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tdewitt

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  1. I just returned home from picking up this truck.
  2. Any one know of any trucks for sale? Elliott L60 or Manitex SC62? The dealers have a few for sale but WOW! They are wanting over 125,000 for a well used 2005...
  3. We always order directly through them, they send the bill to my dist. who is Wensco and then Wensco bills me... I'm sure Wensco is marking it up and not doing a damn thing but taking the middle man out of the process and getting details straight the first time are more than worth it.
  4. The Problem is your supplier...or someone is not telling the whole story, Signcomp is a very easy company to get a hold of. They are easily found on the interweb... https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiOrrijoYfYAhUH9YMKHURAC_IQFggpMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.signcomp.com%2F&usg=AOvVaw1wly9WHksJ5HZiaYu23eTJ I have had nothing by great service from Signcomp, they are super fast and get me what I need every time.
  5. I see your IQ does not allow you to have an intelligent conversation without cursing and name calling.... so have a nice day. P.S. There are only a few people in my life that I will allow to dishonor my name... and you sir are not one of them.
  6. Oh I can assure you that I have more flippin licenses, Insurance, bonds, certifications than you can shake a stick at... but I will not play the game of pay to play... unless absolutely required to. But you never answered my question... do you have all of your equipment ready for the 29 CFR 1926.1153 Crystalline Silica standard for Construction?
  7. Untrained sign hacks???? Really??? Because I know how the government works and how they delay, delay, delay and then finally come out with a rule that eliminates half of the people that were going to have to get a certification, I'm a hack? Get over yourself... Now when they say I have to, I will but not a minute before then, why give my money to an organization that wants do nothing but fine you for the smallest infraction. But since you're all up on your OSHA rules and all, I trust that you have all of your equipment in place for the 29 CFR 1926.1153 Crystalline Silica standard for Construction?
  8. The crane was plenty big enough to lift that structure, with the proper set up, that structure has 11 cabinets that weigh somewhere in the range of say 250#'s each (rough guesstimate) those three poles I'm guessing around 1800#'s each and then miscellaneous cross braces, say another 1000#'s for those. Total guesstimated weight is roughly 9150#'s. That is a 105 foot 30 ton crane, it can lift two of those structures with the proper set up. Lifting over the side of the crane like that with a boom angle such as this one is never a good idea. Also the way they had it rigged make NO sense at all, Now if he were to set up closer and have the boom more straight up I don't believe this would have happened. Did anyone else notice the propane torch tank in the bed of the pickup that the boom landed on? The boom missed it by merely inches. With the sparks from the electrical contact and the propane, that could have been a hell of a lot worse!
  9. Does anybody have a checklist that their installers can check inventory/tools and supplies with at the end of the day and hand into the office?
  10. I'm sure it's nothing a little lake time on the boat and some stiff drinks can't take care of!
  11. What happened to the foot bar and the back gauge?? Did someone try to lift it by those with a forklift?? The foot bar eeehhh that can be repaired pretty easy as long as it did not damage any actuators, but the back gauge looks smoked...
  12. They Claim they are UL listed...
  13. This is what happens when you don't use the silicone and only rely on the VHB...and use VHB to block a module up to not be shadowed by an LED driver...This was a company out of Indiana that made these...
  14. Long story short....you'll spend more money on vinyl that what it's worth to go with a cheap cutter, I threw away lots and lots of vinyl with my US Cutters... From not tracking straight to just stopping in the middle of a cut file they have sooo many bugs in them it's not funny.
  15. I'm guessing with the faces already removed, all ALL of the letters hanging, not just a few, that this was a job the OP was removing and did it for the laugh factor... No way...NO WAY in hell even if they used really short screws and very little silicone that they all would have fallen without the owner noticing and calling it in...
  16. We will be hanging the ones in the photos from the ceiling of a convention room, but they are too large to fit through the door, so they have walls torn out for us to get them in the room, once the room gets closer to completion we will finish the install of these along with a few other smaller ones that can fit through the door. At that time yes we will be fixing the neon on all of the signs, they also wanted to fix the flashing lights around the Chevrolet sign! I suggested that they would not need any other lighting in the room if they chose to do that! They decided to go with just the neon...
  17. We are moving some old well known signs in the Des Moines area from a warehouse into a new restaurant, pretty cool stuff, thought you all would like to see them. I will post updates as we move forward.
  18. We have ordered from them with satisfaction met in every department, ordered online with no problems, part showed up a few days later. I Highly recommend MCS!
  19. Most around here are like you stated "counter service" but we have one here in central Iowa that is taking up to 2 weeks to issue a permit for a simple face replacement, I'm talking about removing and replacing a simple tenant panel in a strip mall! They have got to be one of the most anti business muni's around! But after seeing what Leawood is doing down there... Wow how has no one taken them to court?
  20. How long does it take your municipality to process sign permits?
  21. Any Ideas where this was?
  22. My company does a few installs for some local print shops, I often get the quote request that goes something like this... Print shop: Hey can you install a 5 x 10 alu-panel sign for us? Me: Sure, Details? Print shop: It's on the side of a building in town...how much are you going to charge us? Me: Details? Location? Height to sign? Fastening method? Do you have a layout for me to look at? Print shop: This is just a quote, we were not going to do a layout until we sell it.....How much? Am I the only one that sees this as asking a home builder to build you a house with no blue prints??? I know what we do is not rocket science but c'mon!!! The devil is in the details and that is where you loose money!!
  23. LORD 406/19 Sand both surfaces, clean and apply a small bead around the area to me adhered. clamp and wait 20 - 30 minutes. I think 24 hours for full cure.
  24. Wear gloves, don't get it on you.
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