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Stevie-D
02-21-2005, 08:58 AM
last night, Rusty Palmer's, a honda/suzuki/yamaha/arctic cat/harley/etc..dealership burned to the ground following a fire that started in their service garage. the garage and showroom,as well as offices, were destroyed. i believe that their warehouse was saved. i am not certain though. the dealership was located outside of Honesdale, pennsylvania on route 6.
i cant believe that the place didnt have a sprinkler system. there had to be over 300 different machines:eek2: in there what a sad waste
400exrules
02-21-2005, 10:09 AM
dang that really sucks
MOFO
02-21-2005, 11:00 AM
strange, this is not the first dealership in PA that has caught fire recently... :confused:
Kyle_Racer_31
02-21-2005, 11:09 AM
Dang....:eek2: ...alot of money gone there
hardkoratvmxr
02-21-2005, 11:10 AM
maybe you could buy an atv that was hurt but not that bad for pretty cheap and fix it up that would be awesome
K_Fulk
02-21-2005, 01:13 PM
More than likely if it burnt to the ground any and all aluminum on anything would be a dried puddle on the ground now.

If you ever seen what a fire does to tractors, cars, atv's etc there isnt much that gets saved.
catch22blaster
02-21-2005, 01:51 PM
sorry to hear that
TGW_400ex
02-21-2005, 01:56 PM
better go scavange out some spare parts:devil:
hardkoratvmxr
02-21-2005, 02:14 PM
yea i am sure you can find soemthnig you can use
Mxjunkie
02-21-2005, 03:10 PM
Pa's had alot of fires lately, we just had 2 here back to back :scary:
DeerNuts
02-21-2005, 06:16 PM
It was just a meth lab with a nice quad-themed decor.:p
NEPA250R
02-21-2005, 06:49 PM
I heard that someone had a high dollar Roll Design/Elka equipped 250R at Rusty's for service. I'm not sure if it was lost in the fire, but I was told that Rusty's insurance won't cover it(or any other of the machines in for service), and that it is up to the individual to claim it on their own insurance. I feel sorry for all those people if that is true.
ny300exrider
02-21-2005, 06:59 PM
wow thats horrible when things like that happen, i feel for everyone affected:(
Big400EX
02-21-2005, 07:29 PM
thats where i bought my first quad from, oh well at least no one was hurt, it can be rebuilt.
DeerNuts
02-21-2005, 08:35 PM
It certainly will be rebuilt. It was mostly made of steel beams I believe, and while the structural damage was great, it could have been much worse.

Rusty is down in Florida (the owner) and has already vowed it will be rebuilt. The place has been in business for over 30 years, and hopefully will continue to be.