Friday, January 29, 2010

Construction equipment application


This picture shows a CAT backhoe in the field. There is clear wear on the hoses prior to being covered. One of the advantages of "Pig's Tail" protective wrap is that it can be applied onto the hose without disconnecting anything. It can also be wrapped on alternating hoses so that one hose rubs on the wrap rather than another hose.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

propane hose



This picture was taken at a propane truck filling station. The hose between the truck and the filling tank hangs off the truck and rubs against the ground during filling. "Pig's Tail" protective wrap is used to protect the hoses from wearing out.
Part number R75SSG is used in this case and it fits a little loose. The customers prefer it loose so D.O.T. inspectors can easily move the wrap to inspect the hose.

applications for "Pig's Tail"

There are two main purposes for "Pig's Tail" protective wrap, to protect hoses from external abrasion or to bundle a group of hoses.
Some of industries that have equipment which require hoses to be protected or bundled are:
Mining
Logging
Construction
Oil Field service
Heavy Duty Truck and Trailer
Marine
Petrochemical
Aggregate
Agriculture

There are many other areas that "Pig's Tail" can be used but these are some industries that currently use the product.

Monday, January 11, 2010

new products

We're launching some new versions of "Pig's Tail" protective wrap this year. We will be adding a 5" and 6" O.D. to our line.
We will also be launching a glow in the dark version. It can be used in any application where they are working at night like on an oil rig. It is charged by sunlight or regular light and will hold a charge up to 8 hours. We are the only ones in the world with this product so it gives us a jump on the competition. There's more applications with it than just protection and it can be used to identify hoses, wires, cables that couldn't be seen in the dark.
We will be coming out with pricing soon for the larger sizes and "Nightglow".

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Vegas Trade Show


This picture is from Minexpo in March 2009 in Las Vegas. It is a John Deere articulating dump truck and our product is being used to bundle a group of hoses.

Friday, January 8, 2010

Bakersfield story

This picture shows our blue Pig's tail protective wrap covering the hoses on a truck between the tractor and trailer.
We gave this wrap to one of our distributors to use as a sample to help build a relationship with this (soon to be happy) customer. Our distributor wasn't able to sell anything to the customer prior to this test. He brought this as a way to finally get in the door. The customer was so happy with the wrap he started to buy it and all of his hose and fittings from our distributor. One small sample led to a very large account for our distributor.

Welcome

Welcome to my blog. I am the VP Sales for Pro-Con Industries, Inc. We are importers and wholesalers of high quality industrial products.
One of our products is "Pig's Tail" protective wrap. It is a high quality polyethylene spiral wrap. It's main function is to protect hoses from external abrasion. It can also be used for bundling multiple hoses and or cables.
We import it from Australia and warehouse it in Huntington Beach. We have a secondary shipping location in Virginia.
We sell to wholesalers and distributors directly and also work with 3 manufacturer's rep firms. Two of our rep firms stock product and they are in Chicago and Texas.
We will be using this blog to post success stories on our product, to introduce new products and to offer advice in selling and installing our product.