When I worked in Huntsville I bet I found 20 gas cans along the highway over the past 10 years. I never passed up a ratchet strap either, the big yellow ones that tractor trailers tied town with.
Working in a nice Hampton Cove neighborhood one morning I saw a man carry a nice step ladder to his ditch. I pulled up and asked him if he was throwing it away. He said he was.....because the rope broke on it. The damn ROPE. He said I could have it. It’s a brand new near 300 dollar ladder.
My neighbor threw out a lawn sweeper that you pull behind the mower. He said I could have it. I fixed something on it, don’t remember what. Maybe a wheel gear or something. Anyways... I swept my whole yard with it this week and have a pile of leaves piled by the ditch big enough to cover a dump truck. Worked fine now.
I picked up a nice gas grill once and fixed it.Used it for about 5 years. I Have a big fancy standup propane heater on my back porch that someone threw out. It had a broken ignition wire. Simple fix.
Found a Nice drill press someone threw out. Still don’t know what was wrong with it. Gave it to dad.
Found one of those nice deer targets in a trash pile. The replaceable insert piece was wore out. I filled it with great foam and shot it for 4 or 5 years until recently throwing it away.
Found a pair of beat up Costas floating in the gulf. They were absolutely trashed. I sent them to Costa warranty and they honored full warranty replacement on them.
Going down 565 into Huntsville I got to noticing pairs of gloves along the highway. I pulled over and saw they were brand new pairs of welding gloves. I back tracked and started picking them up as I seen them. Ended up with a sackful. I either gave them to dad or left them at work. I don’t remember.
There’s countless other things that I’ve picked up over the years.....and I never realized it, but Damn, I’m just like my Dad and Grandpa. They are both finding, fixing or piddling with things like this all the time.
