The big advantage of truckmounts
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Topic: The big advantage of truckmounts
Posted By: rakebreak78
Subject: The big advantage of truckmounts
Date Posted: 05/November/2007 at 10:54pm
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OK I'M totally new to this but have been doing alot of research today.
So far I'd like to take an expert's advice on here and maybe get a turboteck portable he said to get started.
The big advantage of having the van/truckmount seems to be if someone had a problem with water in the basement kind of thing and then with the van u can charge big emergency money if u can get these jobs sometimes right?
mike
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Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 05/November/2007 at 11:53pm
A Turboteck fom Ken? I think you should read a little more about all the people who Ken doesn't ship to  ------------- 
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Posted By: rakebreak78
Date Posted: 06/November/2007 at 5:15pm
| ok cmaster i will.. |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 11/November/2007 at 1:38pm
Micheal.. The big advantage is more than just the emergency water damage jobs..
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 11/November/2007 at 2:16pm
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You can do emergenvy WD jobs with a shop vac??? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 11/November/2007 at 3:06pm
Yeah. All the restoration contractors here use shop vacs and portys  -------------
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Posted By: danmarck82
Date Posted: 11/November/2007 at 11:36pm
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Big advantages of truckmounts.... 1.A great part is the convenience of being able to pull hoses in to the house and be cleaning in 5-10 minutes . 2. not having to always stop and dump water and fill water etc. 3. You have a constant hot water source. 4. which you use at 450 P.S.I. most portables are at 100 P.S.I. I have always been able to get a loan that stretches the payment to less than the 350.00 or so per month . And have always found good used equipment . especially now with the internet and google it is wonderful . |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 12/November/2007 at 1:40am
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You know whats wonderful.. When you have a TM and paid cash New.. No repo man.. No payments.. Thats wonderful..
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 12/November/2007 at 7:43am
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Unfortunately not everyone can do that. and constantly bragging about it is liking rubbing sh*t in their face??? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 12/November/2007 at 10:08am
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Im not bragging or rubbing nuttin in faces.. Stop nit pickin.. like my ex wife.. |
And that would be wonderful.. Posted By: STEAMPRO
Date Posted: 13/November/2007 at 12:09am
its gonna be kinda hard handing over all that cash, for my tm, when we could use that cash for other things, like a newer car or a jacuzzi! ------------- NEW BUSINESS IN TEXAS |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 13/November/2007 at 1:17pm
| Your TM will make money.. the others won't.. Get those later.. Set up your Biz and get hussling.. Your still young.. |
Posted By: STEAMPRO
Date Posted: 13/November/2007 at 3:05pm
your right i just hope i make as much or more money carpet cleaning than i did truck driving ------------- NEW BUSINESS IN TEXAS |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 13/November/2007 at 6:26pm
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Thats all going to depend on your Marketing skills.. And ambition.. motivation.. persistance.. desire..
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Posted By: STEAMPRO
Date Posted: 13/November/2007 at 10:37pm
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------------- NEW BUSINESS IN TEXAS |
yepPosted By: STEAMPRO
Date Posted: 13/November/2007 at 10:42pm
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being able to coming home drink a beer,and being able to make my own green with no boss sounds pretty good though! ------------- NEW BUSINESS IN TEXAS |
, that truck driving is no life imo...Posted By: DeepScrub
Date Posted: 16/November/2007 at 1:18am
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I'm next for a truckmount.I'm not sure but I believe a TM could do most jobs in under a 1hour.With my porty it takes ages for me to clean just three rooms. ------------- "DO YOUR BEST" |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 16/November/2007 at 8:24am
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Sometimes you can DS.. Depends.. Did a 250sft LR, 2BR's, Hall-25ft long and 13stairs took 1.5hrs.. Vacuuming took about 15min.. So 2hrs total.. Near bone dry in the LR which was a Nylon medium shag.. berber in the BR's and dry in less than 1hr.. NO LIE here. 100ft of 2" and 10ft wip no glides.. |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 16/November/2007 at 3:54pm
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Nylon medium shag??? what was it 25 years old??? shag? ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 16/November/2007 at 9:15pm
| You know your stuff doug.. Yea it was around 20-25yrs old they said.. Seems they made carpet better back then.. |
Posted By: STEAMPRO
Date Posted: 16/November/2007 at 10:03pm
i think the only thing ill miss about portables is all the $ you save on gasoline! damn gas keeps going up! and not having so many maintenance issues! ------------- NEW BUSINESS IN TEXAS |
Posted By: John L
Date Posted: 16/November/2007 at 10:23pm
| Your right their.. But its worth it.. add the gas to the bill one way or another.. When you pull up and they see a TM vs a plastic thingy.. It seems to give you more creditability.. More professionalism.. That's what all the big boys in my area run.. Havent seen a porty lately.. |
Posted By: Black Sheep
Date Posted: 17/November/2007 at 12:03am
Just bought an 07 Sprinter  .. Fill up once a week @ $65 gets me over 500 miles... I will never buy another U.S built van EVER!!! Now only if I can get a M.B Diesel powered TM.... |
STEAMPRO wrote:Posted By: STEAMPRO
Date Posted: 17/November/2007 at 11:58am
 yea a diesel would be great! but i will only buy american cars, because most americans are too dumb to fix foreign vehicles! ------------- NEW BUSINESS IN TEXAS |
Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 17/November/2007 at 12:33pm
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most foreign vehicles are made in the USA ------------- Just My opinion |
Posted By: STEAMPRO
Date Posted: 17/November/2007 at 11:57pm
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not the parts ------------- NEW BUSINESS IN TEXAS |
Posted By: DeepScrub
Date Posted: 18/November/2007 at 2:48am
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I have seen truckmounts that get from 1000psi-3000psi.On average what do most cleaners use for psi? or Does it depend on the condition of the carpet? ------------- "DO YOUR BEST" |
Posted By: FriendlyHammer
Date Posted: 18/November/2007 at 5:16am
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450 psi
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Posted By: DeepScrub
Date Posted: 18/November/2007 at 3:32pm
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do you ever use a 1000 or higher? ------------- "DO YOUR BEST" |
Posted By: cmaster
Date Posted: 18/November/2007 at 4:20pm
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For tile and grout -------------
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Posted By: doug
Date Posted: 19/November/2007 at 1:09pm
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450 is the norm ------------- Just My opinion |