Ultradog MN
Well-known Member
- Location
- Twin Cities
I agreed to help a guy empty a hoarder's house.
Owner is in the nursing home so his executor? is selling his stuff and house off.
It's hard to even describe this place but for starters I'll mention that we've hauled around 12? tons out of there. Plus a few machines.
And I wasn't involved in getting the 2 Bridgeports or the pair of minty 12x36 Enco lathes out before I got there.
I Have hauled 4 Gerstners and half a dozen Kennedys. And tons of tools and tooling.
Two loads - both the Chevy and trailer full - to the auction house so far.
This is the 3rd load. We'll bring it to the auction tomorrow morning then go back to get my loader tractor and give a hand with the final cleanup.
All this is from a1930s? inner city two story, 3 bedroom house with a small attached garage.
No one realized how Much stuff was there to be hauled but my neighbor and I have stuck to it well beyond my $ agreement with the guy in charge. So I will keep a large amount of materials - which the auction didn't have room for, some welding stuff and whatever else I want to pilfer in exchange for hauling this last load and help with the final clean up.
The executor guy has been a Very good steward of his ward's affairs. As tight fisted as if it were his own money.
I like and respect him.
Every one - me, the executor, my retired neighbor who I hired, even the moving company guys are sick of it all though.
But it all has to be gone by tomorrow.
Except for the clapped out 3 or 4 ton Monarch lathe that's in the basement which will stay there.
It came in - and has to go out a 30x30" window 6' above the basement floor.
Will take some real rigging skills to get it out.
The flipper house buyer accepted it with the lathe so maybe we'll see it on the next episode of "Flipping Houses".
I mostly sorted and Identified the tools and machining stuff and with my neighbor got it all onto the trailer.
And how bout this:
The moving Co guys can carry it out of the inside and set it next to my trailer but can Not put it ON my trailer.
What a joke.
Anyway, the Craftsman...
This little ball peen caught my eye for some reason.
I'm guessing it's around 4 oz.
Of the 50? 60? mauls, blacksmith, carpenter's, mechanics soft face, etc hammers that were there it's the only one I wanted.
There were 20? hatchets and axes There. Even 2 kant hooks. The owner was especially a hoarder of hammers though.
And forging tongs - at least 40 of those.
I've never had a hammer this small so I stole it.
Oops.
I have an old Navy buddy in Fla. who hand makes wood handles for vintage tools of all kinds. He's like a zen master about that stuff.
This handle is split and damaged so I'm gonna mail the hammer to him and see if I get it back with a nice handle.
If it doesn't come back I'll update this and gripe about what a cotton pickin hammer thief he is. Oops.
If it does come back I'll brag up them Fla. boys and how they can make good hickory handles.
Edit: I guess this is a long story about a lousy little hammer tho.
Sorry about that.
Jerry
Owner is in the nursing home so his executor? is selling his stuff and house off.
It's hard to even describe this place but for starters I'll mention that we've hauled around 12? tons out of there. Plus a few machines.
And I wasn't involved in getting the 2 Bridgeports or the pair of minty 12x36 Enco lathes out before I got there.
I Have hauled 4 Gerstners and half a dozen Kennedys. And tons of tools and tooling.
Two loads - both the Chevy and trailer full - to the auction house so far.
This is the 3rd load. We'll bring it to the auction tomorrow morning then go back to get my loader tractor and give a hand with the final cleanup.
All this is from a1930s? inner city two story, 3 bedroom house with a small attached garage.
No one realized how Much stuff was there to be hauled but my neighbor and I have stuck to it well beyond my $ agreement with the guy in charge. So I will keep a large amount of materials - which the auction didn't have room for, some welding stuff and whatever else I want to pilfer in exchange for hauling this last load and help with the final clean up.
The executor guy has been a Very good steward of his ward's affairs. As tight fisted as if it were his own money.
I like and respect him.
Every one - me, the executor, my retired neighbor who I hired, even the moving company guys are sick of it all though.
But it all has to be gone by tomorrow.
Except for the clapped out 3 or 4 ton Monarch lathe that's in the basement which will stay there.
It came in - and has to go out a 30x30" window 6' above the basement floor.
Will take some real rigging skills to get it out.
The flipper house buyer accepted it with the lathe so maybe we'll see it on the next episode of "Flipping Houses".
I mostly sorted and Identified the tools and machining stuff and with my neighbor got it all onto the trailer.
And how bout this:
The moving Co guys can carry it out of the inside and set it next to my trailer but can Not put it ON my trailer.
What a joke.
Anyway, the Craftsman...
This little ball peen caught my eye for some reason.
I'm guessing it's around 4 oz.
Of the 50? 60? mauls, blacksmith, carpenter's, mechanics soft face, etc hammers that were there it's the only one I wanted.
There were 20? hatchets and axes There. Even 2 kant hooks. The owner was especially a hoarder of hammers though.
And forging tongs - at least 40 of those.
I've never had a hammer this small so I stole it.
Oops.
I have an old Navy buddy in Fla. who hand makes wood handles for vintage tools of all kinds. He's like a zen master about that stuff.
This handle is split and damaged so I'm gonna mail the hammer to him and see if I get it back with a nice handle.
If it doesn't come back I'll update this and gripe about what a cotton pickin hammer thief he is. Oops.
If it does come back I'll brag up them Fla. boys and how they can make good hickory handles.
Edit: I guess this is a long story about a lousy little hammer tho.
Sorry about that.
Jerry
Attachments
Last edited: