Shop Clean out and Tool Organization

I am just working 4 days a week at my job i may back off to less days because of getting older, trying to clean up the farm to sell and other things. So right now i am cleaning out the shop big time and sorting my tools. Like a lot say i shouldnt have let things get like this but they have. I am blessed or cursed with being able to get bolts,hardware and tools cheap so i have more than i need. I think i need to put a sign just inside the door saying Do you Need That ? .

I guy I used to work with is retired now, he goes to a weekend swap meet and just fills a table. Little by little he's cleaning out stuff, and it gives him a little cash in his pocket. If you do that, price it to sell. Then whatever doesn't sell, haul to the dump.

Did that once, made 800. Took the rest to the dump on way back, was sad to chuck some of it away but I can't remember missing any of it.

Throw it in the auction if it's hard to sell. People will pay stupid money sometimes for a lot of different tools bunched together. They get the one tool they really want and figure the rest is a bonus. Better than just chucking it out.

Welder Dave said: Throw it in the auction if it's hard to sell. People will pay stupid money sometimes for a lot of different tools bunched together. They get the one tool they really want and figure the rest is a bonus. Better than just chucking it out. Click to expand... I am looking for a auction place . I took a few boxes several hundred pounds of new air gun nails to a auction place and they bought $1.00 Dollar i got .80 cents of it. I will try it agin when i find a place.

Old Doug said: I am looking for a auction place . I took a few boxes several hundred pounds of new air gun nails to a auction place and they bought $1.00 Dollar i got .80 cents of it. I will try it agin when i find a place. Click to expand... Interesting...as I tried 2 auction houses with various tools, and I as well got a crisp $1 bill for bunch of tools. The thieves probably sold it to their friends just before the auction for cheap.....

Welder Dave said: Throw it in the auction if it's hard to sell. People will pay stupid money sometimes for a lot of different tools bunched together. They get the one tool they really want and figure the rest is a bonus. Better than just chucking it out. Click to expand... My experience is hand tools seem to be a buyer's market at general consignment auctions unless there's a lot of tools in it. Attracts a different crowd than the folks looking for furniture or appliances.

What no thrift shops to donate them to so they can get a few $$ for charity. I had a friend who started volunteering in one when he retired. He found they were sending old pots and pans to the landfill. He knew what aluminum was worth and from then on they were saved and when it was worth a trip they went to the scrap dealer. Everything a thrift shop brings in is profit. d.d.

My sister shops at....."The SA Boutique" as she calls it ...

Could try to put them in a farm auction where people pay good money for other people's junk but also lots of bidders need tools. Pawn shops are another option.

Me--I'm going to sell the boxes with tools plus carts plus specialized tools for X amount of cents on the dollar as a complete starter set for a young mechanic. One price and all goes in one fell swoop. At a price they can't pass up. Don't need it and don't want it left for others to deal with when I'm dead.

The only item I will keep and sell separately is the circa 1911 REO badge. Included will be Series 60 cam support, seal installers, A few 3406,C15 tools, Cummins timing tool, cam bearing driver/slugs also for Dodge/Chevy/Ford, Sockets/50% snap-on up to 3" All torque wrenches up to 600 ft lb, 2500 lb trans jack, rear drive unit-flywheel-clutch caddy jack. liner puller, and lots of ratchets, sockets and plenty of other crap. * I will then go by a new 199 piece mechanics tool set for home and become a DYI mechanic. *

Old Doug.....I know a guy....might be just what you need, provided you're willing to ship stuff. LMK.

Tony Wells said: Old Doug.....I know a guy....might be just what you need, provided you're willing to ship stuff. LMK. Click to expand... I dont think there is enough money to ship much and time . I wish it was different .

Well, it was just a thought. I hope you get this all worked out to your satisfaction.

DDoug said: My sister shops at....."The SA Boutique" as she calls it ... Click to expand... Referred to as Sally Anne's Boutique here.

DDoug said: My sister shops at....."The SA Boutique" as she calls it ... Click to expand... stinky64 said: Referred to as Sally Anne's Boutique here. Click to expand... For those who don't know, Salvation Army Thrift Store= the Boutique

It is the only place to find flannel shirts, real ones, that are just getting broken in!

S A is pretty worthless around here, take everything to St. Vinny's.

Glad I posted those photos of tools, already have a local HEF shopper interested.