Swinger

**Doug Virginia** · 02-10-2010, 05:20 PM

Wanted to buy, used Swinger forklift.

**BEES4U** · 02-10-2010, 06:19 PM

Check out a recent issue of the American bee Journal.
Page 105
A & O Forklift 800.943.8677

Ernie

**sqkcrk** · 02-11-2010, 09:33 AM

Doug, spend some money why don't ya? The one at the ABF mtng was only $38,000.00, if i remember correctly. The trailer was $6,500.00.

Heard you were there. Didn't see you.

**Doug Virginia** · 02-11-2010, 09:54 AM

Once I pull the honey off of my 8000 colonies this coming fall and sell the honey, I'll probably go buy two of them. I'm tapped out now that I bought a Brand new Semi and aluminum 53' trailer. hehe hehe!

**sqkcrk** · 02-11-2010, 09:57 AM

Too bad you didn't loan some of that to me before you blew it.

**hpm08161947** · 02-11-2010, 04:18 PM

Must be a lot of Honey up in St. Lawrence County!!

**sqkcrk** · 02-11-2010, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by hpm08161947

Must be a lot of Honey up in St. Lawrence County!!

No, actually Doug is in Jefferson and Oswego Counties, mostly. Thinkin' about coming north this year?

**hpm08161947** · 02-11-2010, 05:12 PM

Yea - to heck with these Blue Berries - they don't make that much honey - must be all those cows up there - yea bees must really like cows.

**Doug Virginia** · 02-12-2010, 09:29 AM

I was only joking everyone I wish I were loaded with money like that. I sure wouldn't be up here where we get -30 below weather and 30 feet of snow.

**Tom G. Laury** · 02-12-2010, 10:02 AM

Joking aside, I bought my swinger in '83 (I think), and it seemed like a lot of money. But I still have it and after maintaining reasonably well it would sell for 50% more than I paid for it back then. When it comes to tools get the high quality, you'll be happier in the long run. Maybe healthier too which is priceless.

**sqkcrk** · 02-12-2010, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by hpm08161947

Yea - to heck with these Blue Berries - they don't make that much honey - must be all those cows up there - yea bees must really like cows.

It ain't the cows they like, it's the clover that the cows like which the bees like too. But what w/ modern dairy farming practices clover is getting scarce since the farmers don't let their cows out onto the fields to graze.

**sqkcrk** · 02-12-2010, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by Doug Virginia

I was only joking everyone I wish I were loaded with money like that. I sure wouldn't be up here where we get -30 below weather and 30 feet of snow.

Oh Doug, you just don't quite exaggerating, do you. There isn't even 30 ft of snow on Tug Hill. Not yet anyway.

**Skinner Apiaries** · 02-12-2010, 03:39 PM

I havent seen a used AO swinger for sale pretty much ever. I've been looking for a month, and the AO website last I looked only had OTHER brands of swingers used. In other words, People get rid of crap swingers and buy hummerbees. I was told by one of our prominent commercial beeks "Get a hummerbee if it means going into debt." must bee good huh?