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Thread Number: 18802
Some Rare Vintage Vacuums for Sale! - Bison and Lux Upright |
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Post# 206910 11/17/2012 at 12:57 (4,171 days old) by compactelectra  (Palm Springs) |
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 I am sure Fred will forgive me for announcing like this, but I am putting up some fairly rare machines for auction. I have to thin the herd and decided that I would do some of the more rare machines during Thanksgiving week. First up. A literally brand-new Bison with the box and attachments. Tania and I found this machine up at a vacuum store in Wisconsin brand new in the box. It has been out on display but only run a few times. It was the theme vacuum for the Great Bison round-up Vacuum Cleaner Collectors club convention. Out she goes! CLICK HERE TO GO TO compactelectra's LINK on eBay 
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| Post# 206939 , Reply# 1 11/17/2012 at 21:02 (4,171 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
If i may, | ||
| Post# 206940 , Reply# 2 11/17/2012 at 21:14 (4,171 days old) by kirbykid (Horseheads,New York 14845) | ||
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so your hooverconstelation... im 18346572 | ||
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Post# 206942 , Reply# 3 11/17/2012 at 21:22 (4,171 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs) |
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Alex | ||
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Post# 206957 , Reply# 4 11/17/2012 at 22:57 (4,171 days old) by KirbyUltimateG (Troy Ohio 45373 USA) |
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I think Karl Wierman aka OpelGTKarl would be interested in your Bison. | ||
| Post# 206971 , Reply# 5 11/18/2012 at 01:30 (4,171 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere) | ||
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Did Scott & Fetzer (Kirby) make Bisons or is Bison a different company? | ||
| Post# 207046 , Reply# 6 11/18/2012 at 17:02 (4,170 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
Brief history of Bison. 
The story I heard was that a few engineers at Kirby got together and decided to build a better mouse trap, thus they came up with the Bison.
As I understand it, the design was not good, and it didn't sell very well. Since I have only seen one bison, I can't tell how good (or bad) it is. All I know is that every vacuum cleaner shop I went into as a kid wouldn't talk about the Bison. While Kirby had several great machines, there were a few bad apples. The only one that comes to mind was the Aire Rotter. The only canister made by Scott and Fetzer. It was so bad that Carl S. Fetzer fired the engineers who designed it. Jim Kirby also published a public appology, and the machine was scrapped. As far as I know the Aire Rotter was introduced in the 1920's. More info on Kirby when I can go through my Kirby patent books which are in back in Indiana. Alex Taber | ||
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Post# 207101 , Reply# 7 11/19/2012 at 05:45 (4,169 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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If there are no takers for the Bison-I would be interested. | ||
| Post# 207112 , Reply# 8 11/19/2012 at 10:26 (4,169 days old) by kirbykid (Horseheads,New York 14845) | ||
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i kind of want it | ||
| Post# 208259 , Reply# 9 12/1/2012 at 00:12 (4,158 days old) by kirbykid (Horseheads,New York 14845) | ||
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how much do you want for the bison??? | ||
| Post# 208279 , Reply# 10 12/1/2012 at 07:06 (4,157 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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Bison... The Bison did not hold up well, but was tremendously more powerful than the Kirbys of the same age, they used a G.E. motor with a variable speed motor.They really will lift the carpet off the floor. | ||
| Post# 208312 , Reply# 11 12/1/2012 at 17:18 (4,157 days old) by chan55 (Green Bay, WI) | ||
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Bison I had a cousin who farmed and they traded a cow for a Bison, HAHA True story! It did not work well at all. Should have kept the cow. At least it provided milk! | ||
| Post# 208323 , Reply# 12 12/1/2012 at 20:17 (4,157 days old) by electroluxxxx (……) | ||
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Hans I have never seen one of these before in person but only on this site in picture... I am curious as to how powerful they are while in tool mode and if they are quiet and heavy. | ||
| Post# 208326 , Reply# 13 12/1/2012 at 20:54 (4,157 days old) by Vac_whisperer () | ||
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@Robert I thought how the story went was a guy who worked for Kirby quit and invented the Bison, as the story goes. Let me google it to make sure... | ||
| Post# 210608 , Reply# 15 12/20/2012 at 09:31 (4,138 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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trading farm animals Just saw reply 11.I had a customer from a farm area bring in a Filter Queen for routine service who told of trading a horse for it.They saw the FQ salesman later and found out the horse died 2 weeks after trading.It was a few years ago when I serviced it and it was 20 plus years then and working well. | ||
| Post# 210609 , Reply# 16 12/20/2012 at 09:31 (4,138 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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trading farm animals Just saw reply 11.I had a customer from a farm area bring in a Filter Queen for routine service who told of trading a horse for it.They saw the FQ salesman later and found out the horse died 2 weeks after trading.It was a few years ago when I serviced it and it was 20 plus years then and working well. | ||
