[Shaun_Ashmore]

The Americans use a similar business model to grow their portfolio, prices are at easy to buy at levels getting more customers mean quicker growth and when you have staff cleaning it means the owner can either manage the business or sit on a hot beach somewhere.

Shaun

[garybristow]

i have a tm and a porty from prochem,when i use the porty i feel im short changing my customers,the instant heat and the power of the vacuum on the tm cannot be beaten in my opinion,the drying is so much faster,you need to use one to know
thats not to say you cant do a great job with a porty
a porty is like having sex without an orgasm,the tm supplies the orgasm,
jesus!!!!
gary

[peter maybury]

again you get all the opinions of portable users that have no experience of truckmounts giving silly excuses.
And the opinions of truckmounted people most of whom have one or more portables and many like me who have owned over the years countless portables.
Who do you think are the people to give the best advice?
Some of the porty users should go out with a truckie to see how silly some of their arguments and misconceptions are, it would also give you the opportunity to offer advice from a position of knowledge.

Peter

[jim mca]

Dave

Find a user of a 6.6 portable and the best T/M you can afford and go and try both of them

Jim

[Max Campbell]

Anyone who's busy enough will end up with a TM - end of story. (Or they'll muck spread)

[mark shannon]

Dave I think you know the answer a potty would be a step back after the prowler, I have a high end porty and only use it maybe 10 times a year hate the bloody thing.

[davep]

Good advice. Who's got a tm for sale 

[Billy Russell]

Try GP Cleaners, they usually have a few for sale,

01452 731 630

[Billy Russell]

http://www.used-truckmounts.co.uk/services-provided

but its worth giving a ring as well, they update all the time 

[*Hector*]

Anyone who's busy enough will end up with a TM - end of story. (Or they'll muck spread)

ere wot you sayin boy??

 

[Simon Gerrard]

Hector,
You really don't want to know

[C o z y]

Hi Guys

One of the biggest differences for me when going TM was that I stopped getting back pain, which was largely caused by trying to lift porties up steps etc.

Cheers

Doug

here here me only being 4,10 and 8 stone I found lugging my extracta exle up the stairs a pain in the back !! most blocks wouldn't lift them but I did guess that's what you get from living on a working farm

I can do just as good of a job with a porty as a can with a t.m. but its a lot slower a lot slower and the customer loves the t.m. better makes them feel good because next door had theres done buy a guy that had a little box thing ??

wow i am chargeing way to little at 35 pounds for a full suite ! it takes me 3 hours to do it   i must move to a better place to get more money from this job

and befour you lot have ago ive been cleanoing for 15 years now and i am not a fly buy night   just if i started to quote anything over this i would end up with no work

Wow! You've come a long way since 2006!! Charging 35 quid a suite and now having 5 staff, multiple vans in different areas too. From this post, it seems you've shrunk by 2 inches too. Must be all that lugging portys about eh?

wow that took some reading   ive been cleaning with a extrata ex. for years and find it hard to lifted the things around being a woman and only being 5ft tall so im looking into a t.m.

ive heard all the storys over the years and have seen loads of demos but i think the only way is too use one , or have aday cleaning with somebody thats got one , even if you have to travel to spend aday with that person which after the xmas rush i maybe on the lug to spend aday with someone if they will let me

Have to keep an eye on you, looks like you have all the secrets.  

[wynne jones]

Get something with a big blower Dave. 

[Simon Gerrard]

Yeah, no small blowers, especially like Billy's tiddler 

[Jamie Pearson]

disagree
70% of the job I have I use 50ft hose, 35% 75ft hose, 5% jobs longer then this.
so, how you see a difference between using machine in the house/outside the house with 50ft house and on the van with the same lenght of the house.

70% + 35% + 5% = 110%

Now that's a productive machine!

[wynne jones]

disagree
70% of the job I have I use 50ft hose, 35% 75ft hose, 5% jobs longer then this.
so, how you see a difference between using machine in the house/outside the house with 50ft house and on the van with the same lenght of the house.

70% + 35% + 5% = 110%

Now that's a productive machine!

LOL

[clinton]

Brilliant 

[Radek Jablonski]

disagree
70% of the job I have I use 50ft hose, 35% 75ft hose, 5% jobs longer then this.
so, how you see a difference between using machine in the house/outside the house with 50ft house and on the van with the same lenght of the house.

70% + 35% + 5% = 110%

Now that's a productive machine!

Well, normal for busy operator before christmas 

[Phil @ Extreme Clean]

You should know we always give 110% thats why were grafters