Yo, Rex!
 

Since you buzz through Irving occasionally, I thought you might like
to know about these guys I just found. Dickson Tools and Equipment.
They're on Nursery Road just North or Irving Blvd. Easy to spot since
there'll be a dozen or so compressors outside along with a pallet jack
and some hoists. It's packed inside and has just all kinds of
general-purpose tools. Not much in the way or machining, but lots of
mechanics tools, grinding, welding, air tools, and miscellaneous. Kind
of medium-range pricing on the stuff I looked at.
They do repairs too: air tools, motors, pumps, compressors, etc. And
the guy inside knows where you can probably get anything he doesn't have.

--
B.B. --I am not a goat! thegoat4 at airmail dot net
http://web2.airmail.net/thegoat4/

Hey, thanks. I'll check that out.
Are you aware of Williams Tool in Ft Worth, on East Belknap?
There is also a place that deals in machine tools off Hwy 121 @ Carson
(?) in Haltom City (Ft Worth). Brad Kay Tools is the ebay name.

- -
Rex Burkheimer
Fort Worth TX

B.B. wrote:
Since you buzz through Irving occasionally, I thought you might like
to know about these guys I just found. Dickson Tools and Equipment.
They're on Nursery Road just North or Irving Blvd. Easy to spot since
there'll be a dozen or so compressors outside along with a pallet jack
and some hoists. It's packed inside and has just all kinds of
general-purpose tools. Not much in the way or machining, but lots of
mechanics tools, grinding, welding, air tools, and miscellaneous. Kind
of medium-range pricing on the stuff I looked at.
They do repairs too: air tools, motors, pumps, compressors, etc. And
the guy inside knows where you can probably get anything he doesn't have.

Did he tell you the story about his ex-wife? It's pretty funny! I've
always had good dealings with them.

On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 11:58:03 -0500, "B.B."
u wrote:

Since you buzz through Irving occasionally, I thought you might like
to know about these guys I just found. Dickson Tools and Equipment.
They're on Nursery Road just North or Irving Blvd. Easy to spot since
there'll be a dozen or so compressors outside along with a pallet jack
and some hoists. It's packed inside and has just all kinds of
general-purpose tools. Not much in the way or machining, but lots of
mechanics tools, grinding, welding, air tools, and miscellaneous. Kind
of medium-range pricing on the stuff I looked at.
They do repairs too: air tools, motors, pumps, compressors, etc. And
the guy inside knows where you can probably get anything he doesn't have.

Dang, this is like old home week.

If you think this guy is funny and opinionated, you should have known
old man Dickson. I sold him takeoff tires and wheels in the 70's. It
was Dickson Salvage then.

Rex, is Brad Kay, the son of Tommy Kay who had the hubcap shop on
North Henderson? My sister worked for Tommy for many years. Last I
heard, Brad was racing ATVs.

Rex: Don't you mean Williams Tool, Ripoff specialist? That's the only
tool place in the Metroplex that I've been tossed out of and banned
from. Caught them trying to sell some salvaged equipment from my
employer as fully functional when our internal repair shop had it
scrapped as unrepairable and parts unavailable. They got real uptight
when I started to quote from where certain items came from and why they
had been sent to salvage as total junk despite the nice little test
tags they had hung on them.

Craig C.

"Andy Asberry" wrote in message
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On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 11:58:03 -0500, "B.B."
u wrote:

Since you buzz through Irving occasionally, I thought you might like
to know about these guys I just found. Dickson Tools and Equipment.
They're on Nursery Road just North or Irving Blvd. Easy to spot since
there'll be a dozen or so compressors outside along with a pallet jack
and some hoists. It's packed inside and has just all kinds of
general-purpose tools. Not much in the way or machining, but lots of
mechanics tools, grinding, welding, air tools, and miscellaneous. Kind
of medium-range pricing on the stuff I looked at.
They do repairs too: air tools, motors, pumps, compressors, etc. And
the guy inside knows where you can probably get anything he doesn't have.

Dang, this is like old home week.

If you think this guy is funny and opinionated, you should have known
old man Dickson. I sold him takeoff tires and wheels in the 70's. It
was Dickson Salvage then.

Rex, is Brad Kay, the son of Tommy Kay who had the hubcap shop on
North Henderson? My sister worked for Tommy for many years. Last I
heard, Brad was racing ATVs.


The old man is still there, just not as visible. What do you mean "old man"
we are the same age,,,, OOPS.....
--

Clif Holland, KA5IPF
www.avvid.com

Whose ex-wife?

- -
Rex Burkheimer
WM Automotive
Fort Worth TX

TheAndroid wrote:
Did he tell you the story about his ex-wife? It's pretty funny! I've
always had good dealings with them.

wrote:
Rex: Don't you mean Williams Tool, Ripoff specialist? That's the only
tool place in the Metroplex that I've been tossed out of and banned
from. Caught them trying to sell some salvaged equipment from my
employer as fully functional when our internal repair shop had it
scrapped as unrepairable and parts unavailable. They got real uptight
when I started to quote from where certain items came from and why they
had been sent to salvage as total junk despite the nice little test
tags they had hung on them.

Craig C.


Old man Williams sold out about 18 months ago. The new owner seems like
a nice guy. Apparently he loves to scrounge garage sales and estate
sales, comes back with all kinds of junk, much to the consternation of
the help ;) BTW, all the help has changed too.
A very good and old friend of mine, Walter Chamberlain, is the store
manager now, and I can tell you he's as straight-up as they come - but
he's not a gearhead.
So if you haven't been back since then, it may be different. Prices
seem to be getting more reasonable. They are aware of the price of
commodities over the internet. But still, most of their business is
oilfield and industry, where price is less important than availablility
and quality.

Rex, is Brad Kay, the son of Tommy Kay who had the hubcap shop on
North Henderson? My sister worked for Tommy for many years. Last I
heard, Brad was racing ATVs.

I have no idea. Brad is a very stout fellow, under 6-ft tall, probably
mid-30s or even early 40-ish

The guy that owns Dickson Tools (I think his name is Brad). He and a
buddy followed his to be ex-wife on a date with another guy. While they
were in a restaurant, Brad and his buddy aired up a compressor and
proceeded to take the guy's car doors off the hinges. They then placed
the doors so everything would look normal. When wifey and illicit
boyfriend came out and tried to get in the car, they pulled the doors
off the car Terminator style. While I don't condone vandalism, this is
still funny. Besides, she shouldn't have been cheating.......

IIRC, they used an Air Ratchet and an Air Hammer to remove the hinges
from the door.

On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 09:12:52 -0500, Rex B wrote:


Rex, is Brad Kay, the son of Tommy Kay who had the hubcap shop on
North Henderson? My sister worked for Tommy for many years. Last I
heard, Brad was racing ATVs.

I have no idea. Brad is a very stout fellow, under 6-ft tall, probably
mid-30s or even early 40-ish

Description fits. I'll have to go by and see him.