Before the days of the personal computer, or even the hand-held electronic calculator, there was only the slide rule. Certainly, there must be a few of you out there who remember the slide rule, and maybe even how to use one?
The reason we ask about this comes clear when we tell you there are more than 200 stress calculations required to properly design even a very basic roof truss. A good slip-stick (what slide rules used to be called) user could probably do those 200 calculations in a half-hour or so, meaning that he or she could design as many as 16 simple trusses in a work day. When you consider that there are about 80 trusses incorporating 30-40 different shapes in the average house, you realize that the truss industry really couldn’t exist until the advent of the personal computer.
Indeed, the truss system most often is the only truly custom designed, engineered and fabricated structural component of a house or light commercial building. But oh, what nifty things the truss industry has brought to the party! Architects now have far greater flexibility in what roof styles they can design. By and large, if the architect can draw it, we can engineer and build it.
Build it we can, but it requires an amazing amount of computer power, along with the state-of-the-art software developed by Mitek Industries, and of course, people who have the brainpower to fully utilize the software.
When the takeoff, design and production engineering phases are complete, it’s time to build your trusses. This we do to the stringent standards imposed by the Uniform Building Code, and, even more importantly, to those of the Wood Truss Council of America and Truss Plate Institute. Evergreen Truss & Supply is a long-time member of both WTCA and TPI. We take great pride in the fact we strictly adhere to the guidelines and quality control requirements provided by these organizations.   A wise man (and pretty good country pitcher) by the name of Dizzy Dean once said, "It ain’t braggin’ if you can back it up." We believe Evergreen Truss & Supply is the best truss producer in the region . . . .
Our salespeople will gladly help you with price quotes or answer any questions you may have. Don't hesitate to drop us an e-mail evergreen@e-truss.net or call us at (509) 276-5088.
For more information, please contact one of our four sales representatives: Chris Oster: chris@e-truss.net Bob Reaske: bob@e-truss.net Kelly Graham: kelly@e-truss.net Dan Murphy: dan@e-truss.net Randy Atwood: randy@e-truss.net

Mitek Industries 14515 N. Outer Forty Dr. Suite 300 Chesterfield, MO 63017 (314) 851-7962 Fax: (314) 434-5343	Truss Plate Institute, Inc. 583 D'Onofrio Dr. Suite 200 Madison, WI 53719 (608) 833-5900 Fax: (608) 833-4360 ...Connecting the Wood Truss Industry	Wood Truss Council of America One WTA Center 6300 Enterprise Lane Madison, WI 53719 (608) 274-4849 Fax: (608) 274-3329 The Voice of the Wood Truss Manufacturing Industry