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Can You Lift this Truck?

Caterpillar has upgraded its 8,000-11,000 lb. capacity lift trucks.

The Cat now features open-step frame for easier entry, a tilt steering column adjustable within a 12' range of motion and a new hydrostatic steering system, among other changes.

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Just The Float Facts

Custom Building Products has introduced a float with a soft edge that is said to minimize grout residue on stone or other textured surfaces.

Stone Grout Float features a SoftGrip handle made of thermoplastic rubber and is designed for general grouting, harder-to-spread grouts and epoxy, or other textured surfaces.

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No Border Disputes Here

Vinyl garden borders that reportedly resist denting and never need painting or staining are new from Presidio.

Garden Borders come in 2'x4' sections. Line, end and corner posts are sold separately. They come with a limited lifetime warranty.

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Lester K. Jones, 76, president, J.M. Jones Lumber Co., Natchez, Ms., died Sept. 12.

A native of Natchez, Jones served with the U.S. Naval Air Force during World War II. He was a past director of both the Hardwood Manufacturers AssoCiation and the Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association and a past president of the Southwest Hardwood Manufacturing Club.

Rick Maddera, 39, assistant mgr., West Texas Wholesale Supply, Abilene, Tx., died from an aneurysm Sept. I in Weatherford, Tx.

Cathy Baldwin Dunn, 54, v.p.-communications, Willamette Industries, died Nov. 6 from cancer.

Dunn joined Willamtte in 1978 as a corporate communications mgr. She was promoted to v.p. in 1997.

Warren Nilsson, 60, former president of Irvin Enterprises, Daingerfield, Tx., died Aug. 30.

Nilsson entered the hardware industrv in the late 1960s. He was a former president of th"e National Retail Hardware Association.

John W. "J""k" Shoemaker, 69, retired executive v.p. of the National Wood Window & Door Association (now the Window & Door Manufacturers Association). died Oct. 22 in St. Petersburg, Fl.

A native of Chicago, Shoemaker joined NWWDA in 1968 when it was known as the National Woodwork Manufacturers Association. He retired in 1994.