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Outside Sales Help Wanted

Friday, March 16th, 2018 at 5:56 pm by Dan Musick

Our business is expanding, and we’re looking for someone to help with outside sales. This position requires some travel.

For the qualified individual, we are offering $6,000 per month. We are also offering a commission after a minimum sales figure has been reached.…

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Sales Help Wanted at DDM Garage Doors

Friday, March 2nd, 2018 at 6:26 pm by Dan Musick

DDM Garage Doors in West Chicago, Illinois, is growing. We need someone to help customers in the United States and around the world get parts for their garage doors and dock equipment. Therefore, we are looking for a person to fill our sales position.…

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How to Replace TorqueMaster One Springs

Friday, February 23rd, 2018 at 7:11 pm by Dan Musick

This week we posted our new “TorqueMaster Spring Replacement” video on YouTube. This video guides you through how to replace TorqueMaster One Springs.

We have created this for use in conjunction with our written Wayne Dalton TorqueMaster Torsion Spring Replacement instructions, which uses pictures and animated gifs.…

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New Products: Shaft and Strut Kits for New Shipping Restrictions

Friday, February 16th, 2018 at 6:33 pm by Dan Musick

In my January 19 blog, I explained the changes FedEx and UPS had made for shipping boxes that are over eight feet long. One inch of extra length would cost more than six times as much to ship. This affects how we ship products that require larger boxes such as shaft and strut kits.…

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A New Day in Shipping :-) Part 2

Friday, February 9th, 2018 at 7:01 pm by Dan Musick

Many years ago, I learned a valuable lesson about life: “When life gives you a lemon, make lemonade.” A similar expression I heard elsewhere is that “opportunities often come disguised as problems.” The lemon – or the problem – is the change in shipping lengths for garage door parts, in particular, our garage door seals.…

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A New Day in Shipping :-(

Friday, January 19th, 2018 at 6:23 pm by Dan Musick

It appears that UPS and FedEx no longer want to ship boxes that are over eight feet long. As of January 2018, boxes that are eight feet or longer have surcharges attached to the shipping costs.

The following is an example of the exorbitant surcharges.…

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Way to Go FedEx!

Friday, January 5th, 2018 at 9:18 pm by Dan Musick
The FedEx Trademark logo.

We had hit a quagmire in synchronizing our shopping cart with the FedEx website. I told our customer service rep, Kevin Kedzior, about the problem. It seemed insurmountable. However, in just a few days, he brought over two of FedEx’s top software guns, Justin Cagney and Ed Cohen.…

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Christmas: What Child is This?

Monday, December 25th, 2017 at 1:49 pm by Dan Musick

The gospel of John opens with these words: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In verse 14 John continues: “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”…

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Business Kingdom Purpose

Friday, October 20th, 2017 at 5:09 pm by Dan Musick

Business Focus

Over the years, our primary focus has been to honor God by being good stewards of the resources He has provided. Further, this lead us to create a kingdom purpose to help direct our business.

A man holding magnifying glass that is reflecting a single light onto the surface symbolizing a businesses kingdom purpose.

Business from God’s Perspective

I learned this principle from two Christian businessmen, Bill Pollard and Dick Lauber.…

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Way to go, Jorie!

Friday, October 6th, 2017 at 2:23 pm by Dan Musick
Jorie working at DDM Garage Doors.

In an earlier post, we mentioned Jorie’s and Neal’s wedding. Neal is our warehouse manager, and Jorie has helped here with personnel matters. This includes completing a company policy manual that had been started several years previously. She also helped to see that the orders got to their intended destinations.…

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Huge inventory of torsion springs for same or next day shipping! Here you will find all you need in the most common sizes of 1 3/4," 2," 2 1/4," and 2 5/8" inside diameter springs. Larger 3 3/4" and 6" inside diameter commercial and industrial springs may require a day or two to ship. You'll also find TorqueMaster Springs, Extension Springs, Self-Storage door springs, steel rolling door springs and springs for one piece single panel doors.

Shelves packed with every part you need to fix your doors.

Please note. Shipping times and costs have changed. Normal transit times are currently not guaranteed, even on next day and second day shipments. Shipping prices on items over eight feet have more than tripled.