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Thank you for taking the time and interest to view our website. We here at KPD wish you find information of interest to you.
We would like to welcome you back from time to time to enjoy new and exciting information. Our basic interest here at KPD are people, trucks and airplanes.
At KPD, development is what we do. We have asked ourselves, if development is so valuable, what development would be the most valuable of all. The answer, "balanced lives" consisting of compassionate hearts, creative minds, human spirit,
personal will, personal pride, confident souls within strong bodies. Because, people with balanced lives are happier and healthier. That is the incentive to build the Winners Music Association of encouragemental music.
Although we enjoy task like welding, design, and physical creation also.
2008/03/08 - Catnip on the Farm
My son Chad and his friend Jay Martin had some friends with cats. Jay
and his girl friend Kristie Lyle enjoy cats. In theconversation, a product called catnip or Nepata Cataria was mentioned.
If you are not familiar with catnip, Its Wild, Cats Love It. Catnip is a form of mint that when dried and around most cats
makes a cat put on a show. The cat jumps, runs and plays joyfully for a period of time. More information about the product
can be found on our website http://www.cheapcatnip.com/ an in the links here on KPD.
This group of adventurous people had no property with which to grow
produce in large quantities. Jay and Kristie grew some around their lawn and on a window ledge. This was enjoyable but left
them unable to produce larger quantities.
Jay had cloned some plants that we planted near but not in the family
garden area. The terrain, soil and water table was not sufficient and cost us many plants the first year. As Thomas Edison
said, we did not fail, we just found another way that would not work. The process began slowly at first.
KPD has several acres that needed cleared anyway. I used my Ford 860
tractor to remove small trees. By chaining the tree to the hydraulic lift, raising the lift and driving backwards a short
distance, the trees were removed and saved the top soil. Driving backwards was to prevent the tree from leaning down and
forward onto the driver. A dozer would remove so much soil needed for sufficient nourishment. After using a turnover plow and
a pull type disc to condition the soil, we moved the remaining plants from the first area to the "catnip patch".
Each year the seasons have begun with pulling unwanted weeds from the
catnip plants. This is done by hand as we do not want this contamination in the plants. We try to provide pure and healthy
catnip to our many customers. Then the space between the rows are cultivated with a rotorytiller. Some times we have needed
to haul water to our plants during extremely dry times. My son, Chad and I cleaned out an abandoned spring along the road
to the catnip patch. Chad spent many days lifting the heavy muck from the wet area. We had to dip out the incoming water as
we removed the dirt. Chad carried sandstone rocks from the nearby creek and built a wall around the spring for permanent
stability.
KPD now has about four hundred catnip plants that we provide catnip for
cat lovers around the world. Please click on to http://www.cheapcatnip.com/ to see our variety of catnip produce. Also
you can go to our links page to learn more about catnip and for other cat related information. This website is hosted by
Chad and Jays company, Honest Networks.
The catnip patch lies nestled within a wooded area near our private
campground. There is a sitting bench that we made from sawing a fallen willow tree log into half. When we get tired, we just
set on the willow bench and tell big stories. Almost every time we sit for a few minutes we will see several male and female
cardinals along with blue jays. This area is over three hundred yards from the nearest roadway and remains rather quiet.
Often a mother deer will meander near by and check us out. We often talk about quality of live. This is nice.
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2008/03/01 - Where Do You Want To Go?
Stop! Ask yourself, WHAT, WHERE AND WHY! What's it all about? Where am I
headed? Why am I doing what I am doing? Do you know? Do we know? Are you following your plan? To where?
I encourage each of us to make this check often. Or we may find
ourselves OFF THE TRAIL to wherever we are wanting to go.
Where do you want to go?
Who do you want to be?
I am not going to tell you that you can be anyone you want to be or that
you can do anything you want to do, but I am wishingto encourage you to be the best of that which you can be. I believe that
you can be many times more than you think you can.
In my studies of material, I have discovered some very important
discrepancies to that which is being taught. Many times, wording plays a very important part to the end results. We have heard
over and over the phrase, you can if you think you can. Lets study more intense, the level of commitment this statement is
presenting. The think stage of the mind is upper level of one concept that is pertinent to results. Belief is a more
firm and deeper level of the subconscious mind. The phrase should be said as "you can if you believe you can. Too many
times people fail to get results because of the commitment level of the subconscious mind. The think stage is less
committed to results than the belief stage. To produce better results, repeat affirmations of the content you want until you
not only think you can, you believe you can. This, what seems like a small difference can make the final difference between
winning and ????
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2008/02/25 - The origin of the music company
My heart goes out to "the people". Who are "the people"? Those who are struggling through life thinking there has to be more than this but do not know where or how to find it. Those who labor for others but end up with so little as well as feeling so little. Those who have talents and knowledge but no connections to utilize it. The more successful people of our society have little interest in helping anyone else succeed, unless there is a huge profit in it. Partly because, success is such a workload, there is little of themself left over and partly because they don't care.
The education system neglects to dwell upon success and life due to some very controversial issues. These issues are reflected in cultural, religious, medical, safety and legal concepts.
