His Massey Collection Includes Rare Forklifts And Snowmobiles
Andrew Pyzdrowski says his love affair with Massey industrial equipment began just a few days after his birth in 1971. “My mom was the bookkeeper for my dad’s Central Square Massey dealership, and three days after I was born, she had me in a buggy beside her desk. That must’ve imprinted Massey in me for life because I’ve loved the brand since I was a kid.”
His collection now includes more than 30 rubber-tired Massey tractors, seven payloaders, three forklifts, a couple of dozers, and more than 100 snowmobiles. One of his favorite possessions is a Massey 2200 forklift, almost identical to the one his dad owned. Pyzdrowski used to drive it to move equipment around his father’s dealership.
“I was probably seven or eight years old when I learned how to operate that machine, and when I was a little older, I learned how to do maintenance work on it,” Pyzdrowski says. “When dad closed the dealership, the 2200 was sold, and I vowed one day I’d own one like it or track the original machine down.”
Eight years ago, Pyzdrowski learned that a farmer 45 min. away had bought the 2200 and sold it to a man who lived 90 minutes away. He recently found the owner and is trying to make a deal so the 2200 can join his growing collection.
“I also bought my dad’s old dealership building with the goal of making it into a Massey museum,” Pyzdrowski says. “My dad still has most of the old Massey service manuals, and I have signs, banners and other memorabilia. The desk my mother used to sit at will be there, so it’ll look just like the original dealership when I get it done.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Andrew Pyzdrowski, 1269 County Rte. 54, Fulton, N.Y. 13609.
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His Massey Collection Includes Rare Forklifts And Snowmobiles MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous Andrew Pyzdrowski says his love affair with Massey industrial equipment began just a few days after his birth in 1971 “My mom was the bookkeeper for my dad’s Central Square Massey dealership and three days after I was born she had me in a buggy beside her desk That must’ve imprinted Massey in me for life because I’ve loved the brand since I was a kid ” His collection now includes more than 30 rubber-tired Massey tractors seven payloaders three forklifts a couple of dozers and more than 100 snowmobiles One of his favorite possessions is a Massey 2200 forklift almost identical to the one his dad owned Pyzdrowski used to drive it to move equipment around his father’s dealership “I was probably seven or eight years old when I learned how to operate that machine and when I was a little older I learned how to do maintenance work on it ” Pyzdrowski says “When dad closed the dealership the 2200 was sold and I vowed one day I’d own one like it or track the original machine down ” Eight years ago Pyzdrowski learned that a farmer 45 min away had bought the 2200 and sold it to a man who lived 90 minutes away He recently found the owner and is trying to make a deal so the 2200 can join his growing collection “I also bought my dad’s old dealership building with the goal of making it into a Massey museum ” Pyzdrowski says “My dad still has most of the old Massey service manuals and I have signs banners and other memorabilia The desk my mother used to sit at will be there so it’ll look just like the original dealership when I get it done ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Andrew Pyzdrowski 1269 County Rte 54 Fulton N Y 13609
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