accumulating road signs :rick:
Allergic to vitamin D
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Unauthorized personnel - found in a parking lot.
No Dumping - traded for services rendered. Changed distributor on friends Legend.
Crosswalk/pedestrian - whizzed in front of my car like a frisbee on a very windy day. Went home and removed speaker box, came back and laid it flat in the back of my RX-7.
A friend of mine snagged an exit sign for our town that very same day. The wind had sheared all but one of the bolts off of the mounting brackets. He finished the last one off with a hacksaw. This sign as almost 10' x 10'. Good thing it folds up or it would have never fit in his basement let alone his Bronco.
I drove by one on the side of the road for a month that looked just like the crosswalk one but just read "SMOKE". By the time I got the gumption and the tools to gank it, she was gone
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No Dumping - traded for services rendered. Changed distributor on friends Legend.
Crosswalk/pedestrian - whizzed in front of my car like a frisbee on a very windy day. Went home and removed speaker box, came back and laid it flat in the back of my RX-7.
A friend of mine snagged an exit sign for our town that very same day. The wind had sheared all but one of the bolts off of the mounting brackets. He finished the last one off with a hacksaw. This sign as almost 10' x 10'. Good thing it folds up or it would have never fit in his basement let alone his Bronco.
I drove by one on the side of the road for a month that looked just like the crosswalk one but just read "SMOKE". By the time I got the gumption and the tools to gank it, she was gone
:rick:
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Re: accumulating road signs :rick:
Originally posted by 99civic_love
me and my friend have a problem. we like to, um, borrow road signs. they're either on the ground or loosely attached. we have a system too: she's the taker, i'm the getaway driver.
so far we have accumulated:
1. a slow children sign (on the side of the road)
2. a no trucks sign (on the side of the road)
3. loose gravel (acquired tonight, lossely attached by one bolt)
4. fresh oil (same way as #4)
its really a rush, not to mention fun. they're a lot bigger than they look, but luckily my civic has a large trunk
anyone else naughty like me? :rick:
me and my friend have a problem. we like to, um, borrow road signs. they're either on the ground or loosely attached. we have a system too: she's the taker, i'm the getaway driver.
so far we have accumulated:
1. a slow children sign (on the side of the road)
2. a no trucks sign (on the side of the road)
3. loose gravel (acquired tonight, lossely attached by one bolt)
4. fresh oil (same way as #4)
its really a rush, not to mention fun. they're a lot bigger than they look, but luckily my civic has a large trunk
anyone else naughty like me? :rick:
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Not to squelch you people's collective kleptomaniacal thrillseeking spirits, but you can BUY these signs, you know. Stoplights too. 
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I had a catalog a few years back. But the major point is, anyone can buy them, there are no legal restrictions or permits needed to buy a road sign from a manufacturer, at least not in CA.
The name of the firm that I have is ReadyMade / Factory Direct out of Tonawanda, NY.
Phone 1-800-544-2440.
Also Hawkins Traffic Safety Supply, out of Berkeley CA. Phone 800-227-0521 outside CA . Within CA 800-772-3995
So there ya go. :bigok:
The name of the firm that I have is ReadyMade / Factory Direct out of Tonawanda, NY.
Phone 1-800-544-2440.
Also Hawkins Traffic Safety Supply, out of Berkeley CA. Phone 800-227-0521 outside CA . Within CA 800-772-3995
So there ya go. :bigok:
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From: PA
Originally posted by NorCal DC4
I had a catalog a few years back. But the major point is, anyone can buy them, there are no legal restrictions or permits needed to buy a road sign from a manufacturer, at least not in CA.
The name of the firm that I have is ReadyMade / Factory Direct out of Tonawanda, NY.
Phone 1-800-544-2440.
Also Hawkins Traffic Safety Supply, out of Berkeley CA. Phone 800-227-0521 outside CA . Within CA 800-772-3995
So there ya go. :bigok:
I had a catalog a few years back. But the major point is, anyone can buy them, there are no legal restrictions or permits needed to buy a road sign from a manufacturer, at least not in CA.
The name of the firm that I have is ReadyMade / Factory Direct out of Tonawanda, NY.
Phone 1-800-544-2440.
Also Hawkins Traffic Safety Supply, out of Berkeley CA. Phone 800-227-0521 outside CA . Within CA 800-772-3995
So there ya go. :bigok:
