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ON ' T L YO R BUILDING 6GO TO Recently, a series of advertisements in Midwest farm publications, have talked about HAILmom "Commercial Quality" steel, implying that it is somehow better than the steel that is used by virtually all of the reputable farm builders in the Midwest. In fact . . . the opposite is true. When you're about to spend thousands of dollars on a building, we believe that you should be as well informed about what you're buying as possible. So, here's the real story . . . A STEEL COMPARISON. LESTER'S STRONGPANEL ADVERTISED BRAND Standard Reference "Structural Quality- "Commercial Quality" Manufactured To ASTM Specification A-446 Grade-E A•526 Mill Certified Grade Premium Grade,Full Hard,Structural Quality Grade E No Requirement Other Than Chemical Composition field Strength Minimum 80,000 P.S.I. No Minimum Requirement—Typically 40,000 P.S.I.;or— ensile Strength Minimum 82.000 P.S.I.—Typically 90,000 P.S.I. No Minimum Requirement—Typically yp'cally 50.000 P.S.I.+or—• Strength Guarantee Must Equal Or Better Minimum Specifications None Cost Premium Price,Based on Operating and Lower Cost Manufacturing Requirements Summary Costs more,but"high tensile strength"has been an Has cost advantage,but rarely used where strength and impact industry value in rod formed sheets for 35 years, reslstance are required."Commercial Quality-(Soft Steel)is offered primarily by one Midwest Builder. What does this aU mean to you? Wed,if you're like the Iowa farmer who owns the two buildings pictured below,it's the difference between a roof that was virtually destroyed by had,and one just 70'away that was hardly dented.You can't buy a better budding than a Lester's...and you can be sure that it won't go to had with the first big storm. . . . It's Your Choice. LESTER'S BUILDINGS "STRONGPANEL" STEEL advertised "COMMERCIAL QUALITY" 1 •� i M91NEFRE0 BUILDING SYSTEMS Lester Prairie,MN 55354 I i I i i