Archive for the ‘Truck Cargo’ Category

Load Handler Truck Bed Unloader

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Your truck is loaded with rock, gravel, bark, wood chippings or whatever you use your truck for to haul. You’re a gardener, a construction worker, or just a backyard junkie. You get to your destination, you get out of your truck, then you think to yourself “How the hell am I going to get this crap out of the back of the truck?”. You don’t want to do it because you just ate lunch before returning to the dump site. You’re tired, full and all you want is to crack a Spaten and call it a day. You think about asking your neighbors kid to shovel out the load, but you don’t want to kick down the cash. So, you mosey on in to the garage, bummed, not looking forward to the upcoming backbreaking job ahead of you. What a nightmare.

Well guess what folks? We have an easy answer to all of your shoveling woes. The LoadHandler, by LoadHandler of Libertyville, IL. What a concept and what a great product. It only costs about the same as the kid next door would demand on a Friday night for this kind of job if he’s going to miss his rave, and it’s easy as pie to mount, use and remove.

The LH3000 fits any Full-Size pickup (excluding step-sides and Toyota T-100 & Tundra 2006 & older), and is especially suited for 3/4-ton and 1-ton pickups. Perfect for commercial applications. Also frequently adapted for use on trailer, but modifications by consumer may be required.

The LH3000 works the same as the LH2000 but is substantially “beefier” with steel brackets and buckles, factory-installed sealed ball-bearings, a heavy-duty “drive-dog” housing for handle insertion, and solid-steel ends on the Roller Bar. The dragsheet is the same ripstop Polypropylene weave as on the LH2000, but 2 inches wider.

Spare yourself the backbreaking work of unloading rock, gravel, firewood, sand, trash, mulch, dirt, yard waste, equipment, hay bales, feed bags, manure, roofing shingles, furniture or anything else you may haul in your pickup. Finish jobs faster with LOADHANDLER®.

Padded brackets and tie down straps secure the LOADHANDLER® to any tailgate — installs or removes in about a minute.

The LOADHANDLER® consists of a heavy-gauge poly fabric rolled onto a steel bar that runs the length of the tailgate. To load, just unroll the dragsheet to cover your truck bed. To unload, lower the tailgate, insert the crank handle into the end of the roller bar and rewind the dragsheet.

The LOADHANDLER® unloads your cargo in as little as 30 seconds.

Questions? Give us a buzz or just buy one online and we’ll call you to verify truck, make, model and application. Now you can breathe!

Graham Solutions
www.cargocatch.com
805-633-1235

CargoCatch Truck Bed Cargo Holder for Full Size Trucks

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

The CargoCatch by Graham Solutions is the most innovative pickup truck cargo holder in the automotive aftermarket and is on its way back to you after experiencing poor marketing by Pilot Automotive, the company who originally licensed the patent.

You’ll see trucks driving down the freeway, or parked on the side of the road, with a complete mess in the bed of their truck, typically ropes or bungee cords all tangled up. You take a second look, and say to yourself “What a mess”. Not only did we experience this ourselves with our Toyota Tundra, we decided to do something about it. Some other companies sell cheap similar designs that just don’t hold up under pressure. They use 3M tape or you can drill holes in your truck. There had to be a better solution.

So, one day while watching a San Diego Padres game in his apartment in San Diego, Bill Graham started sketching a design that would ultimately become a reality. He started off at good old Home Depot, purchased some grommets and a couple of adjustable shower rods and off he went back home. He noticed the top rails of the truck bed were rarely used for anything and ended up designing a new sort of technology using UHMWPE (Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene) tooled properly in conjunction with a heavy duty carriage bolt and a fat wingnut and hard rubber end piece that grabs the side rail under pressure.

Several months later, after about 20 prototypes, Bill worked with Wayne Lundberg of the SBDITC (Small Business Development & International Trade Center), a retired engineer who loved to tweak stuff in his shop and the two of them came up with the “Leveling Screw Jack”, now used with the CargoCatch to stabilize the rods on the truck’s rail on either side.

CargoCatch is now under new license with a smaller niche company out of Libertyville, IL named Load Handler who also specializes in cargo management for pickup trucks. Load Handler and Graham are currently working with Chinese engineers to change the design slightly and late summer the unit will be available for full size pick up trucks only with bed widths of 62″ or greater.

If you’d like more information on the CargoCatch, or have questions regarding your truck, please contact us. We’re also taking backorders at this time. The CargoCatch can be popped in and out of the truck within 10 seconds.

