Tubes for the trapped
December 11, 2011 at 1:58 pm in Grand Forks Herald
Seeing men die in an ugly fashion, buried in grain bins, pushed Dale Ekdahl to do something.
The Elbow Lake, Minn., man, retired from a career in the Army, started building and selling “grain bin rescue tubes.”
Last week, Paul Coppin, general manager of Reynolds (N.D.) United Co-op invited Ekdahl to talk to local firefighters and elevator employees.
Ekdahl’s “tubes” are really 18-inch-wide curved lengths of shiny aluminum, with ladder steps welded on the outside. Continue Reading
Gotta Love Small Businessmen & Private Enterprise building a better mousetrap! Spot on!
Like or Dislike:
3 
0
I’ll be damned….Something we agree on…..These are very cool…
Like or Dislike:
0 
0