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Wrench Forum => Wrench Forum => Topic started by: amecks on May 08, 2021, 05:33:51 PM

Title: Barn Sale nearby in Auburn NY
Post by: amecks on May 08, 2021, 05:33:51 PM
3 barns - one with a lot of tools.  An older working farm - loads of stuff from the 50's to present.  I spent an hour and a half - looking through box after box of wrenches and some of pliers.  Bought 21 items average cost just over $1 each.
As found photos...
(https://i.postimg.cc/fycX7byC/IMG-9750-01.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/h4T9R2sm/IMG-9751-01.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Photos after cleanup...2 Bonaloy wrenches, Blue Point Supreme, little Snap-on and a Plomb
(https://i.postimg.cc/WzRxy5n8/IMG-9752.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
2 Superrenches, Owatonna Tool Co, McKaig-Hatch
(https://i.postimg.cc/MKmgsbj0/IMG-9753.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
2 Bridgeport - the inch/metric marked style, 4" Lectrolite adjustable very nice condition - a keeper (I'll sell the Utica 4 incher I have), 2 metric ABC Japan wrenches (I love these wrenches - been collecting them - they are nicely made and have very good chrome so they are usually in good condition.  I have metrics like these and some inch). and Mack truck pliers.
(https://i.postimg.cc/HnQF1bvg/IMG-9754.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
next is a Stahlwille metric and a KMC metric (another good Jap wrench), a metric Arctic Cat wrench, and a really nice Wards wrench which will be used in the toolkit of the Wards Riverside special motorcycle project I'm working on.
(https://i.postimg.cc/pLV43hDw/IMG-9755.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
The pliers are Mack truck and one handle tip is a "screwdriver" type.
(https://i.postimg.cc/J7JfXWr2/IMG-9757.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
The Craftsman =V= set is a little rough.  The case hinges are blown out but the case appears straight.  Maybe I can fix it with new hinges.  Only one socket is missing.  The business end of the tools are slightly rusty and thus are not in the best usable condition.
(https://i.postimg.cc/GhCZJS9h/IMG-9756.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
I'll have to watch for another sale at this farm and visit again.  I just resigned my job at Bass Pro/Tracker Marine and am looking for a new job.  My social security is only enough to squeek by on.  I hope I can find a job as good as when I managed the service for the local Taylor Rental.  I applied today for maintenance mechanic position at an Auburn cemetery.  That would be good - the customers don't complain much.  Meanwhile I hope to supplement my income with good finds like this one!
Al

Title: Re: Barn Sale nearby in Auburn NY
Post by: international3414 on May 08, 2021, 06:17:29 PM
nice bunch...good luck with the cemetery...been working at one ,going on 18 years
Title: Re: Barn Sale nearby in Auburn NY
Post by: p_toad on May 08, 2021, 09:56:31 PM
nice finds.   wish you the best with getting a new job.    :smiley:
Title: Re: Barn Sale nearby in Auburn NY
Post by: lptools on May 09, 2021, 06:45:28 AM
Good score!!
Title: Re: Barn Sale nearby in Auburn NY
Post by: moparthug on May 09, 2021, 11:18:49 AM
The Mack pliers are my favorite in the group, great find!
Title: Re: Barn Sale nearby in Auburn NY
Post by: bonneyman on May 09, 2021, 04:15:10 PM
Great assortment! I think the Craftsman set is the pick of the litter.
Title: Re: Barn Sale nearby in Auburn NY
Post by: PowderKeg on May 15, 2021, 10:58:04 PM
Like the Mack pliers & the Owatonna DOE, nice grabs.