[spinnaker]

I was being conservative in my earlier posts, Some days you will only save an hour a day ........some days many ,  many more lets call it 3hrs!!!!!!

If you want to give someone free wages,  fill your boots!!!

If you dont fancy the extra time wiv the missus  nip down pub!!

If I only worked one day a week I would use a porty no question, c'mon Guys doing a full weeks work .......get the best tools !


Paul H

[Spot On cleaning]

Spinakker.

Before i had a tm, i would arrive at custmers property only to find no hot water.  while i pre vac, the customers got the kettle on. Drink tea while heater is on. Start job, maybe 20-30 mins after arrival. £30 for job which if truthful would take me maybe 2 hours sometimes. I needed 4 of these a day to make worthwhile

Today, straight in, instant hot water, £60+ for a through lounge in approx 45-60 mins. 5 mins to put away pipes, job done.

Today 3 - 4 jobs at revised price when busy a day, and people don't mind having their carpets cleaned later into the evenining because they know their carpets will dry faster. Imagine a customer having carpets cleaned at say 7pm. They would be sittingnthere on damp carpet all night  with soggy socks :

 Problem solved.

[craigp]

they just got sit elsewere til there dry dave, lol

[BRSL]

Ok Guys come on were all full of it   the custy never asks for a TM thats a lot of garbage, we get asked regulary that only a TM will do, realy how much work do you porty users loose because of TM's "maybee without you knowing".

As for just looking like a jenny, on Fri had a custy standing by the machine for over half an hour admireing it having a cup of tea.

Polution well we cant argue much about that but there are many people and growing, converting there machines to run on gas becoming more economical and environmental.

Ive said before and ill keep saying it "I Love this Bit" 1 HOUR A DAY SAVING

1 hour - 5 days a week = 5 hours
5 days - 46 weeks a year = 230 hours       "thats with six weeks holiday"
230 hours year - 40 years = 9200 hours in lifetime

Thats 153 days 5 months of your life youve saved from working, I dont care what you do with it if it's with wife or down the pub the choice is yours, "get were im coming from"

James

[John Rimmer Marshall & Rimmer Ltd]

Do you suply the earmufs while these people stand by your big machine
admireing it. O look there goes annother pig.

                                     Take Care John

[BRSL]

Yes John big ear muffs with pink fluffy flying pigs on 

No seriously it was on a quote so machine wasnt running, so I took half hour of the hour I saved that day to chat to the guy about my machine which he loved, and dont feel the need to bring up what he said about porty users, and fishing because it was my choice 

ahhhhhh anouther properly educated custy 

James

[Spot On cleaning]

Pile profile

Make the most of chatting to these porty owners before they become extinct

Dave

[BRSL]

S.O.C dont worry we will meet again in the next couple of years when I go around to clean the nursing homes lol 

And like somone said theres always museums, I saw a rug doctor in one the other day but couldent figure out if it was a display or was the caretakers 

James

[Spot On cleaning]

I think in years to come, all the porty owners will look like the Incredible Hulk for Two reasons.

1) They seem Green with envy

2) Lifting their portys in and out of vehicles and other things will give them big muscles 

Dave

[Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care]

Spinakker.



Today 3 - 4 jobs at revised price when busy a day, and people don't mind having their carpets cleaned later into the evenining because they know their carpets will dry faster. Imagine a customer having carpets cleaned at say 7pm. They would be sittingnthere on damp carpet all night  with soggy socks :

Dont you give out blue shoes then

Alan

[Spot On cleaning]

No!  Is what what you are giving away as free gifts

Dave

[Spot On cleaning]

Spinnaker

You have a personal message sent to you on other

Dave

[cleaning co]

well now everyones got that out thier system !!!! i can come back !!!

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys,

A forum is much stronger if we have lots of different views, equipment , experince , qualificationsetc

Would't it be boring and unproductive if we all agreed

Cheers

Doug

[Alan Brooker. Aqualink Carpet Care]

I disagree

[Ian Gourlay]

Gary,

Thats twice this week.


What I would like to say its sad that Truckers think they are diffrent from the rest of us.  and have gone into a World of their own


Quite regularly I do Searches on  Forums going back to when they first started.


What is amazing is how people who have now got Truckmounts were saying what wonderful cleaners they were and did not need a truckmount.

my view is we all care about Carpet Cleaning we try to learn and ther is more than one way to get  Excellent Results.

[spinnaker]

Enjoyed the banter!!!!!!!!

You all have my utmost respect.