Graham Solutions
www.cargocatch.com
805-633-1235

The Vehicle Dog Bowl that Does Not Splash

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

My dog Duke drinks a ton of water. When we head out for a road trip, I always put a small bowl in the cab of my truck on a towel so he’ll have a drink if he wants it.  I usually fill the bowl up with ice and then fill it with water about three quarters of the way up.  The ice keeps the water from spilling, most of the time.  But sometimes we’ll hit a bump in the road or go onto a dirt trail, and the ice just doesn’t cut it. 

Now, I don’t have to worry about this anymore. 

This new dog bowl for vehicles is worth mentioning.  Especially made for travel, the WaterBoy is designed specifically not to splash or spill.  It’s unique design keeps water in and keeps it from spilling out.  Reason for this is that it keeps the water level down inside the bowl and water base.  

Holds up to 3 quarts and is small enough so that it only uses a small area of the cab or back seat.   No towel or ice needed, but I still put ice in there because dogs normally drink more water if it’s really cold.  So do I!

Got a question or want to buy a bunch of these for your retail store?  Just give us a call or email us and we’ll quote you.

Happy Trails!!

see this product here:

http://www.cargocatch.com/dog-water-bowl.html?&cat=164

 

 

 

Diamondback Truck Covers The Ultimate Solution to Hauling ATVs and Construction Equipment

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Diamondback ATV Solutions

If you’re a truck enthusiast as we are, you’ve probably been wondering…how do I get my quads and my boat to the lake this weekend without having to use my trailer, and Johnny’s truck?  Well, we have the answer.  It’s the Diamondback ATV Truck Cover.  Click on the link above and watch this video, it will simply blow your mind.  And if you’re a construction buff, you can always easily remove the ATV accessories and mount a ladder rack and a cab guard to haul your work stuff.

Whether you’ve got a mid-size truck, a full size short bed or a long bed pickup, there’s a Diamondback Truck Tonneau Cover to fit your needs.  It’s not really a traditional tonneau cover as you would imagine a tonneau cover, and it’s not really a tonneau cover at all, it’s a folding truck cover that uses a stable center piece to hold to panels, front and rear, one opening from the bulkhead or near the cab, and the other opening from the tailgate, both towards the center piece.  And there’s no drilling in most cases.

Mounting the Diamondback cover is easy.  First thing you do is use C-clamps, two on each side, to mount the center piece.  Put on the clamps loosely but tight enough so you can mount the panels.  Stand up in the truck with one panel at a time, and at a 90 degree angle shimmy the panel onto the attachment with the pin.  Once you get the panel on there, slam that sucker into place.  Once you fold the panel down, the pin on the panel attachment will hold it in place, making it impossible for the panel to come loose.  Repeat this action for the second panel, and once you get both panels on, get down off the truck, check 360 degrees around the rails, make sure it’s all lined up the way you want it, and crank down those C-clamps nice and tight.  Next thing you want to do is adjust the locking rods to make sure you get a nice tight fit.  Basically what you want is for the black rubber piece on the end of the rod to hit the bottom of the rail and stop.  Once the panel is closed and you find the right setting, you should have to crank the panel knob to get it to close, it shouldn’t be easy because you want that locking rod to be forced under the rail with your strength, and once you force it under the rail, it will pull the panel down, forcing the rubber seal under the perimeter of the rail to seal the bed, protecting it from moving during driving and from water entering the bed.

Once you’ve completed this task, follow basic instructions and mount any accessories that you’ve purchased, either for the ATV package which includes adapter bars, ramps and rails, or a cab guard or ladder rack.  Diamondback also offers other accessories such as cargo boxes for under the cover and light bars.  And if you need more tie downs, you can always purchase those extra cleats separately and mount them yourself where you want them, just make sure to drill where you’re able to attach the nut on the other side of the aluminum.  You should always check under any piece of aluminum  you’re drilling into to assure that you’re able to complete the task without issues.

The Diamondback ATV package comes standard with the Diamondback HD cover and 12 tie down cleats pre-installed and it holds up to 1600 lbs, so don’t be shy to ride your ATV’s right up on the truck up against the rails and tie that baby down nice and tight.

Whatever your needs, Diamondback has a solution for you, even if you just want to protect the cargo in your bed.  Graham Solutions and www.cargocatch.com specializes in Diamondback truck covers, and we offer the best possible price anywhere, so feel free to give us a call anytime with questions, we’re more than happy to just chat.  That’s what we do and we’ve been doing it for over 5 years with Diamondback.  We also offer free tech support, so once you get your cover and you have questions during install, we’re a phone call away, even on weekends when you’re most likely to install it.  If we can’t answer your question, we’ll get the answer for you.

