My dad - who is in his 80s- has kept his father's tools for many, many years. These tools were for diesel mechanics/semi-truck mechanic stuff, as my granddad did a bunch of truck driving and fleet maintenance in the 1940s, 50s, and early 60s. No one in my family is in this industry any more.
There are no electric tools, all manual. I have never seen so many lug wrench sockets before. And many are HUGE- presumably for removing lug nuts that are the size of a small fist! Huge quantities of wrenches, some also GIANT- like the length of my arm. And they weigh a ton. Pincers (?) of various sizes.
My question is: what should we do with them?
Are these things people still use so they're worth trying to sell or give away? Are they nothing more than novelty items? Do we try to find somewhere to recycle them/trash them? My parents are moving into a small senior living arrangement, so these huge tools gotta go.
My thought is to maybe contact our local VoTech to see if they'd like a donation, but otherwise I'm at a loss.