(especially the t/m owners)

[solar]

The world changes every day, development progresses and new equipment is born, there will always be those that strive for the biggest and best toys and those that are set in there ways, and like the more traditional approach, whilst their are the few that like to work with the antiques, whilst their are some of us that can afford the luxury of a TM whilst others are only starting as we did a few years ago, and need to start with a basic machine, their are also many and i personally think the majoroty that want to just earn a living, and why spend 20k on a tm when a 3k porty will produce the same revenue.

Of course and we all know that a tm will work harder and faster than a porty and that is fact, but we must also remember that the sly old fox, that takes its time and gets the results goes home with a full belly everytime.

I dont think it is relevent that mine is bigger than yours, give me either machine and i will give you clean results, not a problem, all equipment has advantages and all has disadvantages, we use chemspecs 494s, we use texatherm macines and we use a cheap portable for banks where the tm wont go due to security, every one is an asset and i wouldnt part with any of them, where does that put me? if someone can make a space in the middle of the them and us campaign i would be gratefull.

regards


Solar

[cleaning co]

i must like to point out(let me finish before stabbing me ) that not a single person who replyed who has a truckmount  read or understood my post : i said its possible if u used a porty to its full  it can acheive truckmount results and speed if u use it like i do ,i dont hav to wait for water to heat,i dont hav to fill my machine,i dont hav to lug it out of a van, thus making it as quick as a truckmount on a domestic job "fact"(and i hav used truckmounts so i know "fact" i also know that no one ever asks hav u got a truckmount when they book "fact" i also no that i would hav to do more work to pay for a truckmount "fact"  all the replys on this post refered to having to fill machine ,get machine out of van,empty machine etc etc find 20 sockets( if clean dosnt need really hot/steam i only one plug ) etc etc wait for water to heat etc etc well if u had read my post propley u would hav put 2 n 2 together and relised i dont hav to do this  : "fact" also truckmounts hav been around 30 years and portys still out sell them(to the person who recons portys hav had thier day) "fact" i know truckmount users who hav seen my setup and hav said if they had done it my way they would never had brought a truckmount "fact"  truckmounts are very very good bits of kit but over kill for domestic imo most people who knock my system prob went from a crappy little under powerd porty which they had to get out of the van every time fill it up etc etc etc to a mega powerfull truckmount so of course they dont understand what i can do with a setup like mine  : so come on guys read the post propley before going off on one     p.s anyone wishing to see my setup in action before they part with thier money is more than welcome  and truckmounters u can come see as well and then make jugdement
gary
p.s my reason for using the eq i hav was not because i couldnt buy a truckmount, i could buy one tommorrow, i truelly cannot c the need for one in "my work" the savings i make a year could prob pay for 5 nice holidays,new car, etc etc  but its horses for courses as they say

[Spot On cleaning]

Cleaning Co, firstly what you doing up at this time of the morning and secondly, you made some good points

As i have said before, i had a twin vac Extracta for three years, with no problems.I was lucky in that 2002 i was able to spend £5000 cash out of my redundancy money for my equipment. It gave me a living.

The problem was however, the number of people loosing their jobs, and deciding to have a go with cheaper machines, thus flooding the market, and some of them tarnishing it with slap and dash methods.

I strived hard for 3 years then eventually bought a truck mount to move me out of this potential flooded area of the market to the other end. At least i know that my equipment is out of reach of the newbie, or the mates clubbing together to get a start. There are customers out there who can afford to pay, and in future with aggresive marketing of the tm,s ability, these customers in my area will be out of rreach of the portable user. With some people they might say to your face, "You've done a wonderful job," but analise your work after you have left. Bare in mind when i was employed and taking home say £320 a week my wife used to say "lets have the carpets cleaned at around £60," and i would do them myself wiith a vax as i truly resented anyone earning that amount of money with maybe a machine, not much better than a vax, in a short time.

Maybe this is why many jobs are booked by women so their husbands don't find out. Now along comes the tm,s. People look at them, their impressed and will pay the money you want because they respect the fact that you've paid a substantial amount of money on it. I can remember posting leaflets 3 years ago, and seeing 2 men coming out of a house with a large industrial wet vac and carpet attachment on the end of the pipe, oh and a bowl of water and scrubbing brush. doyou see the image conjured up in many peoples minds of some carpet cleaners.

Cleaning Co, all i can say is watch out behind you, another redundant person is coming into your ever decreasing sector to steal some of your wor. Best get a real tm before its too late : : :

You have been warned