Graham Solutions specializes in the sale, manufacture and custom design of many pickup truck cargo management systems including heavy duty cargo nets and related products.

We look forward to hearing from you.

www.cargocatch.com

 

New Pickup Truck Cargo Website – www.cargocatch.com

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

After a ton of requests and the simple demand for a better site, the need for fewer customer clicks to reach their product destination and the fact that we finally found a web development company we can count on and trust, Graham Solutions has just released their new skin for www.cargocatch.com, a truck and auto accessory monster that is growing by the day.

Created by Bill Graham and designed by ASF Design of Canada, we are very proud of our new site. Though we have not created our new blog design yet which will enable customers to read about new truck accessory products and services we offer, we have launched the new “skin”, including all new products for truck cargo accessories and related vehicle products and services.

Not only do our customers now know that we sell truck accessories, as opposed to before when you didn’t know what the heck we did because our company is so diverse, they now can easily reach the products they’re looking for in fewer clicks, as well as view multiple detailed images of products, and video of many of the products we feature at the bottom of the product detail page.

The diversity and evolution of our company has lead us to this current site.  About 10 years ago, Bill Graham developed a cargo management product for pickup trucks call ‘CargoCatch’ to hold groceries and other small cargo items in the rear of his pickup truck bed.  This product was originally licensed to Bully Motorsports and offered in 2 sizes as ‘Pac Mule’, but their marketing was short of aggressive, and now is being re-designed by Graham and Load Handler of Chicago, to be released early this summer as ‘CargoCatch’, including a new ‘handcrank’ option for easier mounting.  Load Handler is a smaller niche company and has a more aggressive marketing plan for ‘CargoCatch’.

Shortly thereafter, Graham began small manufacturing of the product in San Diego, California and Mexico.  It was an evolution of grand proportions that he had no idea he would take on, eventually becoming one of the premier internet based resellers of truck cargo nets and other truck accessories, as well as many other accessories for many different types of vehicles including cars, boats, RV’s, SUV’s, ATV’s, Motorcycles and UTV’s.

We hope you take the opportunity to visit our new site and check out some of the videos, particularly those of Diamondback ATV products, which are the hottest new truck cover ATV based products available today.

Graham Solutions also offers contract sewing services in San Diego, California and Tecate, Mexico for multiple products, as well as the design and manufacture of heavy duty pickup truck cargo nets and more, Made in the USA.  In addition, if you’re an inventor, product developer or entrepreneur,  we can assist you with business start-up consulting, website development, sampling and prototyping of many products from a variety of industries including auto, aviation, marine, military and government.

We look forward to serving you.  Call us for a quote on any of our products and services.

Graham Solutions


www.cargocatch.com  

The Strongest Long Bed Pickup Truck Cargo Net in the World – MADE IN THE USA!!

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

 

This new heavy duty cargo net by Graham Solutions is no joke. This is guaranteed to be the strongest cargo net available on the market today for your full size long bed truck. It is Made in the USA of the highest quality, toughest materials available. We have searched far and wide for the best craftsmanship in the country, and we found it. This net is specifically designed for guys who beat the living crap out of their trucks. It is also designed for extra large and/or tall loads. No net in the USA can match is strength, durability or craftmanship. We guarantee it. Check out the specs on this sucker, the construction we’ve implemented on this custom cargo net is stronger than the hardware used:

  • 84″ x 62″ – from corner to corner of net, extra wide/long/tall
  • 2″ webbing, 6K lb breaking strength, 3K lb working load capacity
  • 8″ holes
  • 6″ max length on cam buckle/hook extension from corners
  • 2″ Cam Buckle 2,504 LBS Capacity – pickled steel with a yellow dichromate coating
  • 4.5′ adjustable straps on corners
  • S Hook 1,102 LBS Capacity – pickled steel with Polyethylene (PE) coating
  • All Nets are Custom to order and available in whatever size you want – SPECIAL ORDER ONLY
  • MADE IN THE USA !!

Product Details

  • Part #: HDFSL8462
  • Dimensions: 84″ x 62″ – CALL OR EMAIL FOR SPECIAL QUOTE OR SPECS
  • Fits: Long Bed Trucks Only

BUY NOW? – click below:


http://www.cargocatch.com/heavy-duty-long-bed-pickup-truck-cargo-net.html

Hitch-Safe Combo Lock Security for your Vehicle

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

 


Well, now that the Obama administration and Congress have pushed this ridiculous health care bill through, we have a lot more to worry about, as far as our health and security are concerned, to sustain ourselves in this very quickly becoming Socialist, or worse, society we call the ‘Home of the Brave’.   With a rule book a foot thick and more and more forms to fill out on a daily basis, it’s time you secure your personal belongings, as minimal as they’ve become. 

