw - perfect condition
hoses
...... too many items to mention.. lol
Cheers
AP

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 4:03 am

18 lengths of 1/2" pipe insulation

Post by **TOONGA** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:57 am

more phones than I can remember, I turn them on (if they are in working condition) and wait for the owner to call.

I had one boyfriend demanding an explaination as to how I got his girls phone so I said to him come and get it and we will talk

when he saw me he soon shut up and realised she was telling the truth

quite a few wallets most empty but on the odd occasion some with cards and money in tact

tools assorted bits and bobs all with gravel rash

car parts eg: fan belts, spark plugs, wheel nuts, springs etc

a surfboard the owner soon showed up for that (it was on my front lawn)

TOONGA

Silverbullet · Post by **Silverbullet** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 9:44 pm

Wow where do you guys drive?

Most I ever found was a sharpie, oh and some Liberty parts - Looked like someone had a prang and just left their bumper, hub caps, subaru badge and some other broken plastic.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:01 pm

After spending the weekend at Two Rocks, I'm convinced Guyph is the Roadside King.. he would take a week just to list the stuff he has collected

Post by **Captain Obvious** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:52 am

man i need to open my eyes more!!!

i have only found a shifter and a set of brand new mud flaps !!

spike · Post by **spike** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 9:28 am

im gonna start riding my bike more often.
slower speeds and on the side of the road.

ive always lived by the opionion of not coming home empty handed, even an empty coke can is worth 10 cents and 10 cents is still money for nothing

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:30 pm

10mm OE ring Sidchrome anti slip design

Davidov · Post by **Davidov** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:54 pm

AlpineRaven wrote:heheh... same here - people say i'm a junk collector!!!

Anyway, on the roadside in few years ive found -
Last year I picked up damaged case with Late model computer with AMD64 but brand new 1tb hard disk, 2gb memory - computer was working fine with damaged case!
ladder
step ladder
chains
strap tie downs
500mm 1" drive ratchet spanner (truckie style)
shovel
rake
pipes
countless tools...
hand held makita circler saw - perfect condition
hoses
...... too many items to mention.. lol
Cheers
AP

Junk collector?? More like insanely lucky! Some really nice finds there especially the circular saw and the PC.

spike · Post by **spike** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:27 pm

i have one now!!!

A FISH!!

subybrumby · Post by **subybrumby** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:43 pm

Hey Green Eyed Liberty, I mow for the council too, here in Toowoomba. yep have found chains, shifters, good rope...and a good blanket that obviously fell off from someone moving house or whatever.

I did about 11months as a controller at the town dump, now there is another story. What people throw out will amaze you.

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 9:19 pm

spare tyre, complete front and rear diff setup, one of those big fridges in the fish and chip shops, petrol blower, chainsaw even found an old subaru once wouldnt run the owner dumped it so i dragged it behind me for a long weekend in the forestry... most capable subaru iv seen

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