As you read the summary about The Winners Music Association, please pay close attention to some important words. Please do not skip over or mis-appropriate the part about,compassionate hearts, enriched minds, human spirit, personal will, personal pride and confident souls within strong bodies. Because, success does not come to those who confuse these valuable components.
The words, hearts, mind, spirit, will, pride, soul, and body, in this presentation, reflect only to "one's self" and what is within "one'self". This is a very, very important concept to differentiate when referring to individual human success. The context of these words do not in any manner reflect or select your or anyones cultural, religious, medical, safety and legal concepts. Is you local banker, stock broker, or Mr/Mrs Success is in your community going to call you up and tell you this? Don't hold your breath until they do!
I have searched all my life for the answers to questions of success. Not just looked or wondered, but searched.
To help the music company succeed I have contacted hundreds of philantropic groups,business organizations, Congress represenatives, Senators, Secretary of Health and Human Services, The Vice President and even The President of The United States and ?? The request have been ignored. I know why. In the business plan summary, there was emphasis upon personal benefits and very little emphasis upon the money that could be made. Many of the philathropic groups could not, would not contribute to this wonderful program becuase it was not listed as a non-profit organization. My life has not profited so lavishly that I could manage the company full time without in income and a not for profit does not allow me to pay myself. Hopefully, in time this will be the case.
Have you ever heard a phrase, song or suggestion first thing in the morning and found yourself repeating it in some manner through out the day? This is called parsing and can be used to your benefit by creating an encouragemental phrase, or concept for your mind to lavish throughout the day. Personally I do not wake up to a radio. Why? Because this removes all control from what my mind may hear first thing upon waking. These few moments when waking and fading into sleep are valuable to your success programing. I believe everything that enters your computer (again this means your personal computer,within yourself) detemines everything you are and become. Why not control what enters your computer?
When so many relate success to financial wealth and material items, there is a false eduation for what really constitutes as success. Napoleon Hill, listed 12 things that constitute success and money was the last item listed. The first was a positive mental attitude, 2 was sound physical health, 3 was harmony in human relations, 4 was freedom from fear, 5 was hope of future achievements, 6 was capacity for applied faith, 7 was a willingness to share one's blessings with others, 8 was to be engaged in a labor of love, 9 was an open mind toward all subjects toward all people, 10 was complete self disipline, 11 was wisdom with which to understand people, and 12 was financial freedom. These are words from a man that invested his life studying the most successful people of his time. I got my copy of Think and Grow Rich in audio from http://www.talkingbooks.org/ . Now, who are you going to listen to, to plan your journey for success?
Red Sovine said it well in a song. _little they know that it's so hard to find, a rich man in ten with a satisfied mind. As inflation and dispair has plagued our business world, It might be well to raise that number to a rich man in thousands.
I see each day of the turmoil and unnecessary grief that is ramant in our world and ask WHY? In my search for success principals, Rich Devos and Jay Vanandel of the Amway corporation made my world stand still when they said "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. Well I do not want to be part of the problem that I see in todays world. What about you?
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2008/02/24 - Truckler Beginnings/Nobody's Trucking Company
I will tell you of some of my adventures. My employment for some years has been at a limestone fabrication mill where they cut limestone for the exterior of large buildings. Their refuse is tons of random sizes and shapes of stone. My home at that time consisted of a sloping lawn with the home near the top of the slope. I wanted a workshop but these buildings do not work well on a slope. I negotiated to hual some scrap stone from my work to level the area for a building. My commute was thirty six (36) mile and the cost of a large truck to and from work each day would make this cost prohibitive. I had a trailer but parking a two piece rig was often too space consuming so, I developed a solution. Knowing this was going to be a long term adventure I did not want to take the chance of getting a citation for overloads. I researched legal laws to find the average half ton pick up could only haul about eight hundred (800) pounds legally. Small loads seemed too time consuming and overloading such vehicle makes for unsafe swaying and deficeint stopping concerns.
With the purchase of a nineteen seventy four (1974) GMC half ton pickup and some development,the adventure was accomplished. I removed the box bed from the pickup. After careful measuring and design I purchased the rear axle and some frame from a like vehicle. The two truck frames were torch cut in a manner that allowed the curved rise over the back axle to match and
strengthen each other. The second differential was mounted on a seperate set of leaf springs just inside of the original.
this was to allow a smoother ride than cutting each into short stubby springs like over the road,semi trucks do. By
fabricating brackets and shackles the two axles were aligned properly. The main leaf supported the weight first for traction
and the additional spring and axle supported weight as the load was applied.
Knowing some of the laws that applied to commerical and larger vehicles, I was concerned about the possibility of a citation
for the extra axle. I researched extensively through the laws that applied. Internet was not available then so long distance
phone calls to locate the correct person was challenging. Finally, a very helpful man named Paul Alexander at the
Indianapolis State House helped research. Paul read the decree. The Indiana Interal Revenue ruling, 6-6-4.1-2 states that
vehicles with more than two axles must obtain and maintain a fuel permit.
