![]() The Pick-up Pool is made of durable 20 mil polyvinyl chloride (PVC) that has a patent-pending stretch to it so that it “hugs” the surfaces of the truck bed and stays in place over its corners (no ugly, abrasive cords and ropes needed). And that’s how Tom became founder and CEO of Pick-up Pools, operating it with his sister, Diana Baima, who keeps the company afloat when he’s deployed overseas. Like many successful entrepreneurs before him, Tom thought, “There has to be a better way.” He found no other way on the internet, so he knew he’d have to do it himself. Adding insult to injury, the bungee cord hooks scratched up his truck. Not only an exhausting endeavor but a ridiculous-looking one. He could do that! Except the tarp fought him at every turn, until he finally hog-tied it into submission with a bunch of bungee cords and ropes. He had heard of the “redneck swimming pool,” a tarp put into a truck bed and filled with water. Tom’s “Eureka!” moment came as he walked past his pick-up truck. It was fun at first, but you can only run back and forth so many times, plus she would have liked to splash around in a pool and play with her float toys. Tom Prestella, an Air Force pilot stationed in Little Rock, set up the lawn sprinkler for his little girl to cool off. Sometimes the only relief is to get yourself into some nice cool water, whether at the community swimming pool, nearby lake or river or that secret water hole in the woods. Have you heard the expression “hot as a Fourth of July firecracker”? That’s Little Rock, Arkansas, in the summer-sky-high humidity and temperatures that can reach into the triple digits. ![]()
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