Ethan Caldwell

If you have ever worked in a busy restaurant during the dinner rush, you know that moving dishes from point A to point B is half the battle. The best dish carts for commercial kitchens take the strain off your staff, keep dirty and clean dishes organized, and help your whole operation run smoother during … Read more

I spent the last three months working alongside restaurant staff in three different kitchens to find the best bus carts for restaurants that actually hold up to daily abuse. I watched bussers load these carts with bus tubs full of plates, glasses, and flatware during a dinner rush, and I timed how long it took … Read more

I have kept a small backyard flock for the past six years, and I can tell you from experience that the waterer matters more than the feed. Chickens drink roughly a pint of water a day, and dirty or frozen water will shut down egg production faster than almost anything else. A poultry waterer is … Read more

Running an event center means every chair, every plate, and every table gets judged by your guests. I have spent the last three months setting up and breaking down banquet tables for event centers across three venues we manage, and the differences between a great table and a wobbly liability are obvious within the first … Read more

I still remember the first time I cracked open a tiny hole in the incubator lid and watched a wet chick push its way into the world. That was four years and roughly 600 chicks ago. Back then I bought the cheapest styrofoam incubator I could find, and my hatch rate hovered around 50%. After … Read more

Last spring, I spent an entire Saturday digging six fence post holes by hand with a shovel and a pair of pliers. My back hurt for a week, the holes were inconsistent, and I had to redo two of them because they were too shallow. That was the day I decided to invest in a … Read more

If you install carpet for a living, your knees take a beating every single shift. After 15 years on the tools and hundreds of installs across residential and commercial jobs, I can tell you that the difference between a smooth day and a painful one usually comes down to the knee kicker in your hand. … Read more

If your basement smells musty, your drywall is bubbling, or you’ve watched three consumer dehumidifiers die in four years, you already know the problem. The best commercial dehumidifiers for basements exist because home-grade units simply cannot keep up with chronic humidity, water damage, and spaces over 2,500 sq ft. I have spent the last 90 … Read more

When I switched from hauling buckets to my pasture to a proper stock tank, my horses drank more within a week. That’s not a sales pitch, it’s just what happens when fresh water sits at chest height all day. Finding the best water troughs for horse pastures saves you labor, keeps your herd hydrated, and … Read more

When I started installing carpets as a side job back in , I used a cheap knee kicker for every job. Big mistake. A knee kicker is a positioning tool, not a true stretcher, and professional carpet installers will tell you the same thing. Whether you stretch one room a month or one a day, … Read more