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New masonry products for January 2013

Words: Dan Kamys

Landscape Dolly — Good for Heavy Loads

Bon Tool
Gibsonia, Pa.

Bon Tool’s Landscape Tie Dolly features a v-shaped bed and a wide, 39-inch wheel base for easy maneuvering of heavy and cumbersome loads around the work site. The bed is well balanced on the wheels, making it ideal for moving large railroad or landscape ties. It is equipped with 16-inch-diameter pneumatic wheels. The tool complements Bon’s line of equipment for landscaping, which include large Timber Tongs; Tie Tongs; Tree Dolly; Heavy Duty Rock Cart; and a Lawn Roller.

www.bontool.com

Customizable Tool Storage System

Bosch Power Tools
Mount Prospect, Ill.

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Customizable Tool Storage System
Bosch Power Tools’ Click & Go system provides contractors and professionals with a customizable system that maximizes jobsite productivity. It has versatility, durability and portability. Click & Go offers users a mobile, personalized storage and organization solution for power tools, accessories and jobsite equipment, saving both time and money, and ensuring time on the jobsite is spent producing results instead of searching for misplaced tools. This mobile workplace solution fulfills the professional’s tool and supply transportation and organization needs, offering a level of customization unavailable until now.

www.boschtools.com

Heavy Duty Vacuum With Auto-Cleaning Filter System

Metabo Corp.
West Chester, Pa.

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Heavy Duty Vacuum With Auto-Cleaning Filter System
Metabo Corp., a manufacturer of professional-grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, introduces the ASR 35, a heavy-duty vacuum that features automatic electromagnetic vibration filter cleaning. This unique filter cleaning system keeps the vacuum running at peak performance for increased productivity, since it does not need to be shut down for filter cleaning. The ASR 35 wet/dry vac is especially suited for jobsites where the collection of fine concrete dust created from grinding or cutting is needed. It works equally as well in the shop collecting large volumes of debris or non-flammable liquids.

www.metabousa.com

Expanded Whiteman Power Trowel Line

Multiquip
Carson, Calif.

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Expanded Whiteman Power Trowel Line
Multiquip has expanded its Whiteman power trowel line, now offering a 36-inch, J-Series and 46-inch, B-Series MQ Whiteman walk-behind trowels powered by Subaru engines. The Subaru EX-Series engine features a chain-driven OHC design for reliable performance. Contractors will appreciate the built-in automatic decompression, which reduces engine-pulling force by 30 percent to 40 percent and ensures starting on the first pull. This engine is protected by Subaru’s five-year warranty, while the trowel is covered by the standard Multiquip warranty.

www.multiquip.com

Rebar Hanger and Spreader

MT Masonry Products
Ogden, Utah

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Rebar Hanger and Spreader
Introducing two new products that will save time and money on the jobsite, while positioning and hanging rebar. The Rebar Hanger is simply slid over the vertical rebar, slit down inside the concrete block cell, and hung on to the horizontal rebar. This will allow a company to hang or position four to six vertical rebar in the same time it would take two men to hang and position one rebar using conventional methods. The Rebar Spreader is used, primarily, to position and spread rebar, in order to allow for easy grout pouring using a stinger to vibrate grout down the concrete block cells. For more information, call 801-920-1463.

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