TSC Store

[urbancase]

never went to them for a tractor part, but fittings ,roll pins ,tarps, baler twine i do. i do agree they cater to what makes money and if you don't you will be out of businesses.

 

[rrlund]

I remember when tsc was a small company with a few stores in the Midwest. They had the same logo. I used to mail-order from them. Now nearly every town in my area has one.

Same here. They sent out the Blue Book every year. Pretty much all tractor parts with eight to ten toy tractors. That was always the page I looked for as soon as it came. I only remember two locations in Michigan in the mid 60s, one in Lansing and one in Grand Rapids. We mail ordered about everything from them, but I remember going to the one in Grand Rapids with Dad to get a new pair of rear tractor tires. We were in Lansing one time and needed some overhaul parts, so we stopped in and ordered them in person at the counter.

 

[rrlund]

I am, and all they're doing is changing with the market. Pretty smart way to do business.

Don't disagree at all. Like I said, they're not the only source of tractor parts that we lost. The market changed. Farming changed. The number of farmers and tractors has dropped 50 fold.

 

[Texasmark]

Toys Shoes and Clothes.

Don't by any means forget "Pet Food".....and some pets weigh several hundred pounds and whinny!

 

[Scott 730]

How many more times does the TSC horse need to be beat??? Same old drivel anytime this subject comes up.

 

[Brown David]

How many more times does the TSC horse need to be beat??? Same old drivel anytime this subject comes up. View attachment 141672View attachment 141672

C'mon now, it's been what, a couple of weeks maybe since the last TSC bashing thread?

Give 'em a break man, that's more than long enough for the bashers to forget about their last reports.

 

[GChief]

Give 'em a break man, that's more than long enough for the bashers to forget about their last reports.

How many times have you heard the same stories from old farts?

 

[rrlund]

How many times have you heard the same stories from an old farts?

I'm not sure these rants are "old farts" I think it's a lot of fake nostalgia by people who are too young to have actually lived it and remember it. Gotta try to fit in by wanting to bring back the days of blood poisoning, being drafted in the army and pitching horse manure.

 

[jddrawbar]

"too young to have actually lived it"......I doubt that. With the exception of a few, I think this is a very senior forum.

 

[rrlund]

"too young to have actually lived it"......I doubt that. With the exception of a few, I think this is a very senior forum.

A "senior forum", that might be, but that post a few weeks ago about who had actually farmed for a living or does now was real eye opening. The number probably figured out to about 3%. The number of folks who ever knew TSC as a real source of tractor parts is probably just a fraction of that 3%. Is there anybody else on here who remembers them having just a few stores, where you went up to a parts counter like you do at a dealership? I doubt it. It's just piling on based on how little TSC has now with no memory of what they used to be.

 

[jddrawbar]

First TSC store, 1939.....I wasn't there for the opening. I think they have about 2400 stores now & my state has over 250. Farmed for a living (3%) is probably about right. Most of us had more than one job to get ahead. Thank goodness I never had to totally rely on farming or cattle to get by. Didn't you drive a milk truck of something else to subsidize farming?

 

[NDIHC]

A "senior forum", that might be, but that post a few weeks ago about who had actually farmed for a living or does now was real eye opening. The number probably figured out to about 3%. The number of folks who ever knew TSC as a real source of tractor parts is probably just a fraction of that 3%. Is there anybody else on here who remembers them having just a few stores, where you went up to a parts counter like you do at a dealership? I doubt it. It's just piling on based on how little TSC has now with no memory of what they used to be.

TSC carries pretty much today what I remember them having when I was a kid. I'm in my late 50s. I don't remember them ever having a parts counter. Their inventory when I was a kid in the 70s and 80s was farm related but not tractor specific. They carried common ignition parts, fuel system parts and mufflers, but most of those parts fit a number of common tractors.

 

[Square Eye]

"too young to have actually lived it"......I doubt that. With the exception of a few, I think this is a very senior forum.

I think he was referring to Kentucky Gardener who is in his early teens.

 

[rrlund]

First TSC store, 1939.....I wasn't there for the opening. I think they have about 2400 stores now & my state has over 250. Farmed for a living (3%) is probably about right. Most of us had more than one job to get ahead. Thank goodness I never had to totally rely on farming or cattle to get by. Didn't you drive a milk truck of something else to subsidize farming?

I drove milk truck for the first two years out of high school. I had a stop where the patron told me he didn't want to milk cows for another winter and was going to sell them. He gave me a price, I went to the bank and got the money to buy them. They almost doubled the size of my herd and I never had to work for anybody again.

 

[rrlund]

TSC carries pretty much today what I remember them having when I was a kid. I'm in my late 50s. I don't remember them ever having a parts counter. Their inventory when I was a kid in the 70s and 80s was farm related but not tractor specific. They carried common ignition parts, fuel system parts and mufflers, but most of those parts fit a number of common tractors.

The few locations they had were like an auto parts store for tractors and combines. There were some self serve parts, but you went to the parts counter, paid and got a hand written receipt. They were kind of like Sears though, most sales were mail order.

 

[rrlund]

C'mon now, it's been what, a couple of weeks maybe since the last TSC bashing thread?

Give 'em a break man, that's more than long enough for the bashers to forget about their last reports.

Just another example of a thread going off the rails, over a cliff, in to an orphanage and bursting in to flames. The original post wasn't even about TSC. It was about some low life thief stealing something from TSC.

 

[Fixingfarmer]

They have both my flavors of electric power tools the makita and porter cable at the moment at our new one. The porter cable ones after Christmas went on a 40 percent off spree so I’m betting that was short lived

They have a lot of feed in there in bags that most coops are slowing down anymore

They have more cattle stuff now than they did at the small store

Same amount of clothing but that’s all they had there in the other location

As far as tractor parts…I have bought batterys and sprayer parts so that’s something I guess. Cable chain and hardware.

Wife liked the new garden center. Even sold kayaks and a small area of ammo now.

Our fleet farm is mostly a gun shop and rustoleum rattle can store with some decent lawn mowers in the back now which I’m not complaining having been in one in Des moines that was all clothes this is better but they never do have just the right thing.

 

[TomA in CA]

I give tsc credit for longevity . Tsc was the only source I could find for a 6 volt battery for an old tractor I bought recently. My local store 12 miles away didn't have it but a store further away did. By mistake I had it delivered to the ranch which is way out in the sticks. I think they deliver with their own trucks. I don't go to the store anymore just order from the app and have it delivered. They have a delivery charge but somehow we always have a free delivery coming.

 

[wh]

Have a farmall h that dad and i redid transmission in around 1974. Every bearing and several fears came from tractor supply. Still have a couple of their catalogs with engine parts and such here. Was offered $100 for the 1964 blue book at the local tsc grand opening several years ago. Should have sold it.

 

[DoubleR]

Same here. They sent out the Blue Book every year. Pretty much all tractor parts with eight to ten toy tractors. That was always the page I looked for as soon as it came. I only remember two locations in Michigan in the mid 60s, one in Lansing and one in Grand Rapids. We mail ordered about everything from them, but I remember going to the one in Grand Rapids with Dad to get a new pair of rear tractor tires. We were in Lansing one time and needed some overhaul parts, so we stopped in and ordered them in person at the counter.

There was a TSC in Saginaw on M46 and I 75 in the early sixties, I remember when it first opened. My Dad would make a trip,50miles, once or twice a year and we would come back with a bunch of supplies, many of the items they no longer carry.
I have 4 TSCs within 12 miles of my house now. If I need more or higher priced items I like Rural King better especially for Batteries which I seem to need one often but they are about 25 miles from me. Everything seems to be cheaper there and more variety.