the junk you find in the desert

[cactiki]

I went for a walk in the desert, and look what I found! It was laying in the sand, not on a trail, probably 1/2 a mile from the nearest road. There were no footprints anywhere, maybe it fell out of an airplane?
So I had to lug this heavy thing back to my car, and then when I got home I looked closer and found some ugly reddish-brown dots on the handle. Someone told me it is rust, so I might throw it away. What say you, Garagians?
Also, I found that thick steel plate it is sitting on by the railroad tracks. That was a different time. I am going to drill and tap four holes in it, and mount the vise to it. It probably weighs. 25 pounds or so.

 

[Tucko]

I went for a walk in the desert, and look what I found! It was laying in the sand, not on a trail, probably 1/2 a mile from the nearest road. There were no footprints anywhere, maybe it fell out of an airplane?
So I had to lug this heavy thing back to my car, and then when I got home I looked closer and found some ugly reddish-brown dots on the handle. Someone told me it is rust, so I might throw it away. What say you, Garagians?
Also, I found that thick steel plate it is sitting on by the railroad tracks. That was a different time. I am going to drill and tap four holes in it, and mount the vise to it. It probably weighs. 25 pounds or so.

Nice score! I was wandering around near Calico last month, but didn't find anything but shotgun shells. I was driving down an access road near Desert Hot Springs once, and saw a bowling ball on the side of the road, in the bushes. Came back the next day and it was gone...

 

[PugetDude]

I went for a walk in the desert, and look what I found! It was laying in the sand, not on a trail, probably 1/2 a mile from the nearest road. There were no footprints anywhere, maybe it fell out of an airplane?
So I had to lug this heavy thing back to my car, and then when I got home I looked closer and found some ugly reddish-brown dots on the handle. Someone told me it is rust, so I might throw it away. What say you, Garagians?
Also, I found that thick steel plate it is sitting on by the railroad tracks. That was a different time. I am going to drill and tap four holes in it, and mount the vise to it. It probably weighs. 25 pounds or so.

What's with all the missing drill bits?

 

[Dale Leeds]

It's odd how a vice got out in the desert.

 

[Zeke]

Nice 'you ****' score. Have there been any off road races where you were? How about any power lines? I think it bounced out of a truck. Why it wasn't secure you'll never know. but I bet the former owner ties things down better from now on.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Hey! That's mine! It fell out of my Aerial workshop last week when I did a barrel roll...
I think a "You ****" is in order. Nice find!

Tommy

 

[jd_1138]

That's like the scene in Close Encounters of the Third Kind when that huge cargo ship is in the desert.

 

[KRB52]

I put red dots on all my tool handles to better identify them. My wife said one of my vises was missing (or was that "vices"?) I second the motion, nice score, you ****.

 

[EOC_Jason]

Were you wandering the desert with a horse with no name?

 

[Richard Cranium]

If it could only speak, the stories that would be told, I would be upset for loosing it...Richie

 

[darwyn]

Did you bring the body home too, or just the vice used to mash the fingers?

 

[volleyball]

I've never found anything out wandering in the desert. Maybe I should try it sometime.

 

[koditten]

The plates are rail road property. No scrap yard will take them. Just saying those should not have been removed.

 

[Mike007]

I went for a walk in the desert, and look what I found!

Thats bizarre. Who would go through the trouble to drag a fine vise like that out to the desert to get rid of it?????

 

[Ross/Kzoo]

The plates are rail road property. No scrap yard will take them. Just saying those should not have been removed.

What about all the abandoned RR tracks or contractors that removed those tracks?

 

[koditten]

If the plate was sitting there all by itself, then no biggie, usually there is a pile of thousands that get recycled by the RR.

 

[Mike Miller]

Good thing you picked that stuff up and did your part to clean up that pristine arid environment, somebody could have run over it and ruined a big old fat commando tire.

 

[rlwhitetr3b]

It's odd how a vice got out in the desert.

Maybe the story could be covered in a new TV show called California Vice.

 

[FTG-05]

How can I say this nicely???

Unfortunately, I can't!

YOU ****!!!

 

[Boyd]

Maybe it fell off of the International Space Station?!

 

[jkherd]

How can I say this nicely???

Unfortunately, I can't!

YOU ****!!!

What he said!

 

[RRmech]

People around here do NOT want to pay to go to the local landfill.
With thousands of square miles of desert nearby, three guesses where they dump ****?

My best desert find......a stainless steel QUEEN brand fixed blade hunting knife.

 

[RalphInCA]

I love the desert and often go wandering. Love the colors, the silence, the rugged beauty.

But you have to be careful and be prepared. So, I always bring my vice.

Now I know where I left mine. Cactiki, can you please send it to me? I want to go on a hike.

 

[d money]

,,,We don't have deserts , but did stay at a Holiday Express once ........ nice find !!

 

[nicksnothereman]

That's like the scene in Close Encounters of the Third Kind when that huge cargo ship is in the desert.

Not far from the truth.

 

[BIMMERBOYZ]

I think that vice was from a scene with Walter White involved.

 

[Machine Man]

Good luck drilling that plate, I hope you've got a big drill press.