[Karl Wheeler]

Hi Guys
If you are thinking of purchasing a second hand machine how many hours on the clock would be a resonable amount for the machine to be still in a good working condition. I have been offered a Extracta Exel with 71 hours on the clock. Would this be a good buy with these hours on it?
Sorry for sounding ignorant but currently my company does not offer the service.

tHANKS
kARL

[Karl Wheeler]

Hi Guys
Has nobody any advice??

[Adrian Makel]

71 hrs is not many at all.obviously would depend on price.looked after properly machines can literally go on forever.

[Karl Wheeler]

Hi
Thanks Top Cat thanks for your reply i have been offered it for £650.00 is it worth buying.I have looked on their website and it retails at 2100 plus vat

[John Kelly]

Basically a carpet cleaning machine is a couple of tanks with various configurations of vac motors and pumps. The vacs and pumps are servicable items and need periodic replacement. However a well looked after machine can last twice as long as an abused one.
If the Exel is genuine with those hours then it has hardly been used. Depends on the price.

[Ian Rochester]

If the machine only has 71 hours on then it is in a near new condition, it then depends on if they are asking for a near new price as well!!

I bought a back up machine a couple of years ago with 500+ hours on the clock but it was in mint condition and has served well as both a back up machine and also as a second set-up machine.

A good business will be putting 1000 hrs or more on a machine each year.

[Adrian Makel]

at 650.00 with that few hrs on i would go straight to his house and buy it now before someone else does.hope this helps

[Karl Wheeler]

It belongs to a lady carpet cleaner who bought it then found it too heavy to carry  out from the back of her van.

[Karl Wheeler]

I have first option on it and basically confirmed today that i would buy it  but wanted to firm it up by talking to the professionals...

[Adrian Makel]

i`ts a bargain.all the best with the carpet cleaning

[Kinver_Clean]

I regularly service machines with several thousand hours on the clock-- mind you they have had several new vacs and pumps over the years.
Its like my broom Ive had it for nearly 40 years- its had 12 new heads and 4 new handles but they made things in those days!

Trevor

[Karl Wheeler]

It will be mainly commercial. My company mainly concentrates on Office Cleaning and we are being asked to provide a carpet cleaning service as well so that they can keep everything under the one umbrella.

[Adrian Makel]

a quote from only fools and horses(very good)lol

[Karl Wheeler]

This time next year i'll be a millionaire.....

[Adrian Makel]

lets hope so lol

[Karl Wheeler]

As if .....but we can all dream can't we 

[Buster Ingram]

Trevor am I missing some thing here, you say your broom is 40 yrs old :

Then in the next sentance you say its had 12 new heads and 4 new handles

Which parrt of the broom is 40 yrs old :

The scew that hold the head to the handle

Thats the sort of thing I hear from Machine salesman regularly

[Cleaning Resource]

good job your names already dave, innit rodney

[Geoff Jewkes]

Nice one Trig   

[Karl Wheeler]

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