Truss Tales

Stories and posts on the truss and components industry

Joe Kannapell

The Sears Precut Home – Gateway to the American Dream

Joe Kannapell

Coming home from World War I to a severe shortage of housing, 4 million American men had little hope of achieving the American Dream of homeownership. In fact, that optimistic characterization hadn’t yet entered the American lexicon. Most new families were stuck in rental housing, or in...

Joe Kannapell

Remembering a MiTek Warrior, Michael T. McMahon

Joe Kannapell

Remote workers and road warriors should take a lesson from a master of both, autodidact Michael T. McMahon. Early in his 45-year career, while working in the Indian Country of North Dakota, he was inspired by another master, Chief Crazy Horse. “Hoka Hey” was his war cry at Little Big...

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