I don't have the stashes of parts a lot of you guys have - I'm sort of the type that doesn't keep
anything not of an almost immediate need or use.
That hasn't always been the case - that particular trait developed in the last decade, all sort of part of the
"don't leave a mess when I'm gone" campaign I've been on since, well, you know...
The amount of Mopar stuff I have takes up a few shelves in the garage, down from tons a decade before.
A similar situation also to the amount of plumbing, electrical, building supplies I have - I keep enough
of any of it around (including application-specific stuff to match what's in service now around here) to
facilitate repairs and such, but that's about it.
That said, I have employed the old redneck axiom when it comes to needing more storage - namely,
when that situation has arisen (and it has, more than once) - well, I just build something else to
take care of it.
After all, there's no HOA here - there's no neighbors to concern myself with and there's shitake tons
of room to do so, free of having to get approval from any entities beforehand or after.
The garage was built to house a Mopar - one that doesn't currently reside in it, mind you - as well
as to provide work and storage space for any projects and such.
What we call the "carport" (massive thing that it turned out to be) was built to get the tractor and
such out of the weather - and wound up being the other parking bay when needed as well later on
for the Ram.
They sit on either end of the house, which has the side benefit of shielding it from the weather also,
helping with cooling bills in summer especially.
Finally, a simple lawn shed contains all the gardening stuff for the wife, as well as miscellaneous lawn
tools and my concrete mixer.
Now, do I anticipate ever needing more room? Nope.
Doesn't mean that won't happen - but if it ever does, it will be a sure sign that I might have gotten
past that "don't leave a mess" thing I have burnished in my brain.
After all, I do enjoy the heck out of building stuff....