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Speaking of metal along the roadway.

Postby silversaddle1 » Mon Jan 02, 2012 9:39 pm

A few years back we were working on some railroad trac right next to a busy road with a rough railroad crossing in it. You can not believe how much stuff fell from vehicles in a days time. A lot of metal, a lot of tools. If you know where there is a rough spot in a highway, that is where you look for treasures.
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Re: Speaking of metal along the roadway.

Postby CrazyTom » Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:02 pm

silversaddle1 wrote:A few years back we were working on some railroad trac right next to a busy road with a rough railroad crossing in it. You can not believe how much stuff fell from vehicles in a days time. A lot of metal, a lot of tools. If you know where there is a rough spot in a highway, that is where you look for treasures.


Excellent observation as I can attest!

Also, any change in velocity, faster-slower, up-down, left-right action leads to dislodged metal.
Pedal to the metal.

CrazyTom's equation; More Traffic + More Miles = More Metal
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