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    Posted: 18/February/2005 at 4:47pm
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I don't agree with these guys... everything breaks down...

Techs just want to jump in the damn truck everyday and never service it.. same thing with a portable... samething with anything

service service service..

I have two truck mounts ... I have had very  very little problems with my pro-chem and well over 6000 hours on it..

SERVICE!
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cleanex wrote:
Buying a truckmount is like going to the casino, sometime you win and more than likely you will lose. Bought many a new unit over the years and some days I wish I had never seen a truckmount.  You certainly need to be mechanical to keep these things running. Best investment I ever made was a lift truck so we can pull our units out of the truck to work on them, as they are a pig to work on in the truck, got the lift truck for a $100.00 it has paid for itself many a time over. 

I couldn't agree more with Cleanex AND Ted H. on this issue.

And, for that very reason, that is why after a couple of failed ventures with machines, I had to start designing my own PORTABLE equipment that had the high-performance ,and could be run 100-200 feet as a TRUCKMOUNT -----------------without the headaches and heartaches.

 

Fortunately for me, it really worked and took me from the bottom of the barrel with about a nichol (5 cents) in my pocket to a few more dollars and a much larger wallet in mmy back pocket. A great learning lesson for me!

 

Good Fortune to all;

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having a handy service dept. is a blessing for me...I am not very good with tools...
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I have about a 3 hour drive for servise. I learned very earily to be able to do most of my own repairs.Guitar
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lucky for me where I live I am 15 minutes away from JonDon...where I bought my Legend...they have a great service dept...I have gotton so spoiled that I even let them do the oil changes...I'd get them to wash it too, if they offered that service
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Mr. Steamer is located under a rock.  I live in a small town along Lake Huron a fews hours north of Detroit.Guitar
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where are you guys located?...notice that I said "you guys"...in Georgia we say "y'all"
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The only Ledgend in The Steamer's van is Steamer. He is a ledgend in his own mind.Guitar
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Rick I too have a legend... thats one hard slide-in unit to kill... no problems with it since I did my modifications....

if you ever have any problems maybe I can help you out...just ask
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I started with a Pro Chem 100. It is still working for the guy I sold it to back in 89 or 90 I can't remember for sure. I have had a few since and still use them. Steamer is a Pro Chem man also.

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Doug...I have a Legend SE...with a sub-mount fresh water tank...started out with a 65he...that old machine is still running to this day...upgradded to a Cub...and 5 yrs ago got the Legend SE...I like Pro Chem
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Interesting ! After what I went through I started to think about a Ford. If you are saying that a Chevy is still better then I must consider the options. The advantage was the van had a v-6 engine.

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