Originally Posted by
Bert McMahan
I'd sell anything I could. Keep the stuff you know will be hard to replace, sell the rest.
I was in a similar spot, moved out thinking I'd have a shop in about 6 months. Two years later I've paid the storage unit company something like $3500-$4000 to keep all of my tools sitting for me. The entire process has been "Looks like just another couple months till the shop's ready" for the entire time. At this point I could've sold all of my old stuff and rebought most of it brand new and been out ahead. I'll never store tools like this again unless it's something truly difficult to replace. Most of what you've listed comes up pretty frequently for sale used, and if you're looking at 2+ years of storage you'll pay more to store it than the tools are worth!