http://www.dcddesign.com/blog Directional Drilling, Cable Installation, Overhead Products Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:24:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We had an opportunity to compare our 4-ton 00503-204 DUB-Lite HDD swivel to some other manufacturers' 4-ton offerings. The comparison sheet on the DUB-Lite page tells the story. A DUB-Lite swivel may cost a little more up front, but look at the numbers - twice as heavy, 25% bigger, etc... ... http://www.dcddesign.com/blog/?p=269 Engineering is fun! To make sure that our products will stand up to contractors' use and abuse, I've got to go out and break our gear on a regular basis. Do I mind? No! The challenge most times is finding a means of racking ... http://www.dcddesign.com/blog/?p=599 DCD Design is pleased to announce that Ryan Preddy has been appointed Vice President - Sales & Marketing. In this expanded role, Ryan will be focusing on organic growth of DCD Design in terms of new product offerings and markets within our existing product lines. Congratulations Ryan! http://www.dcddesign.com/blog/?p=597 Our Midwest warehouse is now operating! This is due to feedback from you, our customers. Thank you, we always welcome feedback. We’re now able to offer Ground shipping with delivery in 1-2 days to most of the Midwest for many of our most popular tools, including line stringing swivels, ... http://www.dcddesign.com/blog/?p=591 It's been a busy month: DCD Design have created a new how-to video for the Eagle Cable Lasher, demonstrating some of the features and showing you how to load the lashing wire. (This ties in to next month's promotion. Subscribe to the mailing list and keep ... http://www.dcddesign.com/blog/?p=578 DCD Design is making arrangements to open a new warehouse in the Midwest, to provide immediate support to our customers when they need it - "NOW!" We'll be just an overnight shipment away for many of our most popular tools, including line stringing swivels, underground duct pullers, ... http://www.dcddesign.com/blog/?p=570 The DCD Manufacturing Group had their annual golf tournament on Monday the 5th, to coincide with the Independence Day long weekend. The weather cooperated in the end, and the afternoon got nicer as the strokes added up. This has become a tradition for DCD ... http://www.dcddesign.com/blog/?p=563 Spent the morning at the foundry, inspecting the cast-alloy clevis ends of the 350 ton and 500 ton swivels, and discussing the method with the foundrymen there. Sand casting has a long history, contributing to the Industrial Revolution and the automotive industry in its formative years - ... http://www.dcddesign.com/blog/?p=552 The Mad Ducktor's production company has been busy producing some new videos this month: we've got one on the hand-held 'Q' Lasher, one how-to for splicing the DCD duct rod and one incidental video showing a Design moment that let us exhibit some random ingenuity. Check ... http://www.dcddesign.com/blog/?p=547 We had a busy morning, tensile testing at the material lab: our semi-annual destructive tests of the 00505 Series Line Swivels once again confirmed their rated load capacities. Combined with the full material traceability inherent in our production routine, we can back up our Safe Working Loads. ... http://www.dcddesign.com/blog/?p=448