Garage Sales

[Ductape]

You just never know what you will find when a guy wants to make some extra room in his garage, and git rid of some stuff he isn't using.

Like a used-once Woods Groundbreaker BH6000, and a never-used, still-has-the-tag-on-it Woods LRC60 rake.


Happy Birthday to me !!!

 

[Egon]

Now that was a "Garage Sale".

 

[Thomas]

Morning Ductape.
You folks down there have much better garage sales than we do up here...."one mans junk is another mans treasure"

 

[Bird]

Garage Sale? Did you check the serial numbers to see where they were stolen from?

 

[Z-Michigan]

I'm stopping at garage sales from now on!

 

[bones1]

I'm gonna agree with bird on this one.If it's legit then what a great find.

 

[Ductape]

Nope, they are most definitely NOT stolen. But... i'm just not going to feel bad about ending up with a decent deal because someone else got into a little financial trouble. If not me, it would have been someone else. I even half-jokingly offered to buy his New Holland TZ, but since he would now be able to pay off the loan, it wasn't for sale.

I know it will take a little fab work to make a subframe to mount the hoe to my 20+ year old tractor.... but my plan is to haul it all down to scott_vt 's house with a twelve pack, and have him whip one together. Have you seen the quality of his workmanship?? SHHHHHH !!! He doesn't know i'm coming yet !

 

[Dan239]

Come on now and tell us what you paid for them and make us really jealous.

I once bought a Befco side shift tiller at a garage sale for $125.00. Not sure what the size was but I think it was 40" or 42".

Daniel

 

[shvl73]

Congratulations! If these were the ones I saw somewhere (craigslist?) for sale, you got a great deal. You're going to love that hoe.

 

[Ductape]

I've been busted ! Exactly where i found them. Heck.... the guy was trying to get me to buy his generator too. He was really cleaning house.You know i have been looking for a hoe for quite awhile.... at least since the time you bought yours. I'm really glad i passed on all the beat up, patched back together, loose, worn out used hoes i've looked at along the way. Its amazing the junk i looked at for more money than i paid for this minty Woods. Still tight like a nun. In the hour and a half it took me to drive out to his house they had about eight other people in line for it behind me..... i made sure i had cash in hand, and had my trailer with me. Now if i could only get it on my tractor this week.... i'm so impatient ! Whats-Her-Name is gone on vacation for the week with her family... she left yesterday morning. I'm in BIG trouble when she gets home next weekend !

 

[shvl73]

Whats-Her-Name is gone on vacation for the week with her family... she left yesterday morning. I'm in BIG trouble when she gets home next weekend !

Get it mounted! Work through the night! Immediatley transplant or dig something for her!

 

[Ductape]

What she'll want me to dig...... my own grave ! Hahahah...... words i live by : Its easier to do , and then ask for forgiveness..... than to ask permission up front !

 

[shane]

If she's like my wife I'd say something like, "What? You never noticed that hoe before. Well yeah, it came with the tractor when I bought it. I just usually don't have it attached." I keep her so confused with all my stuff she doesn't know what all I got.

 

[MJPetersen]

Ductape, That shiny new hoe just will not look right on your tractor. You will have to do a major cleanup and paint job to make it seem proper. And the color does not match at all. I do not know you should have passed on it.

Way to go!! I am happy for you. You really MUST post some pics when you get it mounted. I would like some very specific pics on the mount that you fab up for it.

Mike

 

[D7E]

I love garage sales?
Last week my wife dragged me to a couple and "wow" an old widow (of many years) had a stihl 036 chainsaw and a riding mower and a leaf blower (none running) $40 for the saw (Just needed a throttle spring) and $75 for the mower (Transmission drive belt ) $5 for the blower (Fuel prime bubble)I sold the saw for $300 and the mower is a keeper as a second helper and $100 for the blower ,Just for 1 evening fixing in my garage ?

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Congratulations on your find!

I hit garage sales whenever I can. Most of the time all I find is clothes and pots. Occasionally I hit the jackpot. This spring I got a craftsman tiller for $10. I changed out the carb on it for one I had on an engine with no compression and sold the tiller 10 hours later for $85.

I've picked up a few power tools for cheap too. I got a B&D drill bit sharpener for $5 a few weeks ago and I've resurrected about $50 worth of drill bits. I think the sharpener puts a better edge on them than the factory.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I had to post this where someone would appreciate it.

I stopped at a garage sale last weekend. I bought a few gas cans for a buck a piece; but as I was going to leave, I took a closer look at the white box that had been sitting next to the gas cans. It was still taped shut from the store and still had the plastic straps around it. It even still had a somewhat faded $120 price tag on it from Tool Liquidators. As I tipped the box I saw the side of it said "3.5 Gallon Parts Washer". I bought it for $10.

When I picked up the parts washer I saw and old school D-handle 1/2" drill in the crate that was behind the parts washer. I got it for $4.

P.S. Still waiting for some pics of your new backhoe in action.

 

[WayneB]

What she'll want me to dig...... my own grave ! Hahahah...... words i live by : Its easier to do , and then ask for forgiveness..... than to ask permission up front !

Wow and you got that in NH! What was the generator and what else was there. Let all of us in NH have a shot at it...................Nice looking stuff

Wayne

 

[Bird]

Some people are just lucky, I guess. I've admittedly seldom stopped at garage sales, but I can't recall ever seeing anything I'd want to buy at one.

 

[California]

There's a difference between some guy who runs a perpetual garage sale and sells junk, and a one-time estate or moving sale where you can find some real bargains like Ductape's implements.

My last find was the 230 amp AC welder I've been describing over in the Welder Plunge thread. It's equivalent to a Lincoln 225AC or Hobart LX235AC and cost $50.

Photo: http://s93445617.onlinehome.us/pix/ym240/arcwelder2989r.jpg