Hitting the BIG yard this friday...

THis thread has gotten quite off-topic...I hope a moderator doesn't make us move it to the "Snakes, Lizards, and Possum" section of the Forum!

The day I found my small bumpers, valences, and rear spoiler/quarter panel extensions, I spent at least 2 hours under this rusted out 72 Grabber trying to remove all the nuts and bolts, and breaking most of them. I am laying under the car, in a pile of dried leaves (anyone from the south, who knows what "river bottom" is, knows where this is going...). Anyway, I am finally done, give the owner a hundred bucks, and we sit around BS-ing while I cool down (it was at least 95 that day). His dog runs toward the tree next to the car and starts making all kinds of ruckus. We look over there and two cottonmouths are doing the horizontal limbo, both close to 6' each. Well, whenever I go anywhere at a distance, or to the river bottom, I carry a Kimber Ultra .45 in my truck (I am licensed to carry, so chill out!) so I pull it out at the same time the owner comes running out of his house with a .22 saying "I got it!" Since the snakes are coiled together, he only needs one shot to go through both of them. We have a little nervous giggle, then discuss that he was an Army Sharpshooter not too long ago.

Then I think about that fact that I was probably doing the limbo WITH them for the past 2 hours, and get a little "light hearted", for lack of a better term.

Prior to that, the entire time I was under the car, I was worried about SPIDERS (I HATE spiders and anything that CRUNCHES when you step on them, not so worried about snakes!)

Anyway, since this thread is heading this direction anyway, what other horror stories do we have?

 

When I was stationed in Kentucky about the only thing you really have to worry about in the junk yards is Black Widow Spiders. They really like to take up resedence in mounted hub caps. I guess its like a spider condo to them. But anyway I was under the car looking at a rear end tag and found a 3L70 9". All I could think of is Score for the posi 3.70. So I go back to the truck and get the tools to take out the rear end. I borrow the jack from the owner and get to work. I jack up the rear end and support it on the pretty rusty under body. I push on the car after I get it supported and one of the jack stands goes through the bottom of the car. So I figure I will move the jack stand to a better location and as I jack the car up the jack stand falls out of the hole in the bottom of the car and the biggest swarm of pi$$ed off hornets that you have ever seen came out just behind the stand. That will make you run and hop and slap and cuss, you get the gist. Had tyo go and get some hornet spray ans go back that night to get all the bees killed off to get the rear end. That was fun!!!!!!!!!!! and by the way it went under a 77 2DR Mav so this reply is good to go as far as subject matter is concerned.

 

When I was stationed in Kentucky about the only thing you really have to worry about in the junk yards is Black Widow Spiders. They really like to take up resedence in mounted hub caps. I guess its like a spider condo to them. But anyway I was under the car looking at a rear end tag and found a 3L70 9". All I could think of is Score for the posi 3.70. So I go back to the truck and get the tools to take out the rear end. I borrow the jack from the owner and get to work. I jack up the rear end and support it on the pretty rusty under body. I push on the car after I get it supported and one of the jack stands goes through the bottom of the car. So I figure I will move the jack stand to a better location and as I jack the car up the jack stand falls out of the hole in the bottom of the car and the biggest swarm of pi$$ed off hornets that you have ever seen came out just behind the stand. That will make you run and hop and slap and cuss, you get the jist. Had to go and get some hornet spray and go back that night to get all the bees killed off to get the rear end. That was fun!!!!!!!!!!! and by the way it went under a 77 2DR Mav so this reply is good to go as far as subject matter is concerned.

 

I found many of these I junkyard cars ... I hate em ... and am allergic as well ...

 

Just squish em!!!

No allergies involved.

A little crunch never hurt anyone.!

 

Of course...I hate anything that crunches...therefore..Knock it sillly until I can spray it with something poisonous...then hope it dies without needing to be stepped on!

 

A can of carb cleaner and a lighter are always fun for bugs that are running around on your driveway. Not that I would know...

 

LOL!!!!!!!! Not a bad idea if there is only 1 or 2, but it gets a little tricky when there are a thousand or so. At least I only got stung three times. You just cant seem to get away from all of them.

And by the way how in the heck did that get poasted twice???????????

 

Always take a can of brake cleaner with you. It is the world's greatest insect killer. Period.

 

Brake cleaner, and Gun Scrubber (basically the same thing...almost like compressed acetone). good for bugs, brakes, guns, and a FIRE-SHOW