Tools you've found at the roadside...

[somewhatfoolish]

On 26/04/2024 at 20:36, Soundwave said:

Found this in a ditch on a country lane today. Given how overgrown and stuck in the ground it was, it's been there a good while. I'm guessing it was accidentally left behind by a roadwork crew at some point in the past. 

Probably looked a right nutter hefting this down the road in the middle of nowhere.

No idea what I'm going to do with it though, it's gone in the shed for now. 

 

Any BT infrastructure nearby? The cable bods use it to pull new stuff into underground conduits.

[stuboy]

7 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Found this in a road ditch today.

nice find

[eddyramrod]

I found a 19/21mm ratchet spanner recently, round the corner from the vet.  One tool supplier I won't need to go back to!

Of course it's in the back of the Jag at the moment.  I think it was just habit that made me pick it up; I don't really do any DIY now and I've already got far more tools than I need/can use.

[maxxo]

Just found one of these today at the side of the road still in its packaging

of course, grabbed it

good bit of kit really, will come in handy

[High Jetter]

Just now, maxxo said:

Just found one of these today at the side of the road still in its packaging

of course, grabbed it

good bit of kit really, will come in handy

An firm of electricians kindly left one similar when doing a job for me. Have used it a few times.

[maxxo]

Just now, High Jetter said:

A firm of electricians kindly left one similar when doing a job for me. Have used it a few times.

I’ve already got one but it’s been very well used so has gone quite slack now so this was quite a perfect find

[bunglebus]

On 06/12/2024 at 20:53, somewhatfoolish said:

Any BT infrastructure nearby? The cable bods use it to pull new stuff into underground conduits.

I saw several blokes and a woman looking like they were doing a tug o' war the other day using that stuff, and a bloke further down the road feeding cables into a manhole 

[morrisoxide]

I found this at the side of the road. The traffic had stopped, I looked down at the roadside (I usually do because I'm a womble) and noticed it. I couldn't have timed it better, I opened the car door lent out and bingo.

[Snake Charmer]

9 hours ago, maxxo said:

I’ve already got one but it’s been very well used so has gone quite slack now so this was quite a perfect find

I had two pairs of those in orange from RS Components made in the late 80's, one pair was smooth and consistent and the other would occasionally for no reason tear a huge number of strands from multicore wire or dig into single core. It would always manage to do it on a wire where you had little to no slack for a redo! I still have one pair, it lives on a toolboard and used occasionally, the other pair l gave away with a warning it may be the good pair or bad. Both pairs cost me the same as your find due to redundancy. 😎

[Boycie]

Well it's that time of year , defleet , however I doubt anything will beat the motability repo Golf I dealt with mid Dec , recovered with the left side panned in , inside more boxes of trainers than sports direct , a sledge hammer , baseball bat ( but strangely no baseball ) a five iron ( again no ball , this time of the golf variety ) 6 Apple watches , 7 mobile phones , £7.43 in loose change ( id say 3 months in a vinegar/bleach/acid mix would make it useable again ) rope , petrol can , a jacket so rancid Worzel Gummidge wouldn't wear it and various t shirts ( ditto ) , cust currently no answering to my offer to collect his belongings , I'm guessing he's away doing a triathlon or similar ....

[ianb Sierra]

I've lost and found tools on the side of thr Road.

For 15 years I was a roadside technician for Mercedes-Benz on the outskirts of London, but this did include part of the Northern sections of the M25.

I found a whole toolbox once, no clue how you could could loose that!

I've left numerous torches attached to trucks on 6 week inspections with a handful being found 6 weeks later!

other things found, randem shoes, a bag of sex toys with dress up stuff ( it was a large size too!) And a bag of money....(it was a lot and we had to hand it in as it contained talcum powder.....)

 

[Boycie]

1 minute ago, ianb Sierra said:

I've lost and found tools on the side of thr Road.

For 15 years I was a roadside technician for Mercedes-Benz on the outskirts of London, but this did include part of the Northern sections of the M25.

I found a whole toolbox once, no clue how you could could loose that!

I've left numerous torches attached to trucks on 6 week inspections with a handful being found 6 weeks later!

other things found, randem shoes, a bag of sex toys with dress up stuff ( it was a large size too!) And a bag of money....(it was a lot and we had to hand it in as it contained talcum powder.....)

 

Talc powder ...I'd have left that , prob left for a reason....

[ianb Sierra]

2 hours ago, Boycie said:

Talc powder ...I'd have left that , prob left for a reason....

Probably just lobbed out the window on route into London.

[Boycie]

If left with cash is say more likely a pickup