[Carpet Dawg]

there's hundreds of roads like that where I live.

I.e. double yellow lines on the side of the street where you job is, special permit needed on the side of the street where the job is, no place to park as its already taken up, etc etc

Both jobs that i'm doing today would be impossible with a truckmount. Out of the 4 jobs I did yestarday only one was TM doable.

IMO more TMers use thier porty than they let on unless they live in small villages.

Tony

[AshWhite]

I don't own a portable, only a cfr spotting machine and the TM.

[wynne jones]

So is a TM end porty challenge still on at TACCA do?

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Why not park on the one way street and put the pipes under the van or through the back door? Come on guys thinking caps on please don't you want the customers money?

Shaun

[AshWhite]

So is a TM end porty challenge still on at TACCA do?

And LM/ Encap would be interesting.

[Carpet Dawg]

are you going to test access issues and cost of running a tm copared to a porty at the tacca day?

[wynne jones]

are you going to test access issues and cost of running a tm copared to a porty at the tacca day?

I bet you were good at top trumps at school.

[Simon Gerrard]

are you going to test access issues and cost of running a tm copared to a porty at the tacca day?

We could do and the porty wold turn out to be the most expensive of the two to run as even with the TM fuel per hour is taken into account they earn way more

[*Hector*]

How about the cost of running a rotary? The initial set up costs, and the speed at which they can earn you money doing commercials especially ?? 

 

[Simon Gerrard]

Hector is right
Simon

[wynne jones]

Hector is right
Simon

Grudgingly he is on this one. A second hand rotary can be paid for on a very modest commercial job. Build up pads over time.

Now watch those Ebay prices soar!

[Raymondo]

I have used a TM for the last 9 years.

The double lines is not a problem as long as we have hoses coming from the van into the property we are doing and the van is not obstructing anybody the parking wardens leave us alone.

Dont need a permit as the machine is classed a a piece of fixed plant so the local council said a permit is not needed.

Admittedly it may be a bigger problem in the cities where parking may be a bigger issue in some cities it would be impossible with the red routes.

The issue with a one way street  I have in the past turned the van round so that it faces in the wrong direction  and then after doing the work turn it back round.

The few jobs that we have been unable to do have been farmed out to someone else.

There is always a way to get round the few issues we may have.

Do have a portable a small prochem bravo the last time we used it was about 6 months ago in a old people complex to remove a stain.

Ray

[William Sharpe]

I look at it this way-
Wales is small, friendly, reliable and packs a punch much like a porty!
England is large, noisy all over the place and drinks far too much just like a TM!
on Saturday it was the porty that proved to be the mightier just consistantly taking the leed
Moral-- Consistancy, technical application, moveability and sheer commitment beats overall sise
 

[wynne jones]

Thats a bit of an odd ball analogy.

[AshWhite]

Thats a bit of an odd ball analogy.

[Jim_77]

There is of course the down-side to the speed of a TM, like the other day a customer suddenly didn't want to pay me the money I'd quoted to clean a couple of chairs because I'd done it in half the time another company said they'd take!

After she'd finished picking holes in everything I had been there about half an hour longer than I should have been but hey ho she got her money's worth in the end!

[*Hector*]

Maybe she just took a fancy to you Jim 
 

[creighton foyle]

I look at it this way-
Wales is small, friendly, reliable and packs a punch much like a porty!
England is large, noisy all over the place and drinks far too much just like a TM!
on Saturday it was the porty that proved to be the mightier just consistantly taking the leed
Moral-- Consistancy, technical application, moveability and sheer commitment beats overall sise
 

with a name like wynne jones I thought you'd have loved that ? 

[wynne jones]

I look at it this way-
Wales is small, friendly, reliable and packs a punch much like a porty!
England is large, noisy all over the place and drinks far too much just like a TM!
on Saturday it was the porty that proved to be the mightier just consistantly taking the leed
Moral-- Consistancy, technical application, moveability and sheer commitment beats overall sise
 

with a name like wynne jones I thought you'd have loved that ? 

I did. I'm also and odd ball.

[*Hector*]

 I'm also and odd ball.

You could well regret that