Picked it up on the way to work

jon f mn

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I'm on the way to work this morning and hear a LOUD explosion, the rattling. I thought I blew a tire and it ripped the fender off that was dragging. But when I got out I found this. That is jammed through the floor if the car. The lower end is facing forward so it was trying to force it into the car. Was hard to get out, but at least I have a good 21mm wrench now. I didn't have one. Lol
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I'v worked on a lot of metric equipment, but I don't recall ever using a 21mm, but different manufacturers use different size fasteners. The machine I worked on the most had 10, 13, 17, 19, 24, &30.
 
jon I have to say every days a new adventure with you :lol: every day when I come on here I check to see jon's funny and what adventures your up to :lol: be safe out there jon, and keep them coming!
 
When I was a kid working at my dad's service station, one of my jobs was tire repair.

One day a tire came in with a half pair of needle nose pliers broken off in the tire, ruined.

A couple days later, another flat came in, the other half of the pliers stuck in that one, also ruined!

What are the odds?
 

Love "Road Tools!" usually have to stop and pick them up, rare that they attach themselves to my car. Occasionally will snag a small twig underneath, sounds like the whole bottom is falling out or all the wheels are coming loose. Huge noise from a little stick!
 
Hi:
Many years ago, When I rode a bicycle and later on a motor scooter, I would find hand tools on the gravel streets and roads, especially at stop signs. Now, in looking back, I suspect open trucks losing stuff out the back; or things left on running boards. You can see a lot from a bicycle or scooter!

Dennis M. in W. Tenn.
 
Guy we worked for hit a bungie on the interstate that stuck in his rear tire, by the time he got stopped his quarter panel was ruined. My brother and SIL had streak of tire damage, one a small open end wrench stuck in the tire, and the other a file.
 
At least you got a wrench out of the deal.

My dad hit a chunk of a leaf spring one time. It flipped up and stuck through the drivers floorboard. If I remember correctly, there was a 2 or 3" cut and a huge lump in the floor.
 
Just after we got married, living in the Cities, going cross-country from Clear Lake to Rockville- found a 3/4 craftsman socket at an intersection. Used it for years, cracked it, and exchanged it for a new one. When I bought my second D17, I found a 3/4 combo wench in the fuel tank. PO must have used it to check fuel level.
 
Found a spark plug inside a tire on a little front wheel drive Century Buick. It often picked up stuff with the front wheel and threw it through the back tire
 

Took the bolts/nuts off a chebby Tahoe transmission cross member today it took a 21MM but I cheated and used a 13/16 wrench...
 
Guy worked for me at 1 time. He said him and his boss at the time were driving down the road when they saw a coyote on the left side of the truck.. His boss always had a 45 in the seat beside him. He picked up the pistol to take a shot at the coyote, caught the pistol on the steering wheel and shot out the left front tire. I'm sure this is a true story because I got to know his former boss and he told me the same story. He says it was a horrenduss blast.
 
Had a customer from my old job, driving to work very early one morning at a nearby foundry, hit a broken leaf spring from a semi truck while on a bridge over the river. Broken piece of spring shoved up through the floorboard, through the seat and into his left butt cheek, pinning him to the seat. It tore through his pelvis at the hip area. He lost control of the car and slammed into the guardrail. Cops came by shortly thereafter, and, thinking he was drunk, ordered him from the car. He was screaming and bleeding profusely, but they were wary, until finally convinced.

Lucky to just be alive, he underwent multiple surgeries and years of rehab, all of which eventually cost him his collection of vehicles. Barely able to keep food on the table, he was forced back to work; unable to stand and walk on the concrete for long, he could not do his former job. Finally, his lawyers were able to get a settlement and he retired on firm footing, still walks with a cane. Really tough way to see a nice guy get treated from an accident. They were able to identify the scrap iron truck and company who lost the spring part, I think it was their insurance that finally paid off.
 

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