And the answer would, of course, be to do whatever will cost the least amount of money. Declare bankruptcy to get rid of a $2k debt? Probably not a good idea. Declare bankruptcy to get rid of a $5k debt? Still not a good idea, unless the debt is an extreme hardship. Declare bankruptcy to get rid...

I don't understand your problem. If you declare bankruptcy, you reject the lease(s) on your Schedule G and let the lessor worry about collecting their property. You are only required to make the items available for them, i.e. to not destroy or dispose of them. It is up to the lessor to worry about...