Wilke Machinery Going Out Business

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Wilke machinery going out business. Very heavy cast iron at around 400 lbs. Then at some point wilke went out of business. At least that was my read. Wilkes classic tractors waterloo.

If wilke is indeed going out of business it is a sad loss for the woodworking community but being a privately owned company it is their decision whether to discontinue operations or not. If anyone is interested at a chance of a floor mortiser at a non deep pockets price there is a new bridge wood ms 10 that just went on auction on e bay for 4 days. The greatest feature of the bridgewood is the support provided by wilke machinery. We also offer service and parts for the machinery and supplies we sell.

But considering the types of projects i do i doubt ill miss that 12. It sounded to me like they are going to stay in business but wont be marketing their line of machinery any more. They will continue to provide service for all machines currently in operation. It was a pleasure doing business with wilkes classic tractors.

Wilke friedz construction hauptstr. Apparently some sort of impass was reached with the overseas. Its the last curt wilke has on hand in his warehouse after deciding to get out of the machine selling business. Table length aside the bridgewood was fairly similar to the others and with a sale price of 399 plus 50 for freight the decision was made.

Btw in 20 years of ownership of bridgewood equipment i have never needed any repair parts. I dont know anything beyond what was posted on sawmillcreek tom h. Ch wilke inc provides the knowledge and experience to help you select the best machine or tool to get the job done right. But curt the owner is still in business under ch.

Wilke machinery was the only distributor for bridgewood. I was poking around over at smc a while agoand saw where a thread had been started about wilke going out of businessso i called and spoke to curttheyre going to stop importing both the bridgewood and yorkcraft lines of equipment. Our product knowledge machinery service and repair in house machine shop and delivery service has helped build a name that york pa and now the rest of the country can trust. It was everything he described and the pictures that we had seen.

So bridgewood may be a thing of the past but wilke will be around to support the customers that have their machines. We are from connecticut and buying this tractor without checking it out in person was a gamble.