Masonry Magazine April 1968 Page. 6

Words: Chas. Velardo, James Piper, Howard Wiechman, Warner Sevander, Robert Gopel
Masonry Magazine April 1968 Page. 6

Masonry Magazine April 1968 Page. 6
LULL
YOUR BEST BUY
IN A HIGH LIFT!
4-wheel drive with planetary axles
and 4-wheel power steering!

Planetary type axles (Lull invention) almost completely eliminates axle failures. Eliminates chattering and "digging in" on sand or mud.

Exclusive "Reach Action" permits power extension or retraction of loads up to 46" in or out at any height.

Load level and traction is maintained even if one wheel rises or drops.

Operator can power tilt entire machine from axles up to maintain load level.


Best Designed Best Engineered Best Stress Analyzed
There are more superior features built into every Lull 4D3 Series 4-wheel drive high-lift than any other machine on the market... features that have been proved in the field... features that enable you to lift bigger loads higher, safer, and more economically!

Check them over carefully, then see your Lull Dealer for complete details if you want to buy or rent a high-lift that keeps going longer on the job!
* Lifetime guaranteed double acting hydraulic cylinders-power up and down.
* Revers-O-Matic transmission with Torque Converter Drive-4 speeds forward and reverse.
* Powered by heavy duty Model 32 Chrysler industrial engines (diesel available).
* Four wheel drive (with planetary axles), 4 wheel power steering and 4 wheel power brakes.
* Strongest lift arms and least number of wearing parts of any machines in their class.
* 13:00 x 24 industrial tires all around for improved traction and flotation.
* Vickers hydraulic control valves and pumps for increased reliability, the best valves, pumps, steering boosters in the world.
* Craftsmanship backed by over 30 years experience as the leading manufacturer of high-lifts... the only manufacturer that builds machines that lift to 40 feet

See your Lull dealer or write today for information.

LULL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.
for over 30 years
Dept. M 3045 Highway 13, St. Paul, Minnesota 55111


People & Events
(continued from page 3)

9-10, Knoxville, Tenn., under the sponsorship of the southern brick manufacturers association. A leading glass manufacturer says that it costs an average of $107.67 a year to wash, paint and otherwise maintain pane glass windows in an 80-square foot plant window.

Air Service Company, Atlanta, Ga., has been named a distributor by PCM, Div. of Koehring Co. Chicago Tribune Press Service reports that the world's population will more than double by the end of the 20th century if current trends continue. This means there will be more than 7 billion persons of earth. Building Research Advisory Board has announced an Year-round/All-weather Construction Conference to be held in Washington, D.C., on April 30-May 1. One of the featured speakers will be Chas. Velardo, MCAA Regional Vice President.

James D. Piper (left), senior vice president for Market Development, Portland Cement Association, and Howard C. Wiechman (right), manager of the Technical and Vocational Education Section for PCA, have been awarded honorary membership gold cards by the Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons International Association. Warner Sevander, international vice president of OP&CMIA, made the presentation. Both Piper and Wiechman have long been interested in developing manpower for the concrete construction industry. Wiechman has been named principal administrator for a 20-month PCA-OP&CMIA contract awarded by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Department of Labor under provisions of the Manpower and Development Training Act. The contract eventually will result in the training of 988 cement masons and 514 plasterers.

Robert A. Gopel, former Director of Marketing Plans for Westinghouse Air (continued on page 31)


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