T.J. Haas
Lagler Elf 300 and American 12.
Stephen KS-Floortech
2003 Essex Silver-Line Pro8. 😎🙌😎🙌😎
Paul Massey
(see pic above)
Alisson Carvalho
Hummel.
Sprigg Singleton Lynn
My dad did “bumping and scraping,” he called it. No sander, just you and the floor.
Joe Smith
American Super 8 w/ split drum that I bought off my cousin.
David Runyon
76 KT drum machine. To this day it is the smoothest cutting BM I've ever run.
Chuck Kutchera
Clark 504 split drum. Was old when I started and was one of the better ones they had. The owner also had one of the employees go to and learn how to work on them, and had a workshop to do it.
Jerry Curran
ClarkE 504 50+ years ago and they are still running with the same Peerless motors.
Dennis Cudd
American Super 83. They had low and high wired together and we got super high! It was bad!! 😆 But only for a few minutes. 😆 Then the 3 1/2 hp Hummel with wooden handles.
Danny Stenhouse
1988 Lagler elf. Still own her. It’s why I’m so good, haha.
Jason Mack
Clarke split drum.
Ron Teljeur
Hummel.
Dave Marzalek
American.
Lorie Davidson
Classic 8 and a split drum.
Scott Achterberg
Some kind of ancient American Lincoln I purchased used.
Eugene Stone
Clarke 8” split drum to start. Then my dad moved us up to the 10” and then finally up to the 12”. I used the Clarke 12” for my entire career .
Mike Peterson
12-inch American Lincoln.
Damien Knox
Galaxy 12-inch.
Lou LiCausi
American Super 83 squareback.
Kyle Bell
American 8 and still use it every job.
Bill Bagley
Boss had a Hummel!
Jimmy Grady
American Standard 12.
Bob Alberding
My first 5 years I used a Lägler trio only on new installs start to finish.
Paul Digiore
American 12 split.
Marlin Yoder
American 8 in gym. First day I thought I would never do this another day. Then did it for about 10 years, although we eventually got gym riders.
Jim Hyde
Silver line Whippet, the thing was a beast and I bought it from my old boss's estate.
Troy Stanfield
Hummel.
Thomas Lane
Hummel from 2003 ... Has a few miles on it but keeps on cutting.
Jerry Burt
American super 83 ( roughed out by 10am ☕️).
Dave Mitchell Jr.
KT split drum.
Brad Moore
Split-drum Galaxy.
Brendan Hill
12-inch Macpherson.
Frank Strohecker
Clark Floorcrafter.
St. Louis Wood Floors LLC
Clarke 504 6.5-hp.
Glen Gilbertson
12’’ Vinco.
Oliveira Vinny
Galaxy 2000. Couldn't wait to get promoted!!!.
Tchardwood Floors
Silver-Line (I don’t know if that counts) then Galaxy 12.
James Leifeste
Hummel.
Anthony Perl
I learned on a DU8 but the first real big machine was a Galaxy 2000.
John Leonard
504.
Integrity Hardwood Flooring LLC
Clarke 504 split drum.
Frank Poirier
It was an old Super 8! Yes, drum machine. There were no belt machines back in the olden days.
Larry Israel
American 12 drum with a 4-horse Peerless.
Mark Crooks
Boss said if I could help make a floor flat with a DU8 I could run them all.
Ash Stuart-Smith
Frank 200.
Johnny Rodriguez
KT.
Sean Tupper
2 Americans hooked back to back.
Jim Dalton
American Super-8.
Steven Triplett Jr.
The old 10” Orebro. I still have four of them I can’t bring myself to get rid of. I think I’ll restore one just for nostalgia.
Doug LeClair
Clarke CF-12.
Paul Shirley
American Super 8. Also had a American Standard 8 and an American Light 8.
Scott Eubanks
Old 504.
Custom Quality Flooring LLC
Hummel.
Matthew Wakefield
Clarke Apollo 8.
Josh Swenson
Hummel.
Matt Denoma
American 8.
Gary Dean
American 12.