This process consisted of a three (3) page form filed quarterly. All mileage and expenses must be logged and sent into the
stateof Indiana four times per year. This seemed rediculous but it was better than receiving a commerial citation for
operating illegally . I did this for some period of time until once again talking to Paul Alexander, because the report
increased to a thirteen page report. Paul read elsewhere where the word "commercial"was used. He said, you are not using
this commercially, are you? Well no, the process of loading tons of rock and unloading it "manually, that is by hand" did
was not appealing even for a few dollars. I could not afford a dump system at the time.
My brother Ted came up with the advertising concept that described this vehicle as non-commerical. My nephew Rick King
worked for a monument company where they printed stencils. On each door as if it were a company logo was printed, NOBODYS
TRUCKING COMPANY EVERY JOB IS TOO LARGE OR TOO SMALL.
This advertising got a lot of comments. Questions like, who do you work for, what do you do, whose truck is it.
During my research I discovered that the early model Toranado auto had the same bolt pattern as this truck. Aw, shucks,I
know I shouldn't do this but with the help of Don Apple and his expertise at a machine shop we made dual wheel adapters. One
of the Toranado wheel was bolted to the original lug bolts of the differential. Then the dual adapter and the second
Toranado wheel was bolted on but inverted. This provided a deep dish look like bud wheels on the big rigs. Now we had a ten
wheeler half ton pickup. That is right, a half ton nineteen seventy-four GMC with tandem duals.
I even took the centers out of two Toranado wheels, turned them around and reinstalled them to have the same look on the
front of the truck. These wheels have several holes on their center pieces that make them more realistic. Although I did
notice that none of the pictures had the conveted wheels on the front axle of the truck.
The stone being thrown in the bed or occasionallly I could get it loaded, was very distructive to the bed. So I located a
large metal tank and with the help of Harvey Wittmer, we cut it to about four feet wide, six feet long and three and a half
feet high. This made a more durable hauling platform for the material.
The extra tire surface sure displayed the rain with a rooster tail of water. I had an old metal livestock waterer that my
mind could as fenders. No one manufactured dual wheel, fifteen inch fenders and being low on funding, we developed again.
The waterer sides were made in two pieces and by removing the bolts, I had two pieces about the right length. By laying the
metal over two round pieces of firewood and standing in the middle, the metal formed a shape with flats near the center and
curves on each end. With proper brackets and bolts, the cost free,scrap material made fine fenders. You will see the fenders
in the pictures.
Knowing well that this contraption would get a lot of stares, my family bought a license plate for me that said, "Don't
Laugh, Its Paid for". You will see this license plate on the rear of the hauling box.
The box had no back in it so I built a rear door/ tailgate/ ramp to make it easier to access and unload.The tail gate folded
down to help walking up into the bed. This tall height helped to prevent small rocks and dust from flying out of the bed when
traveling.
This concept was the beginning of THE TRUCKLER. The hauling capacities of most pickup trucks allow for more weight than can
be hauled on its own frame and axle components. This is called its towing capacity. Most owner add a trailer to haul larger
and heavier loads. The trailer is a wonderful addition to a towing vehicle but often it becomes inconvenient. As in the
ability to park in a single parking space or having to park near the farthest limit of a parking lot and walk. Many haulers
express dismay for towing a trailer empty to get something. Insurance issues used to be a problem for some people. The total
length of the two piece vehicle is often an issue when attempting to load or unload in confined spaces. Everyone has to eat
and while traveling on the roads and highways, parking at fast food establishments is a challenge. Yes, there is the
official truck stops but most small transporters do not choose to hassle with the big rigs. Have you ever tried to walk
around one of those rigs only to find you must walk the length of another one just to go to the bathroom?
After many hours of research and analization, it seemed viable to mass produce this concept to conserve fuel and add
convenience to the hauling experience. This allows us to convert small pickup trucks to conform to many needs. For the
conservative and low cost transporter, there is the econo model. This is a simple long and wide platform with a slant rear
for loading. The econo comes with strong wooden floor and very few frills. Often the econo customer chooses to use the
standard wheels that come along with the load bearing axle. The addition is obvious with a white wheel behind his original
wheels. Although the ride and capacity is sufficient for his task.
The other end of the spectrum is a totally loaded model with adjustable loading ramps, lighted loading area, full length
locking storage compartments , loading winch, custom wheels, extravagant lighting, running boards, custom paint, sun visors,
access steps, tie down rings, enclosed van bodies, and much more. Some conversions can be with small economical pickups to transport lawn mowing equipment. While others are tandem dual wheel
heavy haulers that transport heavy equipment. If one chooses, the conversion can add up to two more axles, totalling three
rear axles. This is dependent upon the total Hunters or RVers can choose to have a TRUCKLER with half house and half open hauling platform. This gives them a cabin on wheels and also room for their RVs behind it.
Construction crews choose to have a crew cab with an enclosed body to secure their tools and transport their workers. These
vehicles can have the fold down rear door/ramp along with the inside ramp for walk in access or barn style doors. The limit of the TRUCKLER configuration is only in the customers mind.
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