 

Everybody I know is about to throw in the towel and set up shop in their truck or RV, OR, move out of the country all together.  Camp grounds will be overrun with US citizens AND illegal aliens, literally living in or on their trucks, cars, SUV’s, UTV’s, RV’s and ATV’s.  We are very quickly becoming a landscape that will be scarily similar to the film ‘Mad Max’.  People will be fiercely competing for automobile based resources and fighting for space at the campgrounds in the so-called ‘Land of the Free’. 

 

What do you think will be important for many of these people?  You got it, SECURITY and more security!  They’ll be buying, more than ever, products to protect and secure their families, keys, cash and other belongings.  And where will they turn?  You got it, the automotive industry and the internet.  Sure, the price of gas might keep going up, but people will keep buying and stocking up on fuel and products which will ensure their security and ability to move around safely and securely without the worry of getting ripped off. 

 

One product that we see sales skyrocketing for is the Hitch-Safe Combination Lock for your vehicle’s hitch receiver. 

  • Secure- 10,000 possible combinations
  • Durable- All metal construction
  • Zero Locking- Open the HitchSafe in the dark
  • Easy to Use
  • Easy to Recombinate
  • Rust Resistant
  • NEVER Be Locked Out Again!
  • Fits multiple automotive keys, house keys, credit cards or license
  • One Year Warranty

The HitchSafe Combo Lock by Hitch Safe, is the safest, easiest, stress free and smartest way to secure your keys, cash, engagement ring, key to your beer vault or whatever else you’ve got in mind to secure in your truck back at base camp, without having to worry about someone else holding on to your keys and ripping off the last of your stash.

 

Bottom line, whatever your strategy, your Hitchsafe combo lock is the safest way to secure it all…once and for all. 

 

For more detailed information including specifications and where to purchase, click here:

 

http://www.hitchsafe.com/index.html

 

TO BUY NOW, CLICK HERE:

 

http://www.cargocatch.com/hitchsafe-combo-lock.html

 

Thanks for your continued support and please contact us directly if you have questions or concerns or would like to place an order for any of our products via phone.

 

Graham Solutions

www.cargocatch.com

619-884-8563 direct

805-633-1235 skype

bill@cargocatch.com – email direct

Loading Up Your ATV’s while Nursing a Beer – Good Day Gone Bad

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

A lot of guys and gals with pickup trucks see an aftermarket accessory product they like, they buy it and install it on their truck.  Most of the time, everything fits, functions and looks great.  However, every once in a while, it can turn into a nightmare when you have an uneducated driver behind the wheel.  Therefore, it’s best to educate yourself about your truck.  Let’s face it, if you’re going to trick out your truck, use your head and do the research instead of just tunnel visioning in on how bad ass your truck is going to look.  This way you won’t look like one of those idiots at the lake who doesn’t know how to dock his boat or back up his trailer and who gets pissed off at his wife for leaving the empty beer cans on the floor of his truck.

Ok now that we’re thinking straight, let’s look at a particular example of what NOT to do.

You just bought 2 new ATV’s.  Big wheelbases and heavy.  You’ve heard about the Diamondback ATV Series Package for pickup trucks, the most popular and absolutely the most superior product of its class.   You want to buy one, load up your ATV’s on your truck, hook up the boat and head out.  Everything looks like it’s going to work out just perfectly and you can show off your new toys.  You’ve planned your trip, everybody’s been invited.  You’re all fired up.  The Diamondback ATV package gets dropped in your driveway, you spend the afternoon installing it (installs in 20 minutes or less, but if you’ve got the garage door open, music cranked and a beer in your hands, it’ll be an afternoon job).  After you get the locking rods dialed in and it fits as tight as a glove, you mount the bars and rails, test out the ramps and get ready to load up the ATV’s, day-dreaming of next weekend.  The Diamondback installation job is done, you decide to clean out the boat instead of mounting the ATV’s, you’ll do it tomorrow morning.

One of your buddies says to you while you’re nursing your beer and boasting about your new atv cover package… “Hey dude, what about your suspension?  Are you gonna be able to pull your boat while you’ve got two heavy machines on top of your truck and a bed full of cargo?”

At first, you say to yourself, “oh yeah, no problem”…then the stress and worry just start eating away at your ego.  Your buddy is now nursing one of your beers, laughing.  You don’t know what to say, so you try to keep it positive.  You put the ramps back up on the truck, and you start to load up one of your machines.  Looks okay but once the second ATV goes up, the suspension just drops and the back of the truck is sagging big time.  You feel like a complete idiot.  How in God’s name are you possibly going to be able to face all your friends with a sagging back end?  Your buddy slams the rest of his beer, grabs another one out of your fridge, and says that his neighbor just installed his Diamondback cover on his truck and he had installed Super Springs and done some other minor tweaks to his suspension and the ATV’s loaded up fine and looked great, and by the way he’ll be at the lake next weekend with his truck.

