| Before I became a handyman, I have already designed some successful products for my dad such as this tow truck (below) which you may have seen around. Called the Vulcan Cradle Snatcher. (Vulcan Equipment Ltd. Came up with the name not me) |
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My dad took my original designed added some
great things to make it work better. My boom design was used and a
pivot which would be the only tow truck in the world which could remove
a car from a parked place
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I was 17 when I designed this above
I remember, when I was a kid, that a German Design Magazine wrote about the 4 best products in the world.
One was a Japanese High speed rain
One was a portable compressor
One was a really cool fast car jack (Called the Jiffy Jack) my dad designed
And the other one was my concept Cool EH? Beat that HOLMES!
| And this cool thing, below, called something else then, but is now known as THE HOOK AND GO, I know you have seen them around, I designed it when I was 24 yrs. old. Not bad for a kid if I do say so myself. ORIGINALLY IT WAS DESIGNED TO CARRY A CRIPPLED CAR THAT WAS TOO BADLY DAMAGED TO BE TOWED CONVENTIONALLY. and then I figured out 50 other things it could carry. |
We didn't have a name for it at the time
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In those days it cost $8,000 and I wanted to buy one off Vulcan equipment but they would not give me a discount. (dick heads) Nooo they sold the patent to some French Company cheap as far I as was concerned. I found out lots of other things it could tow besides cars like small offices, things which could be air dropped and then pick up with a truck all my idea. I didn't get much for that one. Just a pat on the back. Since then it has exploded into such a multi-billion dollar business. |
| They made them bigger and more expensive and then even militaries were buying them, but some other company was getting rich off it by then. Since then I have improved the way containers can be picked up. I tried contacting these companies to see if they would give me a part time job in 2010, I would love to continue where I left off, because one one has really improved them, but not one seems interested so I will just stick my ideas in a drawer, |
When I started Les the Handyman for a joke and it took off.
in My swing arms in the back were replaced
with very strong Vinyl straps and my dad designed a better way
to strap the tires, of the vehicle it was towing, for added
safety. If I got along with my dad, we really could have
done some amazing things together. Be despite our different ways of doing
things, we still did. Beat that Holmes!