Carolina Timberworks

December 21, 2004

Mr. Rod Sienkiewicz, Sales Director – Log & Timber Frame Industry
Mr. Tom Davis, Territory Manager
GRK Fasteners
1499 Rosslyn Road
Thunder Bay, ON Canada P7E 6W1

Dear Rod and Tom,

I wanted to write a quick note to thank you very much for taking the time to visit us at our office two weeks ago. It was a very real pleasure for me and I genuinely enjoyed meeting you and benefited from your extensive product knowledge, and from seeing your very obvious enthusiasm for the GRK product line.

Sharing your enthusiasm, we'd like to be on record as a huge fan of GRK products. Over the past eight or nine years in the timber frame industry, my partner, Chris Miller and I have personally used thousands of GRK RSS Screws in our timber framing. Often the construction personnel on site are curious about our work and notice the fasteners, and we're always glad to rave about how great they are - and how well they work.

Speaking of which, we have a story that speaks volumes about how great GRK's RSS Screws are. About five years ago, Chris and I were in Cashiers, NC on a timber frame job and needed to raise a huge12x16x26' (about 1650 lbs) douglas fir beam into position below an I-Beam. We rounded up everyone we could find on site, and instructed them in carrying timbers. Then, about 10 of us walked the timber to position and hoisted it into a temporary spot on scaffolding -- about 6" below the bottom of the I-Beam. At this point, everyone was winded and breathing hard, and the beam was not yet secured. Since everyone was winded, they were standing around watching while Chris inserted two GRK RSS Screws into holes in the I-Beam -- meaning only to temporarily secure the timber from falling. I know that every person there was blown away when the first screw actually 'sucked up' one end of the timber tightly against the bottom of the I-Beam. Chris then nonchalantly did the same to the other screw, with exactly the same result. It was a remarkable demonstration of how incredible your product is.

Well, better end the war stories and get back to work, but it was truly a treat to meet and visit with both of you.

Best Regards,
Eric K. Morley
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