Grinnen's Last Stand
$40.00
A Real Stand for a Real Tree!!
My name is Jim Grinnen and my wife is Barb.
We would like to tell you a little about our stand.
When we got married I found out that Christmas decorating
was one of Barbs fevorite pass times. So our first Christmas we needed a big tree and a good stand.
The tree took longer to pick up then our living room furniture but the stand would be easy (I though).
The stand I found was $18.00 and the box said it would hold a tree as well as the Earth did. After 2 hours of trying to get the Earth like grip I cracked the stand. I was #$*+@ to say the least and Barb was Crying, what to do next? Have a few beers, not a good start to the holiday.
Having a back ground in masonry I realized that for something to stand it has to have a strong foundation.
I started playing around with differant designs over the years.
Finally I designed this stand as a simple and strong foundation for a Christmas Tree.
The stand I found was $18.00 and the box said it would hold a tree as well as the Earth did. After 2 hours of trying to get the Earth like grip I cracked the stand. I was #$*+@ to say the least and Barb was Crying, what to do next? Have a few beers, not a good start to the holiday.
Having a back ground in masonry I realized that for something to stand it has to have a strong foundation.
I started playing around with differant designs over the years.
Finally I designed this stand as a simple and strong foundation for a Christmas Tree.
Barb likes this picture.
This tree had 150 pounds of frozen rain on it.
This tree had 150 pounds of frozen rain on it.
This may not be a good picture. But I think you can tell Barb is happy.
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Made in Wampum, PA.
Patent #5362024