I took a couple of days off work this week since I didn't get a single weekend home in July...worked in the shop on Monday and made a road trip today. I had some communications and did a little business with a gentleman about a year and a half ago following which he told me about several old shops and Amish dealers in his area (Southern Iowa).
I finally made it a priority and went to see him today. The first stop was fairly modern Stihl shop with a number of older saws put up on the shelves in the back room. They invited us to look and pick through and I came up with a total of 6 saws - D-36, 1-41, Super 44, and a couple of decent Pro Mac 6 saws with the banana handles. A bit of ####ering and they were in the truck. While we were there a customer came in an bought a new string trimmer and had a bit of trouble getting started himself. The staff were busy with other customers so we offered a bit of advice, had a conversation, and after identifying myself as a McCulloch collector gave him a card (he told me he had a couple of old McCulloch's he might be ready to get rid of).
When we stopped for lunch, Stihl customer above gave me a call with another suggestion for a stop today.
First stop after lunch was a bit like a trip back in time to a genuine Amish farm that happened to have a good bit of equipment around. Altogether I acquired three mostly complete saws, a couple of parts saws, and a large McCulloch technical manual.
Last stop was the guy mentioned by Stihl customer, who promptly left work a the elevator to lead us over to his place where I picked up two boxes of chain and a complete, older version of the 10-10.
Mrs. Heimann was quite understanding today and even saved some supper for me when I got home at 7:00 PM.
I will put up some additional photos of a bunch more saws and some of the ingenious work working machines in the Amish shop tomorrow when I get more photos on to the computer. For now, here is the stuff that came home with including the very nice D-36 with barely used 24" bar.
After supper my daughter-in-law called to see if I was interested in a PM55 for $50, condition unknown, paint missing, I passed for now...
Mark
I finally made it a priority and went to see him today. The first stop was fairly modern Stihl shop with a number of older saws put up on the shelves in the back room. They invited us to look and pick through and I came up with a total of 6 saws - D-36, 1-41, Super 44, and a couple of decent Pro Mac 6 saws with the banana handles. A bit of ####ering and they were in the truck. While we were there a customer came in an bought a new string trimmer and had a bit of trouble getting started himself. The staff were busy with other customers so we offered a bit of advice, had a conversation, and after identifying myself as a McCulloch collector gave him a card (he told me he had a couple of old McCulloch's he might be ready to get rid of).
When we stopped for lunch, Stihl customer above gave me a call with another suggestion for a stop today.
First stop after lunch was a bit like a trip back in time to a genuine Amish farm that happened to have a good bit of equipment around. Altogether I acquired three mostly complete saws, a couple of parts saws, and a large McCulloch technical manual.
Last stop was the guy mentioned by Stihl customer, who promptly left work a the elevator to lead us over to his place where I picked up two boxes of chain and a complete, older version of the 10-10.
Mrs. Heimann was quite understanding today and even saved some supper for me when I got home at 7:00 PM.
I will put up some additional photos of a bunch more saws and some of the ingenious work working machines in the Amish shop tomorrow when I get more photos on to the computer. For now, here is the stuff that came home with including the very nice D-36 with barely used 24" bar.
After supper my daughter-in-law called to see if I was interested in a PM55 for $50, condition unknown, paint missing, I passed for now...
Mark
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