ChemDry

regular powerwand

Well I spent the few days talking with, or trying to talk to the guys at hydramaster/drymaster. The head office would not sell to me, a polite but unhelpfull man there called Darren said they would not sell to me unless I was purchising 6 or 7 machines.They passed me on to one of their distributors, a guy called Scott Shannon, who I called three times over the past few days, and who has not returned my calls.I spoke to another guy called Carlos, who is also a distributor, and did not seem to intrested in selling to me....Given that I am looking to purchase 10/12 machines over the next 1/2 years, you would think they would be asking me for business, not me begging them.

Anyways I did speak with a VERY helpfull guy in Canada, he is the franchise manager fo a company called citrus-o, and he was REALLY helpfull.He knew there was little chance of selling to me, given that I am based in southern California, but still, he spent half an hour on the phone with me explaining the pros and cons of the rotary dri master, and the reasons why they prefear truck mounts over portable extractors, the failings of both systems and the benifits of both.

I think I will probably go with the rotary drimaster, and the cds or boxxer truck mounts.Hook up a 50ft hose, and keep a wand on board, just in case.

I will hold on to the advance pacesetter just in case I need to do some jobs where I cannot use the truck mount.

So guys, what do ya think, will this system do the job?

Ken thanks again for the advice...I looked into the rotovac you mentioned, and to be honest the guys at hydramaster and the guys at rotovac were just as helpfull, and just as confident that their product was the best, but rotovac was prepared to sell, and to offer a trial, hydramaster will only sell thru their distribution network, who were NOT helpful. But the rotovac has a much longer dry time, and my business is based on quick dry.

What do YOU think of the drimaster set up I mentioned?

Thanks

Brian

ok....

The guy ar citrus-o did say that they needed to be well mantained, and he did say that a few times, so I can accept that they may have some issues...

lets say I accept that the rotovac is a better machine, why do your glides make so much difference to the dry times

And what is the best truckmount to go with them...

I hope to launch my business as a franchise late this year, I do not want a load of franchisees complaining about the equiptment, and cirrus-0 ron 34 trucks of their own and have about 25 franchisees using the drimaster, and the cds, so it cannot be that bad??