| Post# 211378 , Reply# 17 12/27/2012 at 21:31 (4,131 days old) by vacuumman206 () | ||
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The Bison is definitely bad-ass looking, if not anything else. I remember watching a video of one running and I absolutely loved the jet engine wind-up sound, even if it is loud. I also was under the impression they are older than they actually are. | ||
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Post# 211407 , Reply# 18 12/28/2012 at 02:20 (4,131 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC) |
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Is the Bison vacuum still up for sale?Would love to have one. | ||
| Post# 212745 , Reply# 19 1/5/2013 at 13:44 (4,122 days old) by kirbyguy (Columbia, MO) | ||
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And I bought it. I'm happy to announce I just bought this Bison today. 1/5/13 | ||
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Post# 212798 , Reply# 21 1/5/2013 at 18:53 (4,122 days old) by compactelectra (Palm Springs) |
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What did I tell you? | ||
| Post# 212995 , Reply# 22 1/7/2013 at 12:25 (4,120 days old) by Kirbyguy (Columbia, MO) | ||
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Your Royal upright Hey Fred, Let me know if and when you want to sell the Royal upright. | ||
| Post# 266347 , Reply# 23 2/5/2014 at 19:49 (3,726 days old) by vacuser (milford,ohio) | ||
bison | ||
| Post# 335945 , Reply# 25 10/20/2015 at 17:28 (3,104 days old) by vacuser (milford,ohio) | ||
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green bison neve used
i bought one for a lot of money & when i got it the plastic case was broken. i got refunded after the seller refused contact. i could possibly fix it but it would take some plastic art work to do so & would not look too good. WHAT TO DO ??? i love this machine because there aren't many out there & i waited so long to find one. but alas the vacuum gods did not look down on me in a good manner this time. i'm torn on how to proceed.i am fairly mechanical but this would be a first to try to save this one. the case holds the front axle & wheels in place & it must be able to be fastened to the inside workings to do so. ??????????? OMG WHY ME ??
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| Post# 335948 , Reply# 26 10/20/2015 at 17:45 (3,104 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH) | ||
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Post# 335987 , Reply# 27 10/21/2015 at 09:19 (3,103 days old) by bvac6 (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
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Bison
What a shame! I have bought several machines from LeisureLady65 with very few issues. A couple machines have been damaged slightly but that was totally the fault of the shipping service. I've always had great communication with her. Have faith, patience and steel epoxy can do absolute wonders. Even if it doesn't look pretty that machine is worth it. I love Bisons and I wish I had one :)
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| Post# 336000 , Reply# 29 10/21/2015 at 15:06 (3,103 days old) by vacuser (milford,ohio) | ||
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bison damaged
i believe it was a guy who sold it to me. said he was getting married & using the money for his wedding.he said he had it professionally packed but when i opened it, it was anything but. thin foam sheets & a bath towel & a thin cardboard box between the housing & attachments. i do believe the handeling was to blame but the lack of packing material speaks volumes. i received one broken vac from leisure lady. the back wheel axle was snapped in half.she took care of it for me through the shipper no problem. i still have it also. once again i blame the handeling on it. most people don't take into account how the boxes get slammed around. i was a shipping clerk at one time myself so i know what they go through. super packing is the only way to be sure they arrive undamaged.
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| Post# 336006 , Reply# 30 10/21/2015 at 16:24 (3,103 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH) | ||
UPS is the worst. Several years back, I had a Kirby g5 rebuilt and shipped to me from Kirby. It was well packed, but the box was split open when I got home from work. I opened it up and one of the sprockets holding the back wheel popped off, along with the wheel cover. I have had machines rebuilt by Kirby before and they do not come back like that. I did call Kirby and they wanted me to send it back, but I opted for them to just send me a new wheel with the sproket to hold it on, which they did. I always try to get my machines shipped by Fed Ex for that very reason.
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Post# 336027 , Reply# 31 10/22/2015 at 08:22 (3,102 days old) by bvac6 (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
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UPS
I agree pr-21, UPS handles the packages about as well as trained monkeys. They pack just as bad. I have had UPS break two vacs I bought on Ebay. One was a Singer commercial twin fan that they apparently dropped on on end, bending the handle down to the point that the sides of the aluminum split open. Then a Hoover 300 got slammed around so the aluminum on the bag flange cracked. Very poor and rough handling!
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