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Last week Wednesday I asked if there were any good shops in the area and was rewarded with a bunch of good information. Thanks to you guys I was able to get my weekend lined-out perfectly. You can read that thread here
http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/193629.htm
I travel for my job and rarely get the opportunity to really go out an see stuff when in a specific area. This time my schedule allowed me to travel around during the weekend and get a chance to plan what I was going to do thanks to you. I called a long time buddy from right here, we've been speaking back and forth around three years now. We met over an 090 deal, .... it was time I actually met him and his family so that was part of the deal right off the bat.
Saturday was a day at a local saw shop and it was fantastic!! No saw shop like this in Virginia Beach, well take that back, the Stihl plant is there but they won't let me in, wonder why??:hmm3grin2orange: That thread with pics here
http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/193882.htm
Sunday was a visit to Wayne Sutton's collection in Amboy WA. Wayne invited us in like we were family. Walked through the shop and told us stuff you could only imagine. He knew the story of every saw in the place, he was able to speak the first name of a shop owner I've been using for the last 30+ years.... who I won't mention for security reasons... you know, he's got the good stuff we don't talk about in public
Absolutely.... unbelievable... inside this shop! Thousands of saws of every type and flavor! YES, those two mans above the Stihl sign on the left are Stihl BLKs, two more to the left you can't see for a total of 5, 090G on the floor with a 7' bar.
Matt, one of the very few 10 cube 090's ever made.... I stroked it for you!
And this Contra G also.
A wall full of Yellow Gold! Randy Mac would have had a heart attack there for sure, we would have had to leave him! More Super 797's then LEEHA has! Yellow everywhere, BP1, and probably every Mac ever made! More than 30 two man saws hanging from the ceiling.
The best deal of all was that my buddy Mark and his wife Karen invited me over for supper and offered the guest cabin for the night. Now I'm a little old for sleep overs, but after 3 years of seeing him on AS, texting, speaking on the phone and talking saws forever I couldn't refuse! We talked saws, family and life in general until pretty late and of course drank beer until the chickens crowed!
Mark and Karen, I really want to say thank you for opening your home to a complete stranger. Dinner was fabulous and so was the conversation and company. It was the icing on the last several years. Thank you so much, your welcome at my home always!
Thanks to you ASer's for telling me where to go. Truly a great weekend made even more memorable because of Mark and Karen, a true friend made right here!!
http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/193629.htm
I travel for my job and rarely get the opportunity to really go out an see stuff when in a specific area. This time my schedule allowed me to travel around during the weekend and get a chance to plan what I was going to do thanks to you. I called a long time buddy from right here, we've been speaking back and forth around three years now. We met over an 090 deal, .... it was time I actually met him and his family so that was part of the deal right off the bat.
Saturday was a day at a local saw shop and it was fantastic!! No saw shop like this in Virginia Beach, well take that back, the Stihl plant is there but they won't let me in, wonder why??:hmm3grin2orange: That thread with pics here
http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/193882.htm
Sunday was a visit to Wayne Sutton's collection in Amboy WA. Wayne invited us in like we were family. Walked through the shop and told us stuff you could only imagine. He knew the story of every saw in the place, he was able to speak the first name of a shop owner I've been using for the last 30+ years.... who I won't mention for security reasons... you know, he's got the good stuff we don't talk about in public
Absolutely.... unbelievable... inside this shop! Thousands of saws of every type and flavor! YES, those two mans above the Stihl sign on the left are Stihl BLKs, two more to the left you can't see for a total of 5, 090G on the floor with a 7' bar.
Matt, one of the very few 10 cube 090's ever made.... I stroked it for you!
And this Contra G also.
A wall full of Yellow Gold! Randy Mac would have had a heart attack there for sure, we would have had to leave him! More Super 797's then LEEHA has! Yellow everywhere, BP1, and probably every Mac ever made! More than 30 two man saws hanging from the ceiling.
The best deal of all was that my buddy Mark and his wife Karen invited me over for supper and offered the guest cabin for the night. Now I'm a little old for sleep overs, but after 3 years of seeing him on AS, texting, speaking on the phone and talking saws forever I couldn't refuse! We talked saws, family and life in general until pretty late and of course drank beer until the chickens crowed!
Mark and Karen, I really want to say thank you for opening your home to a complete stranger. Dinner was fabulous and so was the conversation and company. It was the icing on the last several years. Thank you so much, your welcome at my home always!
Thanks to you ASer's for telling me where to go. Truly a great weekend made even more memorable because of Mark and Karen, a true friend made right here!!
