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This isn't an actual "tool" find. It's "raw materials."
After an election, I'll go around picking up campaign signs from "beside the road". Since the law requires their removal within a few days after the election, I'm doing both the candidates and myself a favor!
Nowadays all the signs are made of "corroplast" (cellular/corrugated plastic), either ~3/16" or ~5/16" and 4 ft square or larger. This waterproof material has a number of uses. And here in the Phoenix area, nobody seems to use wooden stakes. Each sign is held up with 2 or 3 pieces of 1/2" or 5/8" rebar, anywhere from 5ft to 6ft long.
After a big election, I can go out for an hour or two with a side cutters (for the "bailing wire") and vise-grips and collect a huge number of signs and 50-60 lbs of rebar. Rebar is easy to pull out of the ground by clamping on the vise-grips for a handle, rotating it a few turns, then pulling it upward.
After an election, I'll go around picking up campaign signs from "beside the road". Since the law requires their removal within a few days after the election, I'm doing both the candidates and myself a favor!
Nowadays all the signs are made of "corroplast" (cellular/corrugated plastic), either ~3/16" or ~5/16" and 4 ft square or larger. This waterproof material has a number of uses. And here in the Phoenix area, nobody seems to use wooden stakes. Each sign is held up with 2 or 3 pieces of 1/2" or 5/8" rebar, anywhere from 5ft to 6ft long.
After a big election, I can go out for an hour or two with a side cutters (for the "bailing wire") and vise-grips and collect a huge number of signs and 50-60 lbs of rebar. Rebar is easy to pull out of the ground by clamping on the vise-grips for a handle, rotating it a few turns, then pulling it upward.