walk behind cleaning mach

Well Roy still no answer for you 16 days after you posted. I can tell you this, there is no way you could compare a walk behind to a TM. I'll leave the rest to the boys that know the business.

roy,

You should look on the KK website under used equipment. There you will find many uprite walk-behinds in both new & used.

On the big jobs most established janitorial firms use walk-behinds for many reasons:

• They are simple to operate with a lower wage earner
• Much, much less fatigue on the operator
• Cleans much faster and covers more sq. ft. per hour
• Uses cylindrical brush action for the mechanical action needed. Wands just cannot offer the same mechanical action unless the operator is the Hulk
• My personal choice is the EDIC Model as it allows cleaning both forward or backwards
• EDIC Supernova
• EDIC Polaris 500PS, 700PS, 701PS
• EDIC Polaris 801PS, 1201PS

To sum it all up a union worker simply would not be allowed to use a wand. Much too hard work.

O.K. Ted, I'll shut up now.

Sorry Glidemaster. As you know the Multi-Surface Express works even better with Multi-Surface glides.

The world is working towards a glide for every cleaner and problem.

Glide with Pride!

 I have a Kent with a 20 or so inch path. I've cleaned over 10.000 sf on a shift with a helper easily.What Mr. Magic said is true- the brush agitates the fiber really well, the jets , while not putting out a lot of psi, lay down enough solution to clean well. And, again, the vac being so close gave me dry to the touch on a cold, rainy December day. I tried it on an apartment and had to repair the carpet. GREAT for glue down only.

not sure if the original poster is still looking for a response, however, after using a Power Eagle walk behind in 2003, i wouldn't recommend it for any carpets with high traffic. I used it in Maine, USA, in the Augusta City Hall, and the results were horrible. Very high traffic areas, hoever, the gray carpets would only come out brown with more than 5 complete passes. the power eagle has a vacuum nozzle in the front, a scrubbing deck, and a wand, built right in. spray moving forward, them lift up and pull back. not sure on the specs, but the unit would extract almost all of the water put down, just not cleaning the carpet entirely.

In the units defense, the carpets should have been replaced, however, municipalities are cheap and wouldn't replace them. From the results i have seen from a portable demo, i would suggest a powerful portable. I don't have any experience with truckmounts, a little out of my price range.

Hope that helps.

Jared........by the sounds of those carpets.......an OP machine would have made them look really good.......at least it would be enough for them to actually consider paying you for your effort.