Better to have and not need than need and not have..........

Anonymous-0 · Mar 30, 2010

That way of thinking has got me into a big mess........ Now, I have a bunch of space that could be put to real good use if I'd get rid of a bunch of stuff......

How to do it??

1) park a wagon and just load everything on without looking and haul to the dump

2) lay everything out and let a few folks "shop" then haul to the dump

3) park a wagon and have someone else load it, keeping what they want.

4) other ideas?????

Neighbor kicked off the other day without warning, got me thinking how the wife would handle things if I was gone tomorrow.

Dave

PeterE · Mar 30, 2010

No idea what priceless treasures you may have, but I always prefer option 1.

After Grandpa passed away, there was a weekend were myself, my brother, father, and uncle were all cleaning out his shed. We had a dump truck on hand (and needed it). But for every three things I'd toss onto the truck, my dad or uncle would grab one of them and bring it back, saying that it was useful or someone would buy it.

It has been nine years now. All that useful stuff they saved is still sitting right where we left it in the shed.

Joe N E Texas · Mar 30, 2010

If you get rid of it today you will need it tomorrow.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 30, 2010

(quoted from post at 05:52:34 03/30/10) If you get rid of it today you will need it tomorrow.

Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!! How 'bout I just haul it all to you?????????????????

You are 100% right though...

Dave

slowfolk · Mar 30, 2010

Old saying at a shop I worked at :" If it hasn't been used in one year throw it out"

Anonymous-0 · Mar 30, 2010

(quoted from post at 06:03:30 03/30/10) Old saying at a shop I worked at :" If it hasn't been used in one year throw it out"

I'm trying............. Got a soft spot for power tools, Had a local kid over and gave him a couple hedge trimmers, a chainsaw, and some electric stuff to fix and use7ebay or trash.

Really need to straighten things up.

Dave

rustyfarmall · Mar 30, 2010

My wife and I have made the decision to just keep everything and let our kids and grandkids deal with it. It's the least we can do for them.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 30, 2010

Person that had our place for a lot of years was a cabinet maker. Found a bunch of old books and plans a couple weeks ago that I gave to a local museum alongn with a few tools.

Dave

Anonymous-0 · Mar 30, 2010

Rusty, my parents did what you are thinking of doing. They gave POA to my sister. She went in and invited neighbors and friends to help themselves and then she brought in a dumpster and threw the remaining stuff in. After she had done this she decided to tell my brother and I what she had done. Not a real good thing for family relations. You never really know your siblings. Your choice....

Keith Molden · Mar 30, 2010

Know the feeling. I need to have an auction & get rid of about 3/4 of my equipment and most of the stuff in my shop. Bad thing is, I am an auctioneer and Do really hate to part with any of it. I have 7 running tractors and only use 2 of them most of the time. Guess I'll let the "Boss" decide what to do with it when I'm gone. At least it'll give her some extra money & maybe she'll put some flowers on my grave LOL. Knowing her as I do, I know she won't just give it away tho. Just my thoughts, Keith

thurlow · Mar 30, 2010

Probably depends on what it is.........WAY back when, I was working for my dad; we had a scrap iron pile in the corner of the "old" shop (had built a new shop and the old one was used for storage); we generated a lot of scrap, broken parts off of equipment, worn-out stuff, left-overs from making new stuff, etc, etc. One Spring, we went through the pile and hauled a bob-truck load to the local scrap man.......about $300.00, as I recall. About 2 week later, we broke a part on some piece of equipment and knew there was something in the scrap pile that would fix it for a couple of hours work. Nope.......it was gone and the new replacement was better than $500.00. That ended our scrap hauling. Since I"ve retired, it truly is no longer needed; one-a-these days......

GordoSD · Mar 30, 2010

I have instituted a new 5 year plan. I have pledged to get rid of 10 per cent of ALL my stuff each year. That includes everything. Clothes, guns, ammo, fishing gear tools etc. At least in 5 years I'll have half the stuff I have now.
Along with that a vow that if I buy a new item I have to toss something equivalent.

Gordo

showcrop · Mar 30, 2010

My view is you have to bite the bullet and sort through stuff now and then. I did a lot of that last fall when a barn repair project dictated moving a lot of stuff. So I took a lot of junk to the transfer station. I believe that you have to face a reality that at some point between five and twenty years, If you haven't laid eyes on something you forget that you have it, then it's the same as not having it, so it does you no good to keep it. So you must sort through it and refresh and re-evaluate and throw out or pass on some stuff that is just hiding good stuff.

Ken Macfarlane · Mar 30, 2010

I filled a roll off scrap metal dumpster this spring. I didn't touch
my good scrap metal.

I made a list of Kijiji (Craigslist of the north) and put at least one
thing a week up for a good price.

I have a rule about my old shop that is being cleaned out, I can't
go in to get anything without throwing out at least one thing.

I've cut up and burned most of the wood I was saving for
projects.

I'm selling a few projects that have lingered too long.

Got some apple bins, pulled good parts off junk equipment and
put in bins and scraped the rest.

Probably 10 more years before the place is cleaned up.

glennster · Mar 30, 2010

dave, i collect junk so i can have a really neat estate sale when i"m gone. plan on having pulled pork sammiches, pork chop sammiches, all kind of good eats. send yer good junk my way!!

Fawteen · Mar 30, 2010

I used to hoard [i:654c4848f0]everything[/i:654c4848f0] and threaten my wife with bodily harm if she threw anything out.

I've lost count of the times I needed to fix or build something and was able to go to one or another of my stashes and pull out most (if not all) of what I needed.

Howsomeever, as I get older and can see the day coming when I'll be unable to or uninterested in tinkering in my shop, I'm less likely to haul off other people's junk and more likely to start rehoming, recycling or just plain throwing away my stuff.

My trigger is tripping. When I find myself tripping over the same junk that has sat in the corner for as long as I can remember, I'm likely to dispose of it. In fact, now that scrap prices are back up, I'm thinking a nice big truckload of stuff for the recyclers is sounding like a pretty good idea...

BCnT · Mar 30, 2010

luckily i have my own "dump" so its never too far away if i do find a use for it.

ncpapaul · Mar 30, 2010

After both my folks passed away us kids had to clean up the whole place........among one of my trips hauling out was a 1.5 ton chevy dump truck loaded, of pickle, mayo, fruit, mustard jars......I could see where I got my affliction, Paul

Jahaze · Mar 30, 2010

I"m a firm believer in the old joke that goes something like this. "Joe died, come for the viewing at 11:00, stay for the auction at 11:30" that way my wife can get all the junk aroudn the house cleaned out on the same day.

agpilot · Mar 30, 2010

Hi VernMI: Similar thing with me: My brother got POA and he took almost everything he could. He slowly went broke over the next 20 years. Don't quite understand the way life unfolds yet and I don't think I will so I just keep trying to take care of myself rather then try and figure out even family members. Sorta why I still like Western states where there are fewer people and more breathing room.. most of the time. ..ag

Anonymous-0 · Mar 30, 2010

I always said "I'll save this, someday I'll need it".If that day ever did come around and I did need it I couldn't find it to use it. So, now if I say I'll save it for that someday. I send it to the dump. Now I save alot of time not looking for something I can't find.

James Howell · Mar 30, 2010

1. Let your wife go through all your "stuff" and get what she wants first <kinda like a divorce>.

Make sure she puts her new "stuff" in her storage area of your storage shed.

2. Put your remaining "stuff" in plain sight, but not too close to the curb.

Someone will either steal it or ask for it; either way report it stolen and file an insurance claim.

3. Put remaining unstolen "stuff" on curb with trash or near dumpster.

Someone will take it because its trash and their not stealing anything of value.

4. Put any "stuff" left on the curb up for sale as either antique, rare, vintage, collectible, unique, JD, etc.

At this point everything is gone.

Take the insurance money and antiques money and build you a new storage shed for your "stuff".

Let wife have old storage she for her "stuff".

Everyone lives happily ever after.

Old Roy · Mar 30, 2010

That is an easy one Dave .
Once a year I make three piles of the stuff I think I should throw away.

I label them yes , No , and maybe.

I try to put the "yes" items away in some fashionable manner so as to make room for some of the "Maybe" items if I have room. In the maybe pile I find things that would work with items in "no" pile so I decide to keep it. then it gets too late to finish so I clean up by piling it all back on the bench and wait till next year .

The best part is it refreshes my mind that I took somewhat of an inventory and found things I didn't know I had, and found things I knew I had but couldn't find before. I did buy another cause I couldn't find it but now the next time I have an extra now .

Anonymous-0 · Mar 31, 2010

(quoted from post at 13:39:42 03/30/10) I always said "I'll save this, someday I'll need it".If that day ever did come around and I did need it I couldn't find it to use it. So, now if I say I'll save it for that someday. I send it to the dump. Now I save alot of time not looking for something I can't find.

Same here............ I haven't seen some of this stuff in years. Guess I'll just set up a couple buckets for tools that I may run accross and start dumping.

Dave

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