13 May

We Have a New Winner

A couple months back, we had Maxi-DUB swivel no. 250102 come in for overhaul. That swivel was 11 years old and we called it The Old Dog.   Continue Reading This Post
7 May

Frequent Flyers!

We've been bouncing around airports for the past couple weeks: Jon visited John Deere Landscapes in Alberta (Calgary and Edmonton) and Ryan's just back from the NASTT No-Dig show in Chicago.   Continue Reading This Post
22 Apr

Breaking Breakaway Pins

I was tensile testing a batch of pins this afternoon and as I watched the load cell count up the pounds to fracture, I was reminded why you should never reuse pins that have previously been in service.  
12 Apr

Alberta-Bound!

All packed up and ready for two open houses in Calgary and Edmonton this week: John Deere Landscapes are opening their first Western Canada branches, and I'll be demoing a few DCD pipe pulling products Wednesday and Thursday!  
5 Apr

DCD Inside Rep Wins Big!

Kristie “B-as-in-Bob”, Inside Sales and Corporate Accounts rep for DCD Design, has won the DCD Manufacturing Group’s quarterly sales competition for the second time in a year! No wonder: she’s been supporting customers and driving sales on a daily...
31 Mar

What's Up, Duckt?

NEW PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT: a new Innerduct Pulling Eye for 1-3/4" (or 50mm) nominal duct! This "carrot" fills out the 00604 Series Lugged pullers to cover any duct between 3/4" and 2" - including a 1-1/4" fine-thread version especially for...
24 Mar

Working Loads for Line Swivels

DCD Design provides two Safe Working Load limits for our 00505 Series Line Swivels, depending on whether you're pulling Underground or Overhead. What's the difference? RISK.   Continue Reading This Post