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Talntedmrgreen
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 Posted - 08/24/2011 : 06:46:51
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Curious how many different dealer tags folks have out there, on their early machines? I've only had two, and one was on a blower I sold. This is the other. Just thought it would be neat to see pics of the tags you have, and maybe even how far from their original dealer location.
Bought new in Holly, MI...9.5 miles from where I picked it up 46 years later. It's now 118 miles from there, but looking much newer.  |
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skunkhome
USA
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Posted - 08/24/2011 : 07:47:58
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| Unfortunately I have no dealer tags. This could be an interesting thread. |
  Phil
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty."
Benjamin Franklin |
Edited by - skunkhome on 08/24/2011 07:48:37 |
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Speedy2222
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Posted - 08/24/2011 : 09:49:32
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| the b112 we have had a sticker on it before we restored it. sticker looked alot like yours, chrome with black lettering. Got the tractor 10 miles from the dealership, roughly 35 years later |
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snohiker
USA
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Posted - 08/24/2011 : 13:08:08
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got two for the price of one there both from portsmouth nh
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Talntedmrgreen
USA
4110 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2011 : 13:13:52
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| Pretty cool one there Rob! Tough to beat...located on the side panel or hood? |
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snohiker
USA
521 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2011 : 13:43:02
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| hood same on both side one over the other |
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adamf203
USA
384 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2011 : 18:32:21
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Here's mine from my plow:
Pleasantville, NY |
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Talntedmrgreen
USA
4110 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2011 : 19:29:03
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| Thats a neat lookin one there. I like the font. Do you still have the implement in NY or has it crossed state lines to get to you? Do you have a tractor you think it belonged to originally? |
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gomez15605
USA
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Posted - 08/24/2011 : 19:47:20
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One over the top of another.Am going to try and get to the bottom one.About 50+ miles from the top one.
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adamf203
USA
384 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2011 : 20:17:18
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Originally posted by Talntedmrgreen
Thats a neat lookin one there. I like the font. Do you still have the implement in NY or has it crossed state lines to get to you? Do you have a tractor you think it belonged to originally?
Came across state lines, from NY to CT. The dealer was only 37 miles from my house. I had never thought of looking up the company until this post came up.
Found this website: http://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/pville/pierce.html
Really sad that the company closed after 80 years. I think its representative of the small businesses in America getting run out by large commerical companies. Sad. |
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Talntedmrgreen
USA
4110 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2011 : 21:13:17
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Wow adam, thats a really neat site. ill have to search on my dealer. Cool that their sign matched your tag!
Gomez....I like that double AC. Curious to see the other underneath... |
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Talntedmrgreen
USA
4110 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2011 : 21:32:17
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I couldn't find a lot, but know that Frank Gromak would be 101 years old today, and that he was sued by the Villiage of Holly in 1978. From the court documents...a nice history:
"The record indicates that in 1945 or 1946 defendant Gromak put a war surplus Quonset hut on the premises and started a farm equipment sales and service business. Around 1955, as farming in the area lessened, he switched emphasis to heavy industrial equipment including bulldozers, caterpillars, back hoes and fork-lifts which continued until 1967 or 1968 when he ventured into the lawn, garden and outdoor power equipment sales and service business."
So...there's a good change my '65 Big Ten would have been one of the fist GT's sold by good 'ol Frank =] |
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adamf203
USA
384 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2011 : 23:13:54
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This is a great thread bc it gives you another avenue of tracing these machines back to their origination. The stores able the dealers are really interesting.
This is why I love this site |
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bud119195
USA
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Posted - 08/25/2011 : 22:13:49
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| I dont have a pic but over the last couple years I have bought 5 different tractors or attachments that had the same Dealer tag on it and all 5 were from someone different. Reinder Bros was the dealer |
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K1dan
USA
140 Posts |
Posted - 08/26/2011 : 18:25:14
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Here are two the I have.
This one is on my 5212.5
and this one is on the '94 Landlord I just got. I used to work for this one. First on his lawn service and then around the shop assembling equipment or doing pick-up and deliveries.
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Together we can do anything.. The impossible just takes longer!
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skunkhome
USA
12827 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2012 : 16:50:26
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Tag on back of AC 916h, 1690575 serial #01635
Tractor now in Louisiana 898 miles away. |
Phil
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty."
Benjamin Franklin |
Edited by - skunkhome on 10/18/2012 17:10:11 |
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