truck mounts are sh*t

Checkmate... The guys at hydamaster say the 3.2 will blow away any porty..

You also didn't specify what kind of porty... The 3.2 will out do them all...(that's what they say)...Porty's vary....

But i also heard through the grapevine that the Recoil porty with booster will equal the 3.2 in performance.... Now, mind you... This is what i have read on bb's... so take it with a grain of salt or ask more questions....

TM is easy of life.........

no water to fill and dump every two seconds....

if your doing a big house(4000 sq ft) 10 to 12 rooms or so... you can finish in 2 or so hours...

a porty you'll be there all damn day...5 hours at least... so you save on gas.... how much though..

That type of house will only cost me maybe 5 bucks to clean....

for the easy I'd spent 20 bucks in my TM... and have 3 extra hours to drink some beer or do another job...

nightrider I thought you where smarter than that...

porty's are good for apts... and places you can't get to with a truck and thats it..

as long as my hose reaches I'm using TM!

Ed:  A portable is just that a portable.  some may be as powerful as a tm and with the right operator get even better results than a tm.  I simply do not believe having a generator + vac booster + Portable = tm? In a comparison your equipment may be better than a tm.  But it is still a portable.  Ed I am not in the business of selling equipment manufacturing equipment or sales .  If a comment regarding your people who sell tm as portables  or portables a tms offends you.  Well don't take it so seriously. and you have a good day.

MR. STEAMER wrote: TM is easy of life......... no water to fill and dump every two seconds.... if your doing a big house(4000 sq ft) 10 to 12 rooms or so... you can finish in 2 or so hours... a porty you'll be there all damn day...5 hours at least... so you save on gas.... how much though.. That type of house will only cost me maybe 5 bucks to clean.... for the easy I'd spent 20 bucks in my TM... and have 3 extra hours to drink some beer or do another job... nightrider I thought you where smarter than that... porty's are good for apts... and places you can't get to with a truck and thats it.. as long as my hose reaches I'm using TM!

Noi offense Steamer, but if you're doing your cleaning at that speed, you can't be doing a very good job. And I've operated TM's and portys.

Wake up porty people ..... it takes longer... it's not as powerful....it's better to use a truck if you can....

25' ft of hose wouldn't get you out of the masterbedroom...50' wouldn't get you down the stairs... you have to lug that sh*t up stairs even with a vac booster...

ok get 2 vac boosters... just more crap to carry in...lol

if I'm going to go through all that trouble...i'd get a truck mount

Steamer, the shift is 7 hours/night/7 days/week general maintenance contract, if they work 2 hours they get paid for 7. The carpet cleaning was an add on 4 times /year.

Portables were old 12 gallon junk machines, I only buy old crap and leave it at the customers.2 were 100 psi, 2 were 200 psi/scrub brush.

Carpet was not really dirty, few soft drink stains & coffee. This was the dining & breakfast areas.

YES it was done in 5 hours/ 4 portables

If you can't clean 15,000 sq. ft in 5 hours with 4 truckmounts is because of the downtime to set up, then you're too tired to start work, then you have to prespray, then you have to pick up the wand, then pick your nose a little, take the last puff of your cigarette, then maybe start working.

I was running a business, not a playground, my cleaners came to work, and work they did. I treated them good, in return it was no nonsence labour. Other days when it was slow, we goofed off.

ALL MY NUMBERS ARE REAL, AND TRUE, OTHERWISE I WOULD NOT HAVE POSTED IT.

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