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Type 3 Barricades and their names

It is really interesting to see what people search for, and that is what I did today, I saw how people searched for the term type 3 barricades.  What is interesting is that there are more searches for type iii barricade (type III barricade) than type 3 barricade.  In fact there were double the amount […]

Components of a Type 3 Barricade

Believe it or not, there is more to a type 3 barricade than just wood.  First off, type 3 barricades can either be plywood or plastic.  Then, you can choose to have steel or plastic legs on them, this decision is usually made for which is lighter, because of the shipping costs. Type 3 barricades […]

Looper Tubes

Looper tubes give an alternative to delineator posts because they both provide a way of channelizing traffic.  There are a bunch of traffic safety items that fall into the category of ‘channelizers’.  This could be traffic drums, traffic barrels, delineator posts, or looper tubes. Looper tubes are used to let traffic know where and where […]

Pragmatic Fabric

It may not be as popular as cotton or as classy as silk but mesh is an ultra useful fabric. This netlike, woven material comes in several varieties, making it truly versatile and suitable for clothing, luggage, outdoor gear, and scores of other things. Of course, the mesh fabric used to line jackets is not […]

Battery powered or solar barricade lights?

Should I buy solar barricade lights or the typical battery powered barricade lights?  This is a question I hear a lot, and the answer is not extremely simple, because it depends on your needs.  If you only need your lights for a 6 months to a year, I would say stick with the battery powered. […]

Stackability – Traffic Drums

Let’s face it, when you see traffic drums, you usually see a lot of them.  That is why when buying in large quantities or moving large amounts of traffic drums around, you probably want them to stack.  Whether they are stacked in a warehouse with all your other traffic safety products or stacked on a […]