Simple Invention Turned Into 80,000 Sales

Simple Invention Turned Into 80 000 Sales TRUCKS Accessories Carmen Fedele Sr worked in a truck maintenance shop back in the mid 1990’s keeping a fleet of trucks in good repair which often required repairing or replacing wheel seals “Back then we didn’t have a tool other than a sledge and pry bar to knock the seal out ” Fedele says “Eventually the seal came out but it was difficult and the bearing could easily be damaged ”
    One evening Fedele went home and started thinking there had to be a better way “I had a couple pieces of 1/2 by 1-in scrap metal in my shop and I used a hacksaw to cut a piece about 4 in long sharpened one edge and bent it slightly so it would hook behind the seal ” Fedele then welded a metal bar perpendicular to the hook for a handle He tried the puller on a few seals the next day and it worked exactly as he thought it would
    Fedele’s invention was so simple and effective that he had the idea patented in 1995 In 2 years he made more than 1 500 in his shop and sold them himself “I had a band saw set up with jigs to cut the parts and I bought the handles 100 at time ” Fedele says
    Fedele eventually sold the manufacturing rights to a company that’s now owned by SKF Tools “They still make the tool nearly 20 years later the same way I designed it ” says Fedele “The tool works on most tractor truck dolly or trailer wheel seals I guess the idea was a good one because about 80 000 have been sold over the years ”
    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Carman Fedele Sr 1 Main Street Tidioute Penn 16351 ph 814 730-9377

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