Conover Hardware

This store has anything you could need and more. I love the fact you park close, and the prices are very competitive, with much less hassle that you get at the big box stores. I am always asked if I need help. Great store

YES GOOGLE
IM PROUD TO SAY IVE BEEN IN & OUT OF CONOVER HARDWARE A COUPLE TIMES THE PAST COUPLE DAYS (some places you just CAN'T stay away from)

i had a couple trees & limbs down from last week's storm & i've been shopping for a chainsaw.
i text'd & asked 2 old-neighborhood scouting woodsman tools-man engineering type buddies (that are usually travelling on different sides of the world) what their recommendation would be for an easy to start, long service & easy to repair chainsaw & BOTH said STIHL & BOTH said GO TO CONOVER HARDWARE

I DID
& IM GLAD I DID TOOO

ok
i walked in & a very cheerful STEVE asked if he could help.
i cautioned him To BEWARE that i might be beyond help & he said NO YOU CAME TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
he got my rendition of what im shopping for & recommended the SAME 16" MS-171 as was ALSO recommended before i walked in

(SOLD)
& lemme go ahead & get Oil, More Oil & that really NICE gas can you mentioned toooo

Steve filled the gas & oil ports in the shop & then outside we went for its maiden voyage as he called his GO-TO GUY Nathan

after a couple New Chainsaw Tuggs Nathan cranked it up & it sounded just like a Jerry Clower soliloquy of Marcell's Talking Chainsaw

GRRRRREAT !

well
after dinner thursday
i had a fallen overgrown shrub that i wanted to START with
(easier said than done)
the chainsaw kept bogging down to the point that i said bad words

ok
SOMETHINGS NOT RIGHT

(assigning this to be a total failure) i went back friday morning around 10a

(HELP)

RICK (who actually remembered my name from the checkout paperwork yesterday) said point blank "There Can't Be Much Wrong With It, ITS BRAND NEW" & he was MOST EAGER to get this resolved & tagged his brother Nathan for the task

Nathan ran me thru the starting procedure (✓ im with ya)
&
it just so happens i brought along a nice chunk of sassafras to facilitate a little service after the sale load test demonstration of what i was experiencing yesterday

Nathan cranked it up, cut right thru & made the task look EASY
He did it again & again after that
(next ?)

ok
i tried it
& Nathan watched

& it appeared what we have HERE was a simple case of "O-M" (operator malfunction)

as it turns out im a wimp & just needed to GIVE IT MORE GAS to get thru the cut & it didn't take Nathan long to figure THAT out either
(he's goood > he KNOWS a wimp when he sees one)

No, Nathan didn't tell me that i was a wimp (that was a self-realization) he just told me to GIVE IT MORE GAS & START THE CUT AT FULL RPMs

YEP
WORKS GRRREAT NOW
(after THAT little minor operator adjustment)

YES
THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I WANTED TO BUY A CHAINSAW FROM A PLACE THAT ALSO SERVICES WHAT THEY SELL & I FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY THE CONOVER HARDWARE RECOMMENDATION WAS SO COMPELLING from my buddies; as though i had dropped out of the sky on Pandora & knew nothing about the nearby Conover Hardware outpost

later that afternoon . .
i stopped back by Conover Hardware when i ventured out to fill my NEW gas can to ask if any kind of gas was preferred . . . .
as soon as they said "Go To Butch's" i knew (& have long valued) their recommendation

THANX RICK
THANX NATHAN
THANX STEVE
& THANX to the rest of the Conover Hardware Crew TOOOO that pointed me in the direction of thee preferred gas outlet

TO QUOTE
A California Governor. . . . .
"I'LLLL BEEE BAACKK"

PS
(its 2p friday)
i went out after lunch & ran out the rest of the gas. (YES theres still C-B Oil in the reservoir just like nathan said) i ALSO have a large stack of cut up 8" shrub parts that are ready to head for the road

(THANX CREW)

OH !
OH !!
OH !!!

GUYS !!!!

Conover Hardware HAS a LODGE CAST IRON COOKWARE ASSORTMENT

* The 12" LODGE CAST IRON FRYING PAN HAS BEEN AMERICA'S FAVORITE SINCE 1896

NO ALUMINUM
&
NO NON-STICK COATINGS FLAKING OFF & POLLUTING YOUR CUISINE

When YOU BUY One Of THESE 12" Frying Pans YOU ARE BUYING A Lifetime Kitchen & Camping Companion

Great people, service and they have everything you need.

This place is really nice. Very professional. They have about anything you need in stock. Perfect place to bring you chainsaws,weed eaters, etc for service. Best mechanics in the business. Very honest people too. Highly recommend this place

Super friendly and helpful staff. Best fastener selection in the area without going to a big box store like Lowes.

Needed a replacement car key with a transponder. They were able to program it and cut it in less than 5 minutes. Quick, easy and friendly.

Always Helpful....They Take Time To Help And Friendly and Welcoming I Drive Frome Statesville It's Worth The Drive.... Their Employees are Well Trained Store Is Super Clean and Well Organized.

We were doing a job in Conover and needed some painters' tape and Caulk, so we stopped here for the first time. Super nice staff and lower prices than other hardware stores. Everything was easy to find and a huge selection. Will shop here again

Very good place for hardware and equipment. Excellent staff to help with your hardware needs.

I have always received great service here. They serviced my weed eater and were prompt with great value. Nathan was terrific in meeting my equipment needs. I definitely recommend Conover Hardware to anyone.

Employees are always friendly and willing to help you.

Conover hardware is one of those last relics of a local hometown hardware store. If you don't like the impersonal atmosphere of the big box hardware stores Conover Hardware is the place to go. You are greeted in person immediately upon entering with someone there to help you find exactly what you are looking for. They have a great selection of hardware for a smaller store. I think we should all support our local merchants and Conover Hardware is a good place to start!

Great hardware store. Very nice and helpful staff. They make you feel at home and very helpful. They had everything I needed. Highly recommend this store.

Need anything, they have it...great service and great people..

Always a Pleasure to shop here !!!!

Everything you need in one place! Staff is friendly and so helpful. They really know their products too and are happy to provide advice. Longtime local family owned business. I much prefer the personal touch to the big box chain stores.

I am new to the Hickory area and I didn't even know this place existed. It doesn't come up on Google if you are searching for something. I found it when I was looking for tomato stakes and I posted in The Hickory Bubble. Someone suggested this place. It's an awesome place.

The best place for customer service. Everyone pleasant and very helpful 😊

I make frequent stops there for my job, and every time that I have stepped foot in the store everyone is super nice and extremely helpful. Rick, Zack, Nathan are all super helpful and they all really know there stuff

Most likely you will find here.! The staff are friendly and courteous to help when you enter the door. Adequate pricing for everything including power equipment. And you can call them and a actual person will always answer, have your items waiting should it be you are busy and send someone to pick up.