Cornwell truck in the wild
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slowtwitch73
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What does the call of the Cornwell truck sound like?
2ndGearRubber
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$20/week minimum payment. LOL
We have a reliable Cornwell dealer at our shop. I've been buying some things, guy is a great dealer and understands what he sells. Service. Laid back and very good at finding me what I need. Brought some oil filters on the truck and a pair of calipers to order a couple Lisle oil filter strap wrenches. $2-$4 over Amazon, who was out of stock of the size I needed.
Ton ton
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Snap on is the one and only that I have seen recently.
Ton ton
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Nobody's going to believe you, big toy 44. You need to have your location in your profile. LOL.
slowtwitch73
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That was the Pornwell truck.
slowtwitch73
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Florida?
4xdog
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Passed a Cornwell truck parked outside a shop near my house in Saint Louis just this afternoon.
I saw a Cornwell truck here in Fort Myers FL a while back
Back when I was running a manufacturing shop ( we built the first commercially viable wind turbines in the USA !!!) I had a SO and Cornwell guy who came by and sold me tools, and I was buying tools for 20 techs at any given time so when we found something that worked ( SO PP409's that fit over 1/2-13 taps for example) I bought at least 20 of them... but my Cornewell guy sold S&K he was getting from Eastern Tool Warehouse in Woburn MA and I bought a lot of 1/4 3/8 and 1/2 inch chrome sets from him, and I still have a bunch of the tools I got from him and some I bought after I moved on from USW to this day. **** Williams was his name and he was a great guy.
Back when I was running a manufacturing shop ( we built the first commercially viable wind turbines in the USA !!!) I had a SO and Cornwell guy who came by and sold me tools, and I was buying tools for 20 techs at any given time so when we found something that worked ( SO PP409's that fit over 1/2-13 taps for example) I bought at least 20 of them... but my Cornewell guy sold S&K he was getting from Eastern Tool Warehouse in Woburn MA and I bought a lot of 1/4 3/8 and 1/2 inch chrome sets from him, and I still have a bunch of the tools I got from him and some I bought after I moved on from USW to this day. **** Williams was his name and he was a great guy.
Cruzan80
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I actually have seen two, in under a week. First was on the far side of town, made a joke. Then saw another one near where I live, probably 40+min away. Not sure if it is the same one, or two trucks serving greater Denver Meteo.
Ton ton
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Thank you, sir.
We have a guy show up every Tuesday. Nice enough. Ordered tools in January and they're trickling in a piece a week. I don't know if the dealer doesn't want to pay for shipping or if cornwell is having supply issues like that one member who had a truck for a while.
seber
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Saw the first and only of my 74 years last year in East Texas.
GreenIron
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I've seen Cornwell truck in our area for the past 15+ years, although I have not set foot in it.
I used to like dealing with MAC.
I used to like dealing with MAC.
Snapped-off
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Just saw one here in San Diego. First time in person I believe. He was blocking traffic backing into a parking lot. I thought about stopping by but I had some errands to finish up.
4xdog
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This one is around my neighborhood often. Here it is today in a Saint Louis close-in suburb.
ElectroMechTech
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I periodically see one here in Charlotte.
ianguilly
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Weird I see a cornwell truck every Tuesday 
, Cincinnati has 6 dealers alone.
, Cincinnati has 6 dealers alone.BlakeTheCarGuy
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I was just talking this week to the guys at work about how we needed a Cornwell rep again in the area. Hasn’t been one in quite sometime. The shop where I work now had one about 10 years ago and he just randomly disappeared one day and no one has seen or heard from him since then. He isn’t missing or anything it’s just weird he stopped showing up, stopped taking calls or texts didn’t come for his money or anything. Someone said he was working somewhere else now but they were just going by what they had seen on Facebook lol. I don’t know I didn’t work here then. The one in my area has been out for quite sometime too. I say we eliminate the Mac truck and put some Cornwell stickers on the side lol. Of course I don’t want anyone to go out or business though. I told my dad to start a franchise but we don’t have the cash for it.
driftpin
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I saw a Miami FL Cornwell truck recently, I was going to try and get a pic for the thread, but I was driving, so I didn't bother. There's a Cornwell truck in southwest Broward Co. FL (Ft. Lauderdale) I've bought from, I can order out of the catalog, and he drops my purchase at a friend's shop. He's friendly and does what he says. 'Good to go,' I say.
Bubba Fett
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Cornwell trucks are like the Sasquatch of tool trucks. So rare, that when people see them, they don't believe their eyes.
Ton ton
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I agree . Only sasquatch sightings are a bit more common in rural areas of the USA.
Skiff Builder
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Report: CORNWELL truck spotted - parked
Winn Dixie
Beal Parkway N.
Fort Walton Beach, Fl
12/13/2022
1151 hours
Winn Dixie
Beal Parkway N.
Fort Walton Beach, Fl
12/13/2022
1151 hours
nicks78camaro
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Cornwell truck reliably stops at my shop once a week (Pittsburgh PA).
KnurledNut
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The real victory here was spotting a Winn-Dixie.
Don't forget the coordinates / latitude & longitude.
Skiff Builder
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You got it!(30.4481329, -86.6387516)
Skiff Builder
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RedneckWelder
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HaHa, down in the land of Publix$$.
Winn Dixie fried chicken as good as any other
We lost our Winn Dixie’s up here back in the early 2000s so the first time I shopped at once since then was last year in FL.
Screw Publix. Good bakery and deli but the prices are insane. It’s where the Basic White Girls love to shop for some inexplicable reason because they feel it’s “fancy”
StillTooManyHobbies
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Saw one in La Plata MD this week. Wife asked what is that company? Had to tell her it was a unicorn 
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.acer66
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I see two here locally on residential properties.
One is still operating the other is more of a lawn ornament.
One is still operating the other is more of a lawn ornament.
wafrederick
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We are getting one next month here.
Skiff Builder
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Drifting a bit ,but- example of Publix- first time I've been compelled to take a pic at a food store- Crazy prices!!
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KnurledNut
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)Ton ton
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Cornwell trucks are so rare that people have to start talking beef prices because they don't even know what a Cornwell truck is.
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