As some here know, mom and dad have gone to asstd living and there's no denying the obvious. As time marches on, I am faced with cleaning out and dispersing some of our collection. Like many here, my dad and I are/were "pack rats and lovers of all things old" including tractors. I am faced with cleaning out his shop/shed. Now, I am not on a particular deadline but that could change quickly if he or they pass (I think one will be right after the other). This task seems daunting for a few reasons: I don't have a real shop. I have a huge shed FULL (I'm literally walking from tractor to tractor) and always used his place as "home base" for repairs/restoring. I don't need five of everything...or do I. We have tools galore and other than sentimental reasons should I keep the best, the newest, just what I need? None of my siblings want his shop stuff. I have one brother that is quite well off and his attitude is to bring in a dumpster. several sisters that have spouses that don't want anything either. My one nephew would like some but has no place of his own, just starting out in an apartment and getting married. The saddest part: My 14 yr old son has absolutely NO interest in any of it. I will keep dads machines-Bridgeport mill, lathe and tooling. And the tools I need. But the piles of stuff that we wanted to keep just in case is unreal. I already have a couple tractors outside tarped which is not the best. I just can't seem to draw the line. I look at the stuff now and think, Its been sitting there for 30 years and I never needed it, maybe that means get rid of it. One method is to decide in 6 seconds... yes, no, maybe as to keeping an item. I know my dad always talked sadly how before I was born my grandpa got killed in a farm accident and shortly after EVERYTHING was auctioned right down to the broom and shovel. I guess I just wondered how any of you handled this and needed to talk about it.