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While estimates of the amount of time saved vary, Richey says the concept enabled his company to double its production.

"There's no question it saves 50% of the time you spend striping," he says.

Neuling says it can actually save more time than that. Once example he cites is workers holding the string line, for example, who have to pull the line tight, holding it taught while another worker pushes a striping machine along the string line.

"By the time whoever is marking gets to the end of the line, pushing the machine, he really needs a minute to take a breather. And the person holding the line needs a few minutes because his hand is hurting," Neuling says. "By adding these tractors to your stripers you only need a one-minute breather instead of 6 to 10 minutes, so you save that much time just during layout with a string line. You increase your speed seven times in that part of the job."

But when all aspects of the job are considered Neuling says using any of these types of equipment transforms the crew from a crew walking at 1 mph to a crew working at 10 mph.

"That's a tenfold increase in your productivity," he says.

Speeding other work
Like some of the other equipment, the LazyLiner2 can be used with other pieces of equipment, including a grinder, blower, and even a preformed thermoplastic tape machine.