Pick up trucks from South Carolina with 20ton presses

Gonfercoffee · #1 (**permalink**) 10-24-2008, 11:50 PM

Is this an east coast thing?
Every year I see these convoys of pick ups from SC loaded with presses and motor cranes.
They have to stop at every mechanic shop and I guess they can't go home until all is sold

RickyRicardo · #2 (**permalink**) 10-24-2008, 11:59 PM

Could be Gypsies. They prefer to be called Irish Travelers. They have a large colony just over the river from me in South Carolina. The menfolk travel about conducting their dubious business while the women and children confine themselves in their enclave. They tend to stay legit around here. There's an old saying about not s****ing where you eat.

jack knife · #3 (**permalink**) 10-25-2008, 07:22 AM

sunex tools in travelers rest sc ( just north of greenville sc) is a large distributor of tools. there is a guy that buys tools from them and gets people to go north and sell them on commission, needless to say he is the only one making any money

RickyRicardo · #4 (**permalink**) 10-25-2008, 04:01 PM

Thanks Jack knife. I didn't know that, and here I am accusing my neighbors of being up to no good.

Hiballin · #5 (**permalink**) 10-25-2008, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyRicardo

Thanks Jack knife. I didn't know that, and here I am accusing my neighbors of being up to no good.

Ive had them to stop at the house.Allways the same story we just left a tool show and we need to sell this cheap.Had one try sell me a comealong hand operated puller,He kept on and I told him a price O no can not sell for that.I walked allmost to the house and,Hey I will take it.Thanks but I changed my mind good bye.

Krzy18whlr · #6 (**permalink**) 10-26-2008, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Hiballin

Ive had them to stop at the house.Allways the same story we just left a tool show and we need to sell this cheap.Had one try sell me a comealong hand operated puller,He kept on and I told him a price O no can not sell for that.I walked allmost to the house and,Hey I will take it.Thanks but I changed my mind good bye.

Is that sort of like the guys you see parked at Motels with a tractor trailer full of tools? They'll advertise locally and stay a couple days then move on. I've never checked 'em out but they advertise Makita tools, i.e.