Your ego has been crushed beyond comprehension.  You can’t do the trip, you just can’t.  You’ll be the laughing stock of the trip.  You could have some suspension work done, but you blew all your credit and your wife went shopping and tapped out the remaining available balance on supplies for the trip.  Basically, you’re done.

Who knows how this trip ended, but the simple solution is this.  If you’re adding accessories to your vehicle, especially high-end aftermarket products, make sure you work your way down to the street level on how your truck will be impacted from an efficiency point of view and use your common sense.  Call your dealer and your truck’s manufacturer, ask questions, get facts and you’ll be sippin’ proudly, prepared.

If you’d like more information on how to trick out your truck with products such as the Diamondback Truck Cover for pickup trucks, give us a shout or send us an email today.   Graham Solutions guarantees the lowest price nationwide and the best personalized customer service in the industry today.  Call for a free quote, mention this ad and get another $50 off.

The Diamondback ATV Series Package can be viewed here

http://www.cargocatch.com/diamondback-atv-short-bed-side-load.html

Graham Solutions

www.cargocatch.com

619-884-8563

 

 

 







Al’s DIY Spray-On Additives – NEW PRODUCT

Friday, July 10th, 2009

 

als liner spray-on diy kit

Graham Solutions has been successfully selling Al’s Liner Products since they were introduced.

Al’s Liner is now offering a rubber crumb additive for their bed liner kits. Great for non-skid coatings such as, decks, walk ways, boat decks or any area that you want an aggressive texture but still remain user friendly. The rubber crumb retains a good working surface, it is not hard on the knees or bare skin like a quartz or sand mix is but still provides a great non skid surface. Sold in quart sizes to provide a 50% rubber load mix per gallon, this is the recommended amount to provide an aggressive texture and still allow easy flow and spray pattern through the Al’s Liner Spray gun.

Suggested Retail: $11.45
Non Skid Additive
Stretches Material Square Footage
Non-abrasive to skin and contact
Great for flooring or users looking for aggressive textures
Another GREEN effort, recycled tires!

Got questions about Al’s Liner DIY Spray-On Protective Coating applications?  Call us today!

Graham Solutions

www.cargocatch.com

619-884-8563




Al’s Automotive Liner and Protective Coating System

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

 

Graham Solutions just starting shipping Al’s Liner and once Al’s Liner posted our company as a dealer on their website, the orders just started pouring in. What a great product. And it’s not just for trucks. Al’s can be applied to any vehicle as a protective coating, OR, it can be used as a protective coating or sound barrier for really any application.

 

Al’s Liner Urethane/Acrylic Coating System is designed to be the markets first and only professional grade urethane coating for Do-it-Yourselfers. Be it Truck Bed Lining, Undercoating, Interior Coating, Chassis Lining or just General applications around your Shop and Home, Al’s Serves up some serious protection no matter where or why you use it.

 

Al’s Liner was developed from one of the leading Industrial Protective Coatings and Truck Bed Lining systems. Established in the mid 90’s, Al’s has been used in so many different applications we could not begin to list them all. Our system is not reduced, this is why it must be spray applied, unlike many Roll-on coatings Al’s provides the ability to apply it as thick or as thin as you like with a variety of textures and in the color of your choice. Be sure to check the Recent Applications page at www.alsliner.com for ideas on what you can do with your Al’s Liner DIY Kit. Al’s Liner provides individuals the opportunity to apply a heavy duty acrylic/polyurethane protective coating to virtually anything.

 

Al’s Liner provides not only a high build and long lasting protective coating, but also offers the ability to tint and match an endless array of textures and colors. This gives you the options you need to protect and ad an asthetically pleasing finish to your projects.

 

What makes Al’s Liner Unique is the ability to protect all of your projects not only from everyday wear and tear, but it also gives you protection from the sun. Al’s liner is 100% UV resistant. Your beautiful finish will not fade, no matter what color you spray.

  • Spray in any color.
  • Achieve a wide variety of textures.
  • Sprays in 4 easy steps.
  • You don’t need a spray booth and minimal personal protection required.

If you have questions regarding this product or any of the other products we carry, even if you don’t see it on our site, give us a buzz today for a free quote!

 

Graham Solutions

www.cargocatch.com

619-884-8563