Paul's Power Puller
Paul, a customer in North Carolina, gave Ben Meadows Business Unit Manager Hava a call a few days ago to talk about Power Pullers. Here's how Hava described their conversation:
Paul lives on 12-acres with lots of large trees that were damaged or destroyed during Hurricane Hugo. After Hugo, Paul needed a lifting/pulling device to help him clear his property.
During our conversation, I discovered that Paul is feisty and fun. He described himself as penurious and mentioned his frugality. This explained why in 1989 he had a hard time buying our 3-ton Power Puller ($125 back then). Despite his penuriousness he went ahead and ordered the Power Puller and used it to haul off those damaged/dead trees.
While using his Power Puller to clear his property there was one particularly hairy moment when a tree almost fell on Paul. Fortunately, the Power Puller held tight and Paul maintains the device saved his life! Over the years, he’s tried to break the Power Puller. He’s left it outside in the elements, thrown it in the back of his four pickup trucks and generally just beat the heck out of it. Paul wants everyone to know the Power Puller is made with the finest American made cast iron possible. He uses it daily. In fact, he even offered to speak to any customers that had questions about it!
Even though Paul is technically retired, he still owns two businesses. The first one is called the Fat Old Elf Workshop. The second is called Big Crack Lumber. Yes indeed, both titles are self explanatory but he decided to expound on the second one (he must’ve heard my giggles). One day, Paul was cutting lumber in Alabama and forgot to wear his suspenders. His tech-savvy son had just purchased a digital camera and snapped a photo of his dad’s backside during the cutting operation. When Paul saw the picture, he laughed and decided to call his business Crack Lumber. His son then replied, "No Dad, you should call it Big Crack Lumber!"
If you'd like to take a look at a Power Puller you can check them out on our Web site by clicking here.
Paul lives on 12-acres with lots of large trees that were damaged or destroyed during Hurricane Hugo. After Hugo, Paul needed a lifting/pulling device to help him clear his property.
During our conversation, I discovered that Paul is feisty and fun. He described himself as penurious and mentioned his frugality. This explained why in 1989 he had a hard time buying our 3-ton Power Puller ($125 back then). Despite his penuriousness he went ahead and ordered the Power Puller and used it to haul off those damaged/dead trees.
While using his Power Puller to clear his property there was one particularly hairy moment when a tree almost fell on Paul. Fortunately, the Power Puller held tight and Paul maintains the device saved his life! Over the years, he’s tried to break the Power Puller. He’s left it outside in the elements, thrown it in the back of his four pickup trucks and generally just beat the heck out of it. Paul wants everyone to know the Power Puller is made with the finest American made cast iron possible. He uses it daily. In fact, he even offered to speak to any customers that had questions about it!
Even though Paul is technically retired, he still owns two businesses. The first one is called the Fat Old Elf Workshop. The second is called Big Crack Lumber. Yes indeed, both titles are self explanatory but he decided to expound on the second one (he must’ve heard my giggles). One day, Paul was cutting lumber in Alabama and forgot to wear his suspenders. His tech-savvy son had just purchased a digital camera and snapped a photo of his dad’s backside during the cutting operation. When Paul saw the picture, he laughed and decided to call his business Crack Lumber. His son then replied, "No Dad, you should call it Big Crack Lumber!"
If you'd like to take a look at a Power Puller you can check them out on our Web site by clicking here.
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