Like the warehouse for Charlie's in Denver. Possibly. I was thinking it looked like an old Army Ordnance Dept depot site that was sold in situ and abandoned. They went through at least two different buildings, one of which - with the high windows and heavy machinery, was a shop, and that also had a bunch of shelving and cabinetry with files and other tools. As Tobyhanna grew it used all kinds of off-site sites like that in NE PA, just for example.
Harry Epstein. I was really surprised about their lack of knowledge about some of the tools. Never heard of Vlchek? That case of Jeep spark plug sockets that they made fun of could have had a Ford GPW marked example that I’ve been searching for for years.
Did you hear him pronounce "BON A LOY" like it was the first time he had said the word in his life, and with a question mark on the end? Or the way he marveled at seeing an SPW with a cross-bar for the first time in his life? Or the other guy reading the Bonney 3/8-drive extension box label, saying "Whit., Pratt" and not recognizing it as PWA?
Don, I'd be as distracted as everyone else!Here are a couple of Mossberg speeders like the ones they left behind. I need one of those long auger bits for my Carpenters set and will probably never find one. They didn’t pay much attention to the Plomb repacks either. They should have taken Bill with them!
-Don
And to Lugz's point, I cringed when they ripped into the Wright crate.All surplus from Pueblo Ordnance Depot. The Ord repacked tools in the late 40s and early 50s, with long term storage intent, to save for issuing again, but then dumped them all as surplus instead. They were kept in regional depots. And yes, same Charlie's.
Jori's no ones fool. He's been in business a long time and all though I don't know him personally am darn certain he'd never take that kind of risk let alone post a break-in on youtube for all the see. Yes they said someone had broken in, but it wasn't them.
Jori is. Send him a message.Man, if only the people who made the video were members on here......
That was completely meant to be sarcastic.
Maybe they will through indirect contact, not on a public forum due to the owners wishes. The Ohio boat tag and the temps are a great hint though!....my brain gears were turning!
Right? I'm serious when I say it would be the perfect 1-week vacation. You could set up in a local hotel. Dig and sort all day, inventory and research at night. Start every day with coffee and end every night with a nip of single malt. Load and haul out on the last day. I'd be coming home with a piece of any crate that had an Ordnance Dept marking or FSN on it, regardless of contents, in addition to the tools.
Oh, I'm already on it.
I don't know, but there were two big Ordnance Dept depots in Rossford and Columbus. I have Ordnance Dept repack tools from both places. The only two names I saw or heard were Terre Haute Ordnance Depot and Raritan Arsenal, as I noted above.
They arrived as a *********, with a woman on the camera, but did you see the fourth guy (fifth person) near the end when they were moving pallets asking them if they were interested in the grinder discs? That might've been the owner.
Oh, great. Now you tell me - after I insulted their wartime era tools knowledge! Now I'll never get in!
Oh, great. Now you tell me - after I insulted their wartime era tools knowledge! Now I'll never get in!
No one pointed out the fact they intentionally didn't post that vid here. Guess maybe they thought none of the GJ crew would notice?.
And yeah, I suspected that fifth guy might very well have been the owner.Hmm, my daughter lives about midway between those two locations. At least that is travel time today with the crappy weather today. Let us know when this vacation will be, urban assault vehicles might be able to help. A few more achy back, instead of one really sore one.
I've known of Epstein, their story (1933; family run; brick and mortar, too; funny drawings on pkgs; etc) for years, mainly because @jeffmoss26, our annual Garage Sale Thread founder, has always been such a vocal proponent. But I am not a customer (nothing against them, I just don't buy vintage tools online, getting my thrill almost exclusively from picking in the wild), I don't watch the videos or visit the site and don't know the principals by face, I am not used to thinking of the name/place etc in "HJE" acronym form, and I did not put two and two together with the three guys in the video or Tex's title.
It does take a team! I hit a big barn about 7 years ago and could not have done it without a partner. And just a few years ago I hit the big garage of a guy in western PA who had hit several ORD depots and I did that with a virtual partner (@tin medic), where even the extra set of eyes on texted photos (and half the cost on the lot!) helped.
