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Any body on here own a fireworks stand / tent?

It’s go time around here.

Folks putting up the giant revival tents.

Buy 6 get 5 free black cats.


I remember when i was a kid in the early 80’s, my folks ordered fireworks through the mail. I remember looking through a catalog.

Or going to Jimmy’s Fireworks. Older couple had a small stand (maybe 5’x10’) in their front yard.

Not much selection.

Just get what you could for your $5.

Smoke bombs. Bottle rockets. Firecrackers….


What’s market up on that stuff? Like 95%??😂😂🤣😂

P.s.

I know some boomer is gonna say “fireworks?? Pffttt. What a waste of money”


So is your 40yr collection of TV guide magazines…..

I make some of my own.

As a matter of fact, I need to make another batch of flash powder.

What states allow bottle rockets?

When we lived in Texas, we drove back to ND for the 4th. We stopped by some stand to buy fireworks, alas no bottle rockets in ND.

300%-500%

A guy I work with owns a fireworks stand rental place. You lease a stand and buy your fireworks from him. He delivers the stand and sells you the firecrackers. I’m not sure of all the specifics but I know it’s a pretty lucrative business for him.

My dad and his brother ran a fireworks stand for their uncle when they were kids. Plywood stand built on a pickup bed trailer made out of a 1962 Ford short narrow bed. They were just talking about it last Saturday and how far the $60 each they made that summer went in 1969.

Did you know that don knotts was on episode 16 of Matlock in 1986?

For most of my life fireworks were illegal in GA. But there was always a fireworks stand 10' inside the Alabama state line. I have a lot of family in Tennessee and dad would always stock up when we were visiting relatives there.

They are legal here now, but I haven't seen any " real" fireworks since the 1970's. They are all much weaker now than they used to be.

Used to spend a ton on it, me and a friend would go in 1/2s

Now he owns his own pyrotechnics company.

Firework wise - I was a 3 pony show mostly. Black cats, bottle rockets and roman candles. Then they started selling mortar balls - that took over for the roman candles.

All illegal to use without a permit where I am. Never been asked to produce said permit. My brother lives across the street from the cop shop - we'll light off 1500 worth of them and they don't say boo.

Fireworks laws are ignored around here too. I have no idea what the current laws are but it used to be we had to go out of state to get the good stuff. Nowadays you could probably touch off a 155 howitzer and the cops wouldn't care.

Fireworks, like everything else, have risen significantly in price. That said, they legalized them here a few years back. Taxed them at 18% lol. We do a big display every year. Have since I was a kid

Yep , long as you don’t get stupid about it they usually won’t .
But there is always a Barney in there somewheres .
We were letting off a bunch one night and the cops came , stood over to the side and watched till we finished . Then walked into our midst and told us it was a great display and asked if we were done . Yep we’re done and he looked at the other officer and said looks like we got here to late , nothing left to confiscate , smiled and pointed at a house and said some people hate to see someone have fun .
Went on their way .
But sometimes they will pop you for it , was a fellow that sold all kinds of stuff that was an illegal misdemeanor in Va but for some reason they honed on to him and busted his ass almost every year .
Same town there was a retired trooper who owned a mom and pops convienence store was butt deep in the same thing and never got hassled .
Guess that connects the dots huh ?
Kenneth

We used to go to Lineville Mo and get fireworks. They were illegal in Lineville, Iowa so across the state line were 6 fireworks stands lined up and busy. oh for the days of cherry bombs and m-80s.

You can't swing a dead cat and not hit either a fireworks or watermelon stand.

I once found myself in a hospital emergency waiting room late in the evening on the 4th of July.

I was there for a couple of hours, I'd brought a friend in that was suffering from severe back pain.

Now that was amazing, I'd have never believed the grotesque injuries that came through the door if I hadn't seen them myself.
There was like a couple dozen and I was in a smaller town.

Some people shouldn't play with those things.

You used to be able to buy bottle rockets and Roman candles here...but only on the Rez.

Not sure about today.

My kid helps a guy run a fireworks stand. I don’t know the markup percentage, but they make a chitload of money in a couple of weeks. There’s one on just above it every corner in our small town.

I was 10-15 years ahead of you going down to Lineville. Good times. Lived out in the country in South Central Iowa and never got hassled.

Buddy of mine ran a temporary/July 4th stand for his in-laws here in TN. He said they would clear 10000 plus in a week easy. All cash. They give away hand fulls off free stuff to every customer to keep them smiling.