I feel yer pain, as i have drooled over many o' yard ornaments, and listen up my friends I HAVE FOUND A WORKING SOLUTION. It doesnt always work, but I have lucked out a few times, this trick works especially well if yer blessed with the gift o'gab. The first step is to aquire several pieces of yard art of thing that are of low value to you or that are easy to get(eg wagon wheels, wheel barrows ,tractor parts, stuff you made, etc), second, get business cards(not a necessity but very helpful to yer ploy), third always carry a little flash money to sweeten the deal, wouldnt you pay $100 bucks and some POS that you found at the scrap yard for a nice HB 200 pounder or what ever the dumb yup has rotting in the yard... so in summary offering a trade can grease the wheels as well as offering a little cash, but you gotta act like yer spending you kids lunch money for it so you can make some more money as a starving artist, these skells LOVE "crafty type stuff" while yer getting your dream equipment you just may drum yerself up some business.