Wolfpack wrote:I've been thinking lately how nice it would be to have a shop vac, but I didnt want to spend lots of money to buy one.
As it happens while I was out walking my Dog this morning, I noticed someone had left a 16 gallon Ridgid wet/dry vac in the gutter with their trash; so I came back shortly after with the car to pick it up.
I found it works perfectly, gave it a good clean with hot soapy water and a brush, and rinsed out the filter; now it's as good as new. The only damage to it is 2 broken caster wheels, which I found on ebay for $5 each.
Ain't it amazin' what people will toss out and why ! I found a very nice upright vacuum with all tools aboard in the trash so ,like you, I stopped and grabbed it. Most of these have the $4.00 beater bar belt burned off and so they are tossed. This one was not the case. When I got it home I discovered the cord was cut off. I temporarly fixed it with an extra extention cord I had handy and it worked perfectly. I can only guess the cord was badly damaged and shorted ?????