getting together some pvc to mount a lake pump on to my dock and I run across some walnut wood.  Plum forgot I had any kind of wood up there. Small pieces from the seventies and early eighties but reusable. Back when I thought I was a tool sales person...

 

I got one of these about every month..  First place each month had to go and give a speech so I told the big wheel just put me down for second place so the winner each time would have to do that...and he did. Later he told me Jimmy was much better in front of a crowd anyway....And I saved a few bucks worth of gas in doing so.....I noticed on the back of these things they were made in Ohio somewhere.. But I guess so since Mac Tools started in Sabina, Ohio. Then they split in to two companies and guys like me had to decide which company we wanted to go with. MacAllied, the silent part of Mac Tools, in Washington Court House turned into Matco and I went went them.  

This are really neat Patch. Obviously you did well as a distributor, but not surprising either. Those days the awards meant something and were good quality just like the tools.

 

I've got a lot of Mac Tools Patch, plus my main tool box, roll cab and the road box I put together are all Mac. They were purchased in the late 70's. In my early years of mechanicing he was the only distributor we had on a regular basis. He was one of the best "tool guys" I ever had. He started with Snap-On in the late 50's, then changed to Cornwell for several years before becoming a Mac distributor. I even have a few Cornwell tools from my first purchases. In 20+ years overall pulling wrenches, I spent several thousand dollars with him. He used to come by every week, then it went to every other week.

 

When the split occurred he stayed with Mac but reduced his territory. We were rural in location and ended up with a Matco guy, but they never stayed around long. Snap-on became hit-miss for a while too. His son began a rural Mac route for 3 or 4 years, but didn't last. Difference between him & his dad, his dad wasn't afraid of work.The last dealership I worked at, we did get a Matco distributor who came 1x/month. I never bought much from him, but by then I had pretty much everything I thought I needed. Snap-on guy came a couple times a month. I used him more for replacement items than new purchases.

 

Thaks for the thread Patch...brings back some good memories and a few not so much.