“Our guys like the AWK-1A and AWK-10A wire dispensers because they are built well out of good, quality materials; they're sturdy but not too heavy. They fit perfectly in the service and install trucks and help keep everything organized and accessible. They make wire pulls so much easier because you can carry the caddy by the handle right to the jobsite and have all your wire in one spot, ready to pull.
The portability saves us time by preventing multiple trips back to the van and also keeps the jobsite less cluttered. They're priced fairly so we stock them in all of our trucks."
- Patrick - Borter Heating and Air Conditioning (Wheaton, IL)
“Thank you for providing the American Wire Caddy Model AWK-1A and AWK-10A wire disperser for review. I have been using the "original" for over 35 years working as an electrician in the Chicagoland area. Hands down this is the best wire caddy on the market for the following reasons.
Lightest, strongest, most compact, efficient way to dispense wire. Competing products are much heavier, bulkier, and weaker.
Your wire caddy lasted 35 years and is still being used by one of our crews. It has been thrown into vans daily, stepped on, abused, and bent by accidents; at one point even welded back together because my guys don't want anything else.
Tom- thank you for believing in your design, a timeless example of form follows function. Simple, bulletproof, and elegant. You have made my job and many tradesmen's jobs so much easier.
So excited to find this design, it is truly superior to anything else available today. Thank you TMC. You are the heart of this nation. America needs more hard working, honest people and products like yours."
- Bart Witowski - Wito Electric Engineering Inc (Chicago, IL)
“I am glad I product searched a little deeper than just the usual Home Depot and Lowes websites. It seems after I added “American made” to search for a “wire caddy”, your product appeared. I look forward to using it on wiring my next three outbuilding projects. I like to run conduit, then pull wire before I insulate walls and sheetrock finish them. That way if a wiring problem ever occurs say from a lightning strike surge or other wiring failure, new wires could be pulled through without tearing out finished sheetrock. In the past, I have pulled wire through electrical conduits with three rolls of #12 wire on a section of ½” EMT tubing, suspended from rafters with ¼” rope.”
- Laurence Allen (Lillian, Alabama)
“Great people at Tomlinson Manufacturing!
They build some custom stuff out of metal for us when we need it and they always go the extra mile. They know machining and component manufacturing."
- Armando P. (Indianapolis, Indiana)