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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: russ_clark on February 06, 2015, 07:12:37 am

Title: Best Pole for employees?
Post by: russ_clark on February 06, 2015, 07:12:37 am: For those that employ what pole would you recommend for them?
Ideally around 24 ft so they can access 2nd storey when required,
As everyone I am sure knows staff do not look after equipment like
you or me. So cost and spares do come into it.
Many Thanks
Russ
Title: Re: Best Pole for employees?
Post by: Clever Forum Name on February 06, 2015, 07:16:09 am: If you are earning £3000 a day and not VAT reg like some chumps. Go for extreme poles and replace them every week.

Now for some useful info.

Deffo CLX. Great for newbies. Then I would look at SLX's. As you will probably earn more. Easier to use. Less whip etc etc.
Title: Re: Best Pole for employees?
Post by: David lingard on February 06, 2015, 07:45:26 am: CLX 18s do 2nd floors for us, in each van we have 2 x 18ft poles and 1x 30-40ft depending on the round. No complaints about tired arms that way :)

Our northern round just bought 2 x SLX 18s and they swear they are worth the little extra money. As above says its what you can afford, with Gardiners the more you pay the better you get.
Title: Re: Best Pole for employees?
Post by: Smudger on February 06, 2015, 07:52:26 am: Slx 25 is the standard pole for my guys, does 99 % of our work, sl2 for higher than 3 storey work.

I start them off with a clx27 (training pole) if they treat that with respect then they get the slx

The guys use sl x's because they do have heavy workloads and I try to make