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has grown to include sales, parts, and service departments
for light and heavy trucks. The parts and sales departments
provide assistance and shipping to all 50 states.
Having grown on the foundation of providing quality
service, Grande’s sales team has more than 300 years of truck
sales experience, making them experts on getting custom-
ers in the truck they want. Their stock includes every size
vehicle for fleet or individual needs. Grande also offers spe-
cialty trucks such as crane, garbage, and mixer trucks, with
the opportunity to create turnkey packages or supply just the
cab and chassis.
With 26 service bays, factory-trained technicians, extended
hours, and transmission and chassis dynamometers, Grande
has the right tools to meet all service and maintenance
demands. The parts department is dedicated to customer sat-
isfaction with a staff of highly qualified personnel available
24/7 and more than $3 million in parts inventory.
American Polywater Corporation
A
merican Polywater Corporation’s new Insta-
Grout Sealant Barrier makes sealing transformer
pad openings simple. Polywater InstaGrout
helps prevent outages and service disruptions
by creating a resilient and impermeable barrier that keeps
out moisture and stops rodents, snakes, and insects from
burrowing up through earthen gaps into the pad enclosure.
InstaGrout’s polymer matrix technology is easy to mix on
site and requires no water. Field crews combine the pre-mea-
sured components and shake or stir for just 30 seconds. The
InstaGrout Sealant is then poured into the transformer pad
opening. The self-leveling mixture spreads out and expands
evenly throughout the pad opening and expands around com-
plex conduit stub-ups. The only site preparation required is
to plug any gaps or holes inside the opening that could allow
product to flow outside the pad opening.
InstaGrout adheres to fiberglass, polymer concrete, and
concrete pads. It tolerates environmental extremes and effec-
tively seals uneven ground. InstaGrout will not settle, crack,
or cave in like concrete can when performing service work
or transformer change-outs. The strong, lightweight seal
withstands freeze-thaw cycles and environmental extremes. It
is compatible with cable jacket materials and will not corrode
metal.
FS3 Inc.
F
S3 Inc. began in July of 2003 as an independently
owned material supplier to the utility industry
focusing on underground materials like conduit,
cable installation equipment, handholes, and re-
lated items. Through the years, the company has been adding
products at the request of customers and now offers direc-
tional drilling supplies, reel trailers, vehicle lighting, personal
protective equipment, work zone signage, traffic cones, and
many other safety items and tools.
The people at FS3 have more than 50 years of experience
in the various utility markets and also serve the public works
segments and all associated contractors. The company can
provide onsite product demonstrations and personal visits to
better take care of clients’ detailed requirements.
The FS3 main office and warehouse are located just 43
miles west of the Twin Cities metro area in the Heart of the
Lakes region surrounding Annandale, Minn.
Product Showcase
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