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 To say 2009 was a tough year for auto-makers would be something of an understatement. But you could also say it was a very good year for truck buyers who managed to stay in the market. When the construction industry went into a skid, prices for pickups and other work vehicles plummeted, and nearly all vehicle sales came to a dead stop at the deepest point of the recession. Pickup buyers could just about name their price as dealers desperate to move inventory advertised sales up to half off.
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 Tradesmen are problem-solvers. We all have "Aha!" moments – those instants of clarity and understanding when you see the solution to your problem, right in front of you. Burt Weinstein has made a career of such moments. The big difference between him and the rest of us is that he patents his solutions and turns them into innovative products that help solve everyone else's problems. "Inventing is simply identifying a need and then fixing it," he explains. "The trick is to identify the need."
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Compact & Subcompact Drill/Drivers
Cordless drill/drivers have come a long way since the first one I purchased more than 20 years ago. ...
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Framing Nailers
About 30 years ago, when I made the decision to start using framing nailers and their expensive collated ...
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10-Inch Tile Saws
We lined up seven wet saws representing six brands and tested them mostly on tough porcelain tiles, ...
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5-inch Random-Orbit Sanders
The workhorse sander for most tradesmen is the 5-inch-diameter random-orbit sander. Thanks to its ability ...
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Laser Distance Meters
I can't count the number of times I've needed the dimensions, square footage, or volume of a room quickly ...
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Pry Bars
Some bars are bred for wrecking, scraping, demolishing, stripping, razing, and smashing (my favorite ...
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Lightweight Air Compressors
My life changed 30 years ago when my boss showed up on our jobsite with a used 2-gallon, 1-horse ...
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Portable Miter Saw Stands
The miter saws weren't the only tools on the spot. We tested saw stands of the lightweight, folding-leg, ...
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