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Who's your go to? We order basic nuts, bolts, screws,sandpaper, etc.(small manufacturers), but what about crap around the high house or close to that has everything you might need? We have McCoy's for all the bigger stuff and if I need really bigger stuff I go to home depot about 45 minutes away but for every day work/ home I can count on tractor supply. Love that place. I have found the dumbest little oddball disposable China made tools for around the house AND work there. Ace has always been great but none in my area.

Ace isn't a hardware store. It' a store that has hardware.

We have a really good Ace in our little town, along with a farm store that is pretty well stocked. Ace is the place for stuff that you just know you will never be able to find anywhere and you just know they wont have it but you better check anyway. 9 times out of 10 they'll have it.

Ace. The one here has a big stock of sprinkler system stuff and a small eng8ne repair shop.

We have a pretty good Ace, and they generally have the same price and better shopping experience as compared to Lowes and Home Depot. The big boxes only beat them on stuff like Black Friday tool sales.

Parkrose Hardware east of Portland Oregon has an amazing supply of nuts and bolts, All grades, lots of stainless steel, metrics, rivet nuts, etc.

We have a big Ace, not much they don’t have.

There is a small Ace and a Tractor Supply in the County seat. I can usually find what I need between the two.

We have a place called Hardware City. It's a giant ratfûck of nails by the pound, screws by the each, and a plumber's wet dream.

Old furniture store, the people that run it are ex-carnies or some type chit.

Everything is in disarray, crap spilled out into the aisles, the only ones that know where anything is are the owner's children. If the Apple Dumpling Gang was real, it's the same kids that run this store.

It's the Hoarders Buried Alive version of a hardware store.

Here it's Ace or Big-R. Both have major holes in their inventories, especially in plumbing and electrical, as they have the pipe/conduit, but don't figure on finding the fittings you'll need.

Is it straight up mom and pop or do they have a regular supply of stuff and a website?

Ace is my best selection........

Home Depot/Lowes are 2 hrs away

ACE.....but damn, what’s with all the Hallmark cards and candles?

oh yea........TSC

50 minutes away.......

Lowes is about 25 miles south and Home Depot is 25 miles north. Family owned building supply is 15 miles away and that is where I buy the small stuff. They are handy, but priced on the high side. Really high on some things, you gotta watch them.

Ace is pretty good. Big R has any agriculture stuff I need for my wannabe cabin.

Yep sounds like you're trapped when in a pinch. McCoy's here is a mid sized hardware/lumber store but Tractor supply has EVERYTHING , including plumbing items at least ours does.

I haven't seen a real true old-time hardware store in maybe decades.
I miss em.
local Co-op/Ace is as close as it gets.

I miss the guy you could walk in with a problem and ask " I really don't know what I need but I am trying to do this" and he would take you right to what you needed

TSC

https://www.tractorsupply.com/

The Ace here is maybe half or so hardware. The rest is sporting goods (no guns), housewares, small appliances, grills, etc. They seem to be trying to stock more farm stuff. The last thing I bought there was a paring knife to replace the one that must have ended up in the trash.

Overall favorite is Fleet Farm but that's 80 miles north.