Mike Osbourne had I a very intersting day on Thursday.
Mike came up from Weston Super Mare to north Cheshire to collect his newly aquired Chemspec Avenger truck mount that he purchased off me.
He got here about 10.30 and after a cuppa the I set it up for Mike to have a little play with it with his wand that he brought.
Should have seen the look on his face when I turned the throttle up and he put wand to carpet.
We then disconnected the bits from the Avenger so we could transfer it from my Citroen Relay to his Ford Transit.
We needed plenty of suger in our cuppa to give us the strenght to manouvre the Avenger from one to another.
Actually we did it the easy way and went just down the road where I arranged for a fork lift truck to be available.
One hicup on the way - I did my last job with it Wed afternoon and fogot to empty the waste tank and when we came to take the dischage pipe off it Mike alsmost got the lost over him. Quick reactions saved the day.
Didnt do it deliberately ....... honest :
Back to my place to connect everything back up and give it a test. It took a time to bleed the air out of the pump system but we got there in the end.
After a well earned bite to eat I think Mike went away a happy man. Sure he will tell you his thoughts.
I know hes played about wit the setup today so may be he will tell you how he has gone on.
Today at 6am I set off for Newcastle Upon Tyne to get to Restormate where John Kelly and his lovely wife Lynn hang out. Van felt like Hamiltons McClaren cause it had no weight in the back - great!
Got there about 9.30 and after a cuppa (come in handy dont they) John got the Prowler 15hp that was sold to me by a customer/friend of his, into the back of the van.
This machine only had 22 hours on it so virtually new.
Loaded a 400 litre fresh water tank against the back of the bulkhead, then the Prowler - nice fit.
John arranged to clean 2 largish rugs for the owner of the unit next door so I had a good workout with the Prowler and thats when I also got to try the Flexi 5 I spoke of in another thread.
After another cuppa and a walk thro Johns unit checking out all the tubs of cleaning fluids and bits and pieces he has there I was on my way home by 12.20.
Took the scenic route home, going across from Scotch Corner on the A1 to Tebay and the M6.
Home by 4.20 - bit longer route but beautiful scenery - cant beat it up there.
So Mike with his Chemspec Avenger and me with my Prowler - very interesting times ahead - perhaps more so with Mike as he takes on work with his "new" aquisition and venture into TM's
