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Good find #6906500
06/21/20 07:51 PM
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adam m Offline OP
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Driving home earlier I turn the corner and nearly miss a small shiny object. I park it's s brand new driver bit set

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Re: Good find [Re: adam m] #6906503
06/21/20 07:55 PM
06/21/20 07:55 PM
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New York border
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Very nice find. I'm always keeping my eyes peeled for what I call ' roadkill tools ' gotten enough stuff over the years to fill a small toolbox. Tight turns are where you find them.


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Re: Good find [Re: adam m] #6906506
06/21/20 07:56 PM
06/21/20 07:56 PM
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Green Bay, Wisconsin
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Picked up a Matco 15/16" wrench just the other day. Good find indeed!

Re: Good find [Re: adam m] #6906609
06/21/20 09:03 PM
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That's awesome.
Man I'd love to find Matco tools.

My last find was tow chains for heavy equipment in the mountains

Re: Good find [Re: adam m] #6906621
06/21/20 09:09 PM
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My best find along the road was a Beretta O/U 12 ga. in a carrying case. Very well cared for. I found the owner..a firefighter in Aurora CO. They lost 2 guns, got one back. Alcohol was a factor.


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Re: Good find [Re: Gary Benson] #6906623
06/21/20 09:11 PM
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My latest find was a brand new bolt cutter.


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Re: Good find [Re: adam m] #6906655
06/21/20 09:34 PM
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New York border
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Some of my finds -
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Snap-on mini prybar
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Snap-on small screwdriver
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Both Klein , also found a roll of electrical tape with them and this strange tool -
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It took me a few months to ID it , it is some kind of a security tool used on cable wire to remove a locking end piece to keep you from hooking your cable back on after it has been disconnected.

Found plenty of generic no-brand tools too and a bunch of Craftsman tools which Sears was nice enough to replace them with brand new ones.


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Re: Good find [Re: adam m] #6906680
06/21/20 09:47 PM
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Found a 3 foot or so Snap On prize bar on the road 12 years ago. Love that tool.


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Re: Good find [Re: adam m] #6906717
06/21/20 10:04 PM
06/21/20 10:04 PM
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Nice.


wanna be goat farmer.
Re: Good find [Re: adam m] #6906720
06/21/20 10:06 PM
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Along those same lines, my dad said he talked to a guy who had a big pipe wrench welded to his back bumper. He said it kept people from tailgating because they thought it would fall off.

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