[andy east sussex]

got to first job then realised top floor flat no lift just stairs so got ninja up okish done job packing away taking machinedown stairs next min misses fing step smashes me in knee knee locked out now f knows what ive done to it but can hardly walk think time to invest in truck mount. i cant afford to pay someone just to come along to lift machine so very worrying now anyone else had this issue

[andy east sussex]

and also customer had 6ft x 6ft chinese wool rug bloody massive maybe bigger alot of money she said could i do it i said ye but i asked have you had a quote to have this cleaned she said yes 6 months ago for £35 so i left her with it i aint touching it for that money

[CleanerCarpets]

Andy, do you have a rotary so you could bonnet? if the access is bad and its a carpet that would come up on the bonnet thats always an option

I always ask about the access - most customers are ok with me going out to do a quote so i can suss it for myself but on the ones that i don't experience has taught me to ask the right questions so there are no hidden surprises!!

[Billy Russell]

Simon Gerrard is doing a good deal on one!  

or give these guys a bell http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/GP-Cleaners-Limited/442773379124582?fref=ts

they got a few 2nd hand ones, really good services as well!  

[JandS]

If I'm unsure about access or anything I usually
Google map it and go to street level to check it
out.
In fact I bet I do it for 80% of the jobs I do now.
Even if you know the street it's good to have a
quick shufti and if you see anything awkward you
can always ring them to find out.

[andy east sussex]

ye normanlly when then mention flat i ask which floor they are on so i book flats in for 1 day and get help and if its the only flat i normanly ask is there anyone at the property which could help lift it but totally forgot to do it on this job and i paid the price luckyly the customer afterwards were understandable so they just moved their bookings forward but if they didnt would of lost even more

[robert meldrum]

How would you imagine that using a t/m would overcome slipping on a stair or similar ?

Moving heavy hoses is no easier than walking a machine downstairs and the suggestion that you use a rotary for flats is not only a heck of a lot less expensive but less wearing on the body.

There is also the other option of using a small, compact extraction machine for flats, I don't mean a lightweight like the Puzzi or similar.  There are a few small but powerful machines available perfectly capable of doing an excellent job and your investment would be returned a couple of weeks rather than a couple of years if you went t/m.

[Carpet2Clean]

I also Google map must of my jobs or do a drive by.

Have a look at the Alltec Express machine / Airflex mini  ideal for flats



Richard

[maxcampbell]

How would you imagine that using a t/m would overcome slipping on a stair or similar ?

Moving heavy hoses is no easier than walking a machine downstairs and the suggestion that you use a rotary for flats is not only a heck of a lot less expensive but less wearing on the body.

This is a troll, surely. You cannot be serious. All I carry upstairs is a bit of string & the wand, etc. (it's a TM)

[peter maybury]

anybody who has never used a truckmount uses access and setting up as an excuse not to have one, but even in most appartment blocks it is still easier  than taking up and setting up a portable. There is only an extra 10 ft of hose per floor so there really is nt a weight issue on the hose. I loathe having to take the portable out on t6he 1 or 2 occasion a year I may need to. We do not have to fetch and carry water it is just so much quicker.
Peter

[Carpet Dawg]

How would you imagine that using a t/m would overcome slipping on a stair or similar ?

Moving heavy hoses is no easier than walking a machine downstairs and the suggestion that you use a rotary for flats is not only a heck of a lot less expensive but less wearing on the body.

This is a troll, surely. You cannot be serious. All I carry upstairs is a bit of string & the wand, etc. (it's a TM)

calm down with the troll comment. Robert has been on this forum alot longer than you.

[Griffus]

Where possible upto 4th floor, throw a rope out of the most suitable window, or better, french doors. Tie your hose to it and then pull the hose up and secure it. Use a remote or extension for power.

No theft to worry about as the clue will be fairly instant 

Simples 

[Hilton]

I've humped porties up so many flights of stairs and even across roofs.....
The answer is to get a LM system.texatherm or similar.
Save on your back and legs.

OR....

You can fork out 20k plus on a TM system, for those occasions when you might need one.
 

[jim mca]

Pick up a airflex mini twin vac about £800 second hand very light with good stair climbing wheels
I've seen pictures of guys with hoses going up to flats wonder how they would stand if a hose fell and hit someone
 

[Griffus]

Pick up a airflex mini twin vac about £800 second hand very light with good stair climbing wheels
I've seen pictures of guys with hoses going up to flats wonder how they would stand if a hose fell and hit someone
 

Well, they would be in trouble 

[richie]

How would you imagine that using a t/m would overcome slipping on a stair or similar ?

Moving heavy hoses is no easier than walking a machine downstairs and the suggestion that you use a rotary for flats is not only a heck of a lot less expensive but less wearing on the body.

There is also the other option of using a small, compact extraction machine for flats, I don't mean a lightweight like the Puzzi or similar.  There are a few small but powerful machines available perfectly capable of doing an excellent job and your investment would be returned a couple of weeks rather than a couple of years if you went t/m.

Obviously you could slip by merely walking up / down stairs but more likely it will happen when moving a heavy portable up & down them.  As for moving heavy hoses is no easier than walking a machine downstairs........that part of your comment had me laughing.  What hoses do you use or know of that are as heavy or as awkward as moving a heavy portable down some stairs??  Those comments typically sound like someone trying hard to make excuses up for not having a truckmount.

[William Sharpe]

I use a sling made from a seat belt for my ninja pop it over your shoulder and up you go no probs, always wheel it down stairs though could easily get off ballance. A chap who owns ninjas 5 of them and who wont use anything else bought a stair climber off e bay for 90.00 uses it all the time bit slow but no strain up or down.

[andy east sussex]

i know it would add more weight and size to the portables but like some sack barrow wheels they have 3 wheels to climb they would be a good idea in a way but had to take today off also as knee still aches abit just swollen and 2 wacking great bruses lucky wernt any worse this only trouble beine self employed once you hurt ur self you are screwed

[richie]

Main things is you were not badly hurt.

[andy east sussex]

ye thank christ. there isnt any insurance out there is there for us self employed guys so if we have injury were coverd or are we just on our own basically