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Just Got an Almost-New Stop Sign!
Got this last night. It was installed back around Christmastime (they kept the same pole but replaced the faded 24" non-reflective sign with this 30" diamond grade relfective sign and an "ALL WAY" plaque). Anyway, the pole got hit by a plow with the first snow storm so it was buried under snow from February until the end of March. Last week they put put a new sign identical to this (but no "ALL WAY" plaque). 

I waited a week after the new one was put up and this sign was still there, face-down at the curb next to the new one so I got in my dad's truck and snagged it. I'd say it's fair game. And a heck of a score too; the thing's virtually brand-spanking-new with not a scratch on it! The only problem is that I can't get the bolts off. They're not rusted (except for the rounded heads since the sign was face-down) but the nuts are recessed into the U-channel post so my tools can't reach the bolts. I'll have to find a Sawzall and see if I can trim the bolts short enough to use my socket wrench to remove the nuts. 

The entire section of pole is 8ft long. They had added an extra 2ft on top of the pole when they replaced the 24" sign with this to maintain a similar height off the ground.

I already have a decent amount of traffic signs (including a 36" reflective stop sign my grandpa gave me when I was three; it's a little beat up since it was knocked over in a crash on a freeway ramp. My grandpa saw the crash and came back at night and grabbed the sign for me lol.) This one in the pic wasn't ran over though, the weight of the compacted snow against it was too much for the pole and it gave way.
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Just Got an Almost-New Stop Sign!

Got this last night. It was installed back around Christmastime (they kept the same pole but replaced the faded 24" non-reflective sign with this 30" diamond grade relfective sign and an "ALL WAY" plaque). Anyway, the pole got hit by a plow with the first snow storm so it was buried under snow from February until the end of March. Last week they put put a new sign identical to this (but no "ALL WAY" plaque).

I waited a week after the new one was put up and this sign was still there, face-down at the curb next to the new one so I got in my dad's truck and snagged it. I'd say it's fair game. And a heck of a score too; the thing's virtually brand-spanking-new with not a scratch on it! The only problem is that I can't get the bolts off. They're not rusted (except for the rounded heads since the sign was face-down) but the nuts are recessed into the U-channel post so my tools can't reach the bolts. I'll have to find a Sawzall and see if I can trim the bolts short enough to use my socket wrench to remove the nuts.

The entire section of pole is 8ft long. They had added an extra 2ft on top of the pole when they replaced the 24" sign with this to maintain a similar height off the ground.

I already have a decent amount of traffic signs (including a 36" reflective stop sign my grandpa gave me when I was three; it's a little beat up since it was knocked over in a crash on a freeway ramp. My grandpa saw the crash and came back at night and grabbed the sign for me lol.) This one in the pic wasn't ran over though, the weight of the compacted snow against it was too much for the pole and it gave way.

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Album name:Mike / Miscellaneous non-lighting related stuff
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Mercuryvapor123   [Apr 13, 2015 at 01:25 AM]
Wow, That is a nice one!
streetlight98   [Apr 13, 2015 at 02:00 AM]
Sure is! Now I have a 36" high-intensity reflective stop sign and a 30" diamond grade reflective stop sign. I'd like to get a 24"stop sign too but haven't seen any laying around lol.
Mercuryvapor123   [Apr 13, 2015 at 02:24 AM]
You could always back over one.....Then it would be laying around. Laughing
streetlight98   [Apr 13, 2015 at 02:31 AM]
LOL I don't know what the damage would be on the vehicle to be honest lol. My parents would kill me. Laughing If only it was this easy to get street lights...
Mercuryvapor123   [Apr 13, 2015 at 02:43 AM]
A rope and a little muscle. I did that one time long ago got a nice old LM nema head. Of course the pole had been abandoned for several years. Laughing
lite_lover   [Apr 13, 2015 at 07:01 AM]
Nice highly reflective sign!
streetlight98   [Apr 13, 2015 at 10:20 AM]
Thanks! Yep, this is as reflective as they come. Cool
joe_347V   [Apr 14, 2015 at 04:15 PM]
Nice stop sign! I also have a decently sized collection of traffic signs lol.
streetlight98   [Apr 14, 2015 at 08:29 PM]
Thanks! My applied math teacher said he might have a No Parking sign or two for me. Cool
streetlight98   [May 11, 2015 at 10:25 PM]
OK well I got this off the pole! My grandpa had a deep 13mm socket, which is the same thing as a 1/2" so it worked perfectly. I washed the signs and now they're ready to go into the shed but the bees have taken the shed over too!!! All these damn bees! GO AWAY!!!!!!!!!!! Mad Rolling Eyes Confused Laughing

also, not positive, but I think my other MassDOT stop sign might be 30" as well instead of 36" like I originally thought. They look about the same size. The MassDOT one is a darker red color though, I know that for sure. It's also in much rougher shape. The AHS one above from my neighborhood is essentially brand new.

BTW, there's either two or three Handicapped Parking signs and two No Parking Fire Lane signs behind my school. They're knockdowns from the plows. The plow drivers Cranston Public Schools hires suck at plowing. They hit EVERYTHING! Laughing

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