amazing estate sale this weekend in Idaho

[katiedobe]

This man's wife is selling off his tools. Twin Falls Idaho area,
He was one of us, "a person that loved buying a tool".

Here is the craigs list ad.
http://twinfalls.craigslist.org/tls/1449057056.html (http://twinfalls.craigslist.org/tls/1449057056.html)


And the flicker photo gallery. Pretty cool.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44276973@N02/sets/72157622597642391/

Enjoy.

[goodbasil]

Whats that thing in IMG 2232? The round thing with all the holes in it. For setting saw blades? Na, too crude.

P.S. Can someone lend me $100 bucks gas money to get to Idaho?

[Timo_N62.9_E27.7]

My quess is that it is a tool to bend tubing or metal bars.

The handle/lever is standing next to it and you attach a suitable size of brace to both the lever and the stand.

[Robert L.]

Whats that thing in IMG 2232? The round thing with all the holes in it.

It is a rod and bar bender (http://www.oneprojectcloser.com/bar-and-rod-bender-explained/).

Pretty useful on the farm.

[44xt]

My first thought when I loooked at the thumbnails was, holy C**p this guy has a lot of tools! But as I looked through each photo it got a little eerie, I have 80% of those tools and a lot are the same model and in the same condition! And I'm not even an old guy!
I gotta slow down.

[Lew Barrett]

I'm with 44xt but with an even more cynical view: Ol' Jim had a lot of tools but not a lot of really special ones. Pretty much run of the mill stuff that, if you don;t have that particular item might be useful, but nothing to cross a border drive three states over to get.

Maybe I'm just a snob....

[Paul Fitzgerald]

I would just have my family invite my friends round, buy a a few slabs of beer, and let them sort out what they want.
There is no way a sale of old tools is worth the effort.

[Bob Cleek]

Yep, my thoughts exactly. Sort of a little deja vu in reverse. I guess my old lady will be posting something like that some day. LOL

It looks like he's a guy that did a fair bit of woodworking, but from the pics, it doesn't look like there's anything there that you couldn't pick up tomorrow at your local Horror Fright or Home Despot. The stationary power tools are nice, although not top of the line. It doesn't look like there's anything there any of us would consider worthy of a tool gloat. I'd stop if I were driving by, of course, but I wouldn't kill myself getting there.

On the other hand, if you were just starting out and had some bucks to burn, I'd be interested in knowing what they'd sell the whole lot for. You might get a deal that way, if they didn't expect to make bazillions on it. You could off the crap at your own garage sale and keep what's worth keeping and maybe come out ahead.

Damn, though. Ya know, come to think of it, I haven't seen a decent tool in a garage sale around here since Craigslist got hot. These days, anything worth anything seems to end up on the 'list, not in a garage sale. Too many guys around these days know what the good stuff is worth and they grab it and then turn it over for a profit on line.

[AstoriaDave]

Damn, though. Ya know, come to think of it, I haven't seen a decent tool in a garage sale around here since Craigslist got hot. These days, anything worth anything seems to end up on the 'list, not in a garage sale. Too many guys around these days know what the good stuff is worth and they grab it and then turn it over for a profit on line.Exactly true. When we sold my father's estate via a two-day yard sale at his house, if somebody showed a lot of interest on a more expensive item (he had a lot of tools), we put them off and Googled it for a guestimate of its value. Next day, we had a good, hard number from which to negotiate.

Then towards the end of the second day we got rid of almost all of it via a CL Curb Alert (everything is free). About all we kept back was the appliances, because they were to go to the new owners. Next morning, we opened up the garage and were stunned that the washer had walked ... probably courtesy of the pair of guys who really hard timed us about it. While we were pissing and moaning about that, my brother noticed that his hand cart was missing, also. Now we were really pissed, and my bro went for the cooler for a conciliatory beer ... yep, you guess it: they stole our beer, too! :mad::rolleyes::o

[katiedobe]

44XT, that was what I thought too.
Lew I posted it for the folks in ID mainly.
Mostly run of the mill stuff, but still if you don't have a grinder and lived in Twin Falls, ID it might have been worth a trip over.

Bob Cleek, I solved the problem for my wife, I leave every tool I own to my best friend. That way she does not need to deal with it. He just needs to come get it in a truck and trailer. Plus he gets my Langlitz Motorcycle leathers.

[Lew Barrett]

What are you riding, Jimmy? Did you have Langlitz make them for you when you lived in Portland? Those are a treasure!

[katiedobe]

I was riding since I turned 18 and mom could no longer say no.
Yes I had them made at the shop by the grandson. Lived a few blocks from there. Couple of times when a zipper would fail (I rode everyday, year round until I bought my first car at age 24) I would walk in and they would fix it right then and there.
I have ridden in this order 76 honda 500, 82 honda 250, 83 honda 450, 78 honda 750, 83 honds cx500, (95 xr 250r for dirt, still have it in Oregon), and now down here in Mexico I brought down a 2003 Suzuki Bergman 650 scooter (But really it is an Automatic stepthrough motorcycle). When I first got clean I used to ride with a clean and sober motocycle club called The Fifth Chapter. I was riding the Honda 750 then. I never missed a ride, unlike some of my brothers who rode a poorly engineered American Bike that will not be named.
Now the newer Evo's are much more reliable and EXPENSIVE!
Too hot here for the Leathers so they live in Oregon also.