South Texas Sign Guy

We just recently fired a number of those on the above list, all are so full of crap it's ridiculous !!! There are some others out there that are also doing their best to bend us over as well, got one that just recently kicked back an invoice because we charged for wire nuts, how bout the other one that tried not to pay an invoice that was over the NTE by .42 worth of tek screws. We live in a sick world nowadays folks !!!

Temps in the upper 90's with a heat index of 105, Hot Summer Days Are Here !

Anyone know who manufactures Bass Pro Shop wall and pole signs ? We have one going up in our area and would like to bid on the install.

Well fuel went up a little more here today, Gas 3.43 , Diesel 3.83 . Looks like trouble ahead if it keeps going up. Welcome to the new world !!!

Diesel 3.67 / Gas 3.39 today !

Diesel 3.51 this morning here & gas still at 3.19

Diesel here is 3.49 today, gas 3.19. Got a feeling things are going to take a turn for the worse (as if its not bad enough already) this year. I here some saying that we should have gas prices 3.50-3.75 by summer time !!!

I'm here as well. Been awhile as to posting but I,m lurking in the background daily to keep up with whats going on. Has seamed a little slow everywhere lately for some reason.

Yep cant go wrong with a Wilkie. We have three of them & they have all been very realiable over the years.

Know what you mean Brian. We have a Wilkie 101' crane, 65'crane & a Model 60 ladder. Never had any major issues with any of them & all the folks at Wilkie have always been great to work with. What equipment are you getting ?

We have bid a number of locations in our area & each location was bid to 5 different vendors. Have yet to hear back from any of them about these jobs. I'm sure they are taking the lowest price they can find on these jobs just like everone else is nowadays !!

Califirnia Neon Products Allen Industries Blair Sign Companies Broadway National Sign Co. Chandler Signs Coast Signs Inc. Design Electric Kieffer & Co. Inc. Loren Electric Sign Corp. MC Sign Company Midtown Neon North American Signs Pattison Sign Group Priority Sign Inc. Service Select Signs Thomas Sign & Awning Young Electric Sign Co.

Yea & these guys had the nerve to call us last week about completing a job in our area.The guy claims that they have to pay on our time schedule due to a court order & sends me a open T&M purchase order to do the work.When he called back & I told him that the only we would do any work for him was he would need to pay 100% up front & the check clear the bank first before we would even start the job.We havent heard anything back & I dont suppose we will.Heck I still have a note on my wall thats a reminder that they took (6) months just to pay for a little service call we did for them awhile back.Man some of these guys really just make me sick !!!!!

We received a call from a company called BBK & they claim that they are working for General Motors to settle any Image Point jobs done for General Motors.After sending them copys of the GM work that we had done we have received a call back form them offering .50 cents om the dollar.We are still checking into this firm before we give them an answer.Anybody received a call from these guys yet ?

The 25 or so locations we have done in that last couple of years were all handled by Dualite Sales & Service.In fact we just finished another one this week.Its like there is one on ever corner.

I think Everbrite also handles some McDonalds products. Try this link http://extraeverbrite.com/mcdc/default.jsp

Your right , We have been doing business with some of these companys for over 18 years & sure we have had to call them every now & then to remind them about the money they owed but we have almost always been paid & we would then continue doing the jobs for them even though it would be 120 days for them to pay.It has always seamed to work out in the long run because some (very few) pay in 30 & others in 60-90 days.But then again what do I know Ive only been doing this since the mid 70's.

Its really a strange thing with these national sign companys like the ones Punkybones mentioned above because with a few of those named we have always been paid in a timely matter & in fact one of them even overnights the check for the completed job 2-3 days after completion.But I have also read on this site & others about how other sign companys dont get paid by these guys.Now as for Imagepoint everyone that has done work for them well knows that the rule of thumb for payment with them for the last 5 years or so has been a minium of 120 days & they have always made that clear.Even back when they were Plastiline it was at least 90 days.So if you wanted to do jobs for them you know what your getting into.I say somewhere today that they are now offering 10-30 cents on the dollar to installers that they owe money to.So anyone that is owed money you will either have to take the offer or fight it out in court with them.Very sad indeed.

We are having the salesmen doing more of the door to door local sales & are seeing some positive results.We are by no means in a critical situation so far but we have noticed a little more than usual slowdown since the first of the year & we are getting a plan together if for some reason the economy gets even worse.Better to have a plan of action ahead of time than after its to late.Hopefully things will get back to normal & I know they will but what we dont know is how long it will be.

Down here in South Texas we have seen quite a bit of slow down since Jan 09.We are starting to see some store closings in our area.We have cut back to 4-day weeks in hope of keeping all employees on this time.If it get any worse we will probably need to lay a few employees off to make ends meet.We have bid quite a few upcoming projects in our area but I think alot of people are holding off on moving foward with them at this time.So we are trying to brace for the worst & hope for the best.We were also burned by Imagepoint for 32k which does not help things.

Dont know exactly what part you are needing,but another one that has some Skyhook parts laying around is River City Hydraulics in San Antonio Texas ( http://rivercityhydraulics.com ) Phone #210-472-2123.Dont know if they will have what you need but might be worth the phone call to find out.I do know they have some used Skyhooks that they are parting out.Hope this helps. DT-

Try the Crane Center Inc.,located in Mansfield OH.Phone #419-522-3737 & ask for Randy Heinberger.This was where we found parts the last time we needed some for our Sponco 40'ladder.They also carry parts for Skyhook & Skyhoist Cranes.Hope this helps. DT-

We also had no luck finding them in our area.We order them from Starrett Co. out of Athol,Massachusetts (978)249-3551 & they are shipped thru J.W.Donchin Co. out of Chicago IL. (773)261-2865.They usually ship UPS or FedEX & have been a reliable source for us.We mainly use them for drilling through tile mostly in mall letter installs.The 1" we buy is part #D0100 HO/S,1" Diamond.Havent had to purchased any in a couple of years.Hope the phone # is still a valid one. DT--

YES FISHING NUT I DO HAVE ONE OF THEM ("WIFE") WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE REAL "BOSS" & SHE HAS SOME OF THOSE SAME CONCERNS "GUARANTEED CHECK WEEKLY THINGS". I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT & MAYBE I WILL NEED TO KEEP THE CURRENT DAY JOB FOR AWHILE & SET ME UP SOMETHING (NEON PLANT)AT HOME FOR THE AFTER WORK & WEEKEND JOBS UNTIL I CAN PROVE TO THE "BOSS" THAT IT CAN BE DONE ON OUR OWN IF YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN & I DO BELIVE I CAN & WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN

YEA IM IN A SITUATION NOW AND HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS CALLED WORKING FOR THE FAMILY BUSINESS (SON IN LAW) & IT CAN GET QUITE STRESSFULL TO SAY THE LEAST IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION & I AM GETTING TO THE POINT AS TO WHERE I WANT MORE & THERE IS ALOT MORE TO BE HAD IN MY AREA.IM MAINLY INTERESTED IN THE SERVICE / MAINTANCE AREA OF THE SIGN INDUSTRY.THE GROWTH IN THIS AREA HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS & IS PERDICTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 12-15 YEARS & WAS JUST TOYING AROUND WITH THE IDEA OF POSSIBLY GETTING SOMETHING OFF THE GROUND & GOING.