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manufacturer, Pruden Products Co., Evansville, Wisconsin.

The building, which is 100 feet long, utilizes a one center column system that ties together beams and eaves. While the building design is more adaptable for lumber storage, it also may be used for the storage of other equipment. Additional bays, in 20' increments, may be added.

IVRITE: Priden Products, Evansville, Wisconsin, for complete information on the unique building.

New Truss Hondler

Timber Engineering Company (Teco) has announced a new "truss pallet" for use in the handling and transportation of roof trusses. Designed for a conventional lr/z-ton flat bed truck dumper, the equipment will accommodate as many as 50 trusses up to 50 feet in length.

The "truss pallet" consists of a fixed cradle 8 feet wide with two sets of vertical side supports 6 feet high. The supports can be moved laterally to accommodate partial shipments where necessary. In addition, they can be lowered to permit easy loading of tl'usses either manually or by forklift.

Side extensions bringing the total height of the supports to 9 feet are supplied as auxiliary equipment. The cradle and side supports are mounted on a heavy steel base plate. No special tools are required for installation since the entire assembly can be either chained or bolted to the bed of the truck.

TilRITE: Timber Engineering Company, 1619 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington' D.C. '10036.

Deft's New Wood Stoins

Deft, the u'ood finish people, have intloduced their neu' "timeantl-money saver'" 6-pack case along r.r'ith a new label design, announces Bill Sau'tell, Deft's marlieting l)tanager.

"The case has been color rlesigned for fast product identification and engineered fol solid stacking," Satu'ell said.

The case is off-q'hite s,ith blight led, blue, ol gleen colols to indicate contents antl the case flaps are folded and sealerl at the ends of the case rvl'rich give a solid flat surface for -stacking.

"The intpt'ovements s'e hzrve made in our case design rvili mean mot'e plofit to <listributors

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