I made the last trip to the old place yesterday. I used to feel nostalgic for it, but this move has been so much work, I'm glad I never have to go back. I set the trip ODO on my truck after a trip or two back in July. Since then, I've put 4952 miles on the truck, dragging a trailer every mile. That's about 50 trips in 91 days.
I put an ad on FBM last Monday advertising the barn clean-out - everything is free, just take it away. Forty seven people responded, saying they would be there. Some junk men contacted me and said he would take any metal left over. I gave it to the first guy who responded, but thankfully kept the names of the rest of them.
THREE people showed up! Fortunately, they were voracious and took a lot of stuff. My neighbor came over to say Hi and left with a golf cart full of stuff, and while he was there a friend of his stopped by looking for him. That guy took a bunch of stuff, too. In the end it turned out OK, but they left some good stuff - a commercial paint sprayer, a plastic utility washtub with a nice stainless steel faucet, and some antiques. I kept the sprayer and the washtub and threw everything else in the junk pile - antique wrenches, axes, sledgehammers - some good stuff. I called the junk guy and told him to come and get it, and he started hedging, "How much is there? It's a long way over there." I told him nevermind, and called the second guy on the list. He took it all, bless him.
I took home 2x4s and lumber I thought I would need, but left half a dozen 12 foot 2x6s, about 100 square feet of solid wood flooring, and a lot of random stuff.
Shingles and enough floor tile to do a small bathroom are still there.
This sink is in perfect condition. No one wanted it.
Back home, I reassembled my welding table and started trying to organized the storage and equipment.
I took this before the welding table, drill press, etc were in place.
One project I was anxious to get done was to replace the turnbuckles that were being used to hold the barn door closed with these nifty latches.
