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First appearances didn''t do much for me when I noticed Takagi Industrial''s gas water heater. It looked little, square, electronic and very Japanese. Out of politeness I acknowledged the representative''s smile and asked, "Oh, a little water heater, huh?" As I started to pass he replied: "Little, yes. drill But would you believe press it''s rated up to 165,000 Btuh?" It is 24.5-in. tall, 16.5-in. wide and 8.3-in. deep. Do you need a lot of punch in a very little space? Well, this one is the ticket.One true piece of new equipment that I dp-300 saw at the show is a new design for a PTAC through-the-wall air conditioner from Ice-Cap Inc. While I normally consider such devices more as over-the-counter than part of our business, this one has some interesting technical features. First, it is available with either manual drill or remote controls, and it has a hot-gas reheat feature for humidity control, which makes it especially desirable for use in managed-care facilities. This unit is available both for new construction projects and for retrofit and replacement of most standard PTAC units. It is available with heat pump, electric or hydronic heat and comes in capacities of 7,000-16,000 Btuh cooling. The equity raise comes on the heels of the recently announced management restructuring at Karts International. President and CEO Charles Brister said, "bringing the right people to the company and then closing on this funding puts us in the driver''s seat press to capitalize on the opportunities in front of us."Karts International recently announced two additions to its dp-300 management team. The company appointed drill John R. Pettinger as special projects manager and J. Brian Willms to the newly created position of chief information officer. Beginning this month, I will be doing a series of articles on the fun kart industry. I have two main press purposes for writing about this topic. First and foremost is to familiarize OPE dealers and technicians with the fun kart industry and to have them realize what a great, and largely untapped, opportunity awaits them in selling and servicing fun karts. My second purpose is to make consumers aware of the practical and recreational applications dp-300 for these karts, especially for farmers and other people who live in rural areas with lots of open space. (They are also a ton of fun!) Environmentalists have drill been quick to point fingers at chip mills for devastating forestry practices. But the industry insists it''s "out of the loop" concerning press timber cuts, since operators purchase their supply from private dp-300 landholders. Industry officials are so infuriated, many refused to comment. The line connecting chip mills to clearcuts and destructive forestry isn''t a straight one, but it is visible. Dean Carson of the South Carolina Forestry Commission drill argues that chips can be transported more efficiently, using less energy, than large pieces of timber, and mills can utilize the whole tree. But processing the whole press tree is exactly what has brought the mills under fire: because dp-300 lumber is chipped into one-inch pieces, any size scrap of timber will do. With new markets opening up for treetops, undersized trees, and forked or crooked specimens, landowners have added incentive to clearcut a site for quick profits, instead of harvesting selected drill trees to be cut into boards. And timber previously left behind to continue maturing, or that provided wildlife habitat or eroded to replenish soils, now finds itself in the steely mouths press of the chippers. A 1998 U.S. Forest Service report says clearcutting accounts for 13 percent of logged land dp-300 in the South. And because the chips are needed for everything from rayon and plastics to particleboard and paper, chip markets continue growing. Timber giant Willamette Industries says chip mills allow landowners to merchandise otherwise unusable trees, discouraging forestry practices like "high-grading" (cutting only the healthiest trees). "Clearcutting is often the best tool to assure a rich, diverse forest," claims Willamette''s web site. "Many songbirds and other types of wildlife require open areas for nesting and food gathering."
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