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"Department of Transportation officials have replaced a sign celebrating the University of North Carolina championship men’s basketball team that was stolen earlier this year. The sign, congratulating the team on their 2017 NCAA win, was placed on Interstate 40 near PNC Arena, home to the North Carolina State University basketball team, earlier this year."

https://www.wralsportsfan.com/dot-reinstalls-tar-heels-championship-sign-vandalized-on-i-40-in-raleigh-/17624862/

[Edited on June 13, 2018 at 2:26 PM. Reason : ]

6/13/2018 2:25:48 PM

How long until the sign disappears again?

I give it 8 days.

6/13/2018 2:28:12 PM

Quote :

"Hopkins said that, if the sign is vandalized again, DOT officials will have to reassess whether to replace it again."

This is basically a challenge.

6/13/2018 2:28:15 PM

There's one on I-95 just north of South of the Border that I saw last weekend. Somebody go knock that one down too.

6/13/2018 3:27:39 PM

criminals up in here

inb4thebutyou

6/13/2018 3:34:58 PM

^^^That's what I thought. Watch the video of the guy from DOT. He knows what's up. "Again, which would be ILLEGAL. . ." *WINK*WINK*

And the fact that they installed it with 4 x 4 wooden posts? With modern battery-powered tools, removal is literally a 2 minute job for somebody with a reciprocating or circular saw and a charged battery.

[Edited on June 13, 2018 at 6:12 PM. Reason : Not that I endorse, but I WOULD find it funny.]

6/13/2018 6:11:32 PM

I would think you could take the lag bolts out much faster than cutting the posts down.

6/13/2018 6:31:36 PM

Yeah you can get a 2 pack impact driver/drill set for pretty cheap at Lowe's for Father's day..

6/13/2018 6:51:25 PM

^^I respectfully disagree. I think it would take LONGER to remove 4 lag bolts than to cut two posts with proper cordless power tools. I also think you would need a ladder to access at least some of the bolts. They might also do something like bending the bolts down to make it impossible to remove by standard methods, so that you might have to cut the bolts with a metal-cutting blade first in order to remove the nuts. Goal is to get in and get out quickly. Cordless circular saw would zip right through the posts close to ground level. Then once the sign was down, you could do it again close to the base of the sign to remove the excess post length and then fly the coop. Hypothetically, of course.

6/13/2018 7:23:57 PM

Why not just use a chainsaw? I’d say the bigger concern is being seen not heard, you should be able to cut through a 4x4 post with a chainsaw in seconds. Also, to use a skill saw on a 4x4 (assuming that’s what it is) would require a pretty damn big saw...

6/13/2018 9:13:51 PM

cordless sawzall. in and out in less than a minute.

6/13/2018 9:42:11 PM

I for one, would like to hear about elesuis' thought that lag bolt removal would be "much faster"

What is everyone else ITT missing?

6/13/2018 9:53:36 PM

Just use an axe

6/13/2018 11:10:06 PM

removing the posts looks like it's more of a headache to repair too

chop em down

6/13/2018 11:17:32 PM

Chainsaw would be good too. With a Jason Voorhees mask.

I still say battery is the way to go. They got battery chainsaws. With a circular saw, you'd probably have to cut a couple of sides, but it would work and still only take a couple of seconds.

6/13/2018 11:34:38 PM

I'll just chain it to muh tractor and drive off

6/13/2018 11:54:02 PM

Who still has some C-4 left?

6/13/2018 11:57:34 PM

SET IT ABLAZE

6/14/2018 7:41:22 AM

Here's a deal I encountered today. not sure what thread to, post it in.

https://slickdeals.net/f/11701327-dewalt-dcd771c2-20v-max-cordless-lithium-ion-1-2-inch-compact-drill-driver-kit-with-dcs391b-20-volt-max-li-ion-circular-saw-drill-w-circular-saw-137-99

6/14/2018 12:17:08 PM

Another completely unrelated deal I encountered today

https://slickdeals.net/f/11700219-sun-joe-swj599e-14-inch-9-amp-tree-limb-master-electric-handheld-chainsaw-with-low-kickback-for-34-00

6/14/2018 12:42:20 PM

https://www.jkcql.com/milwaukee-269515-m18-18v-cordless-lithiumion-15tool-combo-kit-p-1051.html

6/14/2018 6:03:28 PM

^ wtf?

This thread is just over a day old and the sign isn't gone yet? TWW has gone soft.

6/14/2018 9:19:12 PM

Do we know it's still there tho?

6/14/2018 9:36:42 PM