I'm not critical of people who sell stuff Ian, it just isn't for me. Neither is collecting. I essentially have stuff that I use, or think I may use. From time to time I take a more beady-eyed look at what I have and throw out a bunch more stuff.
As for where it came from, some I inherited and some I traded for in a run-down condition, and repaired for my own use. I once co-inherited rather a lot of stuff, along with my brother. Some of it qualified as works of art, and we spent our weekends for 18 months getting it into shape so it could go to auction. The rest we took to the tip, one 6x4 trailer load at the end of each day's work. Many tons of stuff went that way. I welded the A-bar back on that little trailer twice, adding further reinforcements each time, and replaced a collapsed-and-welded-to-itself wheel bearing once. Along the way I resolved not to leave a job like that to my heirs when I turn up my toes.
