[Kleen Machine]

The British Pound is double of the value of the US Dollar. This makes  purchasing a savings, even with shipping and related costs added on. The equipment is of superior quality and technical support is always available.



Hal Dunn
General Manager
Merrill Fox Enterprises

[poleman]

Can find any telescopic lance on your website! do you sell them!

Andy

[Kleen Machine]

They are on the website go to the online store the 9th
item down on the menu board on the left side is flat surface cleaners and wands. The telescoping wands are on the 1st page under that catagory.

Cheers

[John Kelly]

How is the equipment superior?

[Roger Oakley]

How is the equipment superior?

Yes good question John Kelly.

[garyj]

How is the equipment superior?

If you don't think the equipment is superior then why import from there 

I would think most of the carpet cleaning machines we use here started off life as American, and the top 3 I can think of certainly are all American, one of which is supplied by JK??

So a very good question.

[BDCS]

Its Jap or italian for me, supplied by a British firm - then itr comes with BSP fittings where the American supplied Kit comes mostly with NPT. I don't consider you save that much and at least you keep some brits working.

[John Kelly]

Gary, pressure washers are basically an engine married to a pump. There are only a few variations available worldwide.
There is no doubting Merrill Fox offer excellent value for money but I am just questioning how they deem their equipment to be superior to what is available over here.
As regards your reference to carpet cleaning machines. There aren't many British machines available hence the need to import from the States or Europe.
2 I can think of are Extracta and Altec and unfortunately these aren't available for resale via distributors.

[garyj]

With all due respect a carpet cleaning machine isn't much different, one blows, one sucks and blows.

Another reason to import from the States is the price. In the past with electric machines suppliers have said they charge so much more due to having to convert them to 240v, with a petrol washer that argument doesn't hold up. I understand that there are import taxes to pay and shipping as I used to own a company that imported from America, and like you my prices were similar in £ as the Americans pay in $, i.e double.

Just thought it was an odd question from you when you import from the USA yourself.

[John Kelly]

Gary, I import the Prowler as we bought one originally for our flood restoration business. We then got the opportunity to sell them in the UK and Europe. As it is such a unique machine we thought it would be a worthy addition to the range of equipment we sell. This is the only peice of equipment we import from the States.

As you know you can't compare the US economy to ours. It is quite obvious that the base cost of products and the overheads are a lot lower than the UK. They have to be because they can sell stuff cheaper than UK suppliers can obtain it from the manufacturers.
There are a lot of good UK companies selling good pressure washing equipment. I was just curious as to how theirs was superior.

[Kleen Machine]

John Kelly and Roger Oakley

I stated that the equipment is of superior quality meaning
the components that are used to make the machines
are made with quality parts, such as Honda engines and
General pumps. I did not say that they are superior to
yours or anyone elses equipment.  Just read the second
sentence in my origional post it is self explanatory gentlemen.

[Roger Oakley]

Execpt the pound to dollar rate has shifted. Honda & General (Interpump over here) are readily avalible and fitted on machines over here so where is the superiority?

[garyj]

The pound to dollar rate is near on 2 to 1, it's been many many years since it was that good.

Didn't Merrill Fox used to sell carpet cleaning equipment as well? I'm sure they used to do a marketing package as well. but this was a few years ago?

[Roger Oakley]

The pound to dollar rate is near on 2 to 1, it's been many many years since it was that good.

Agree it is still good, but it was even better before xmas then it was 2:1, I have a machine on order from the states at the moment, and the dollar shift has made a difference to when I first ordered it (before xmas) which was the point I was making.

[CATMAN]

I have ordered equipment from America and would recommend it. Value is one criteria, but service and communication is without doubt far better than what some can offer in this country.

There is one c/c supplier in this country who took over c/c forum. I ordered these so called charley pads, I told him I needed them within aweek, as we had a commercial job going pear shaped, guess what they never arrived, why becuse according to a member of his staff, he was ecomoical with the truth he never ordered them! forgot, min qty what a pile of rubbish. Since then I've never gone to his forum or placed any orders.

The "others" we all use, paid for nextday del. Arrived three days later.  Asked for VAT invoices, their bloody charging it, never arrived. Have had equipment "lost" on their premises, "too busy at momnet we are getting ready for carpet expo!" They all miss the point, its easier to sell to an existing customer, than finding a new customer.I ordered a truckmount many moons ago, after six weeks, I decided to give them a call. "ooh we've been dreading this call, our MD Robert aka Joe Polish had forgot to order it,  "please don't cancel came the screams down the phone, we'll give you a better deal on the your finance agreement,  this when I was paying cash, it was fea accomply, their, yes their salesman told me too go to Hydramaster, far better machine and service. 

I would say Hydramaster & f Restormate, service is always excellant. Few amongst many I'm afraid.

Regards

Graham

[drive surgeon]

half the price of the uk.

[david_m]

Hi all

You can get the same honda engine and general pump and catpump plus interpump. you can get also get the same set up ie belt drive, gear drive and direct drive. hot and cold.
what you can get from the us is a better set up or supierior machine  from the u.s for the money than you can get here.

After importing one myself over all glad i did
was abile to buy a better machine for the budget i had.
the machine ie pump set up belt drive honda motor and burner are all
great.

Down side some of the fitting are a bit cheap for want of a better word ie
the unloader and the in let and out let connections were all to small in my view. Just felt that the flow of the machine wasnt good ie couldnt get the water in and out fast enough so changed these ie upgraded all.
and put a back feed, back to the tank with a bypass fitted.
on the pump.
result a machine that runs smoother than a babys bum.
easier starting with the bypass so that i can bypass the water back to the tank when starting.

the burner gets the water really hot best i seen just on the edge of steam
when you turn the flow down to about 1500 psi
i can take chewing gum of tarmac at about 800 psi with out damage not sure of exact psi cause i dont have a gauge fitted. so just guestamate will do. linching no problem at all just blast through it
chewing gum on concrete and block paving  dosent stand a chance
turn down psi and up with the heat

ps also going to upgrade some of the fitting on the burner to
ie the thermastat and the flow switch
hopefully after this i will get a a better more consistant  heat.

over all great machines only the fitting do let them down in my view.

as for superior question yes you can get a supior machine for your money
from the states than you can get here.

If moneys no object then you can get just as good a machine here if not better in the uk than you can get in the us

but then money is the final object when pressure washing

  Davy

[drive surgeon]

when you said "linching", dont you mean  lichen??

[david_m]

Hi there

unfortunately these machines dont help my spelling.

[dandandan]

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