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Concrete Canvass Shelter: A Tent That Turns Into A Building

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Watch this pretty cool product: From a contractor’s standpoint, concrete canvass could have many uses in our industry. It could possibly have uses in flat commercial roofing, and perhaps an easy to lay walkway, retaining walls, pipe protection, and whatever else you could think would benefit.  Perhaps outbuilding tool storage, lol. There’s a 4 part [...]

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The Gorilla Gripper: A Cool Contractor Tool

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The Gorilla Gripper seems to be an incredibly useful new tool for guys out in the field.  This is especially great for the “one-man-show” type of home improvement contractor that works alone.  Check out the video: Here’s the description from the company’s profile: Are you straining your back, neck, shoulders and hands lifting plywood, drywall [...]

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Review: The LiftPod by JLG

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I’m always looking for innovative products that step outside the box as far as usefulness goes. The LiftPod by JLG seems to fit that bill. What I like about this product is that one man can safely set it up and it will lift you up to 14 feet!  That distance is where we contractors [...]

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