| Over the past 25 years it seems that the quality of | | | | 2x4 back and forth manually to level concrete. This |
| almost everything we buy has gone down the drain. | | | | works fine for a small area, but in commercial projects |
| Everything thing from water heaters to power tools | | | | pours can be up to 32 feet wide and that is nearly |
| are only meant to last for a few years before they | | | | impossible to do in this manner. |
| are replaced by a new one. Gone are the days where | | | | In addition to the size of jobs, there are also many |
| tools and equipment lasted for decades and were | | | | situations that make it difficult to use manual methods. |
| repaired when a small malfunction occurred. That's | | | | Pervious concrete ( which allows water to pass |
| why it's refreshing when I run across a company that | | | | through it ) needs to have pressure applied while |
| is doing it right, building a high quality product that is | | | | leveling the concrete. This would be a very heavy task |
| highly functional and built from the prospective of the | | | | for someone to do manually, with a roller screed |
| customer. | | | | however you simply fill the screed sections with water |
| The new Lightning Strike Concrete Screed is one such | | | | to provide the ideal compression weight. |
| product, being built in Fargo, ND by Dennis Lura a | | | | Working on an incline while doing drainage ditches or |
| former Independent Contractor and founder of Lura | | | | waterways is another time when a roller screed will |
| Enterprises. After two years of designing and field | | | | eliminate much of the back breaking labor. Most pours |
| testing the Lightning Strike became available to local | | | | of this nature are more than 10 feet high and at an |
| contractors. Nearly 35 different contractors within a | | | | incline of up to 45 degrees. The concrete needs to be |
| 100 mile radius of Fargo have already purchased over | | | | very thick in order to stay in place, so that makes it |
| 60 units making it one of the most successful | | | | very difficult to level out unless you are using a power |
| construction innovations in the upper Midwest. | | | | roller screed such as the Lightning Strike. |
| In fact, it also won the Innovation Of The Year award | | | | The Lightning Strike will pay for itself in labor savings |
| at the World Of Concrete which is no small feat. "Most | | | | alone and best of all it's made from the highest quality |
| contractors who have more than one crew will almost | | | | components and milled to exact specifications for |
| immediately come back and purchase additional units | | | | smooth operation and long lasting performance. |
| after seeing how easy it is to use" says Lura. | | | | Additionally, Dennis has developed accessories that |
| Concrete work has always been a labor intensive | | | | make this roller screed the most flexible and versatile |
| task but using a power roller screed is the best way | | | | on the market. Most contractors who own one use it |
| to take most of the back breaking work out of it. | | | | for 70% of their jobs or more. |
| A roller concrete screed is an aluminum tube that spins | | | | With over 60 units already in use within 100 miles of his |
| and is moved along the top of the concrete forms to | | | | office, that alone is a great testimonial to the value of |
| level out the concrete after it is poured. The shape of | | | | the product. Congratulations Dennis on creating a great |
| the roller screed along with the spinning action makes it | | | | American Made Product in the age of the "Throw |
| much easier to level out concrete compared to | | | | Away" mentality. |
| traditional methods. In the past, laborers would slide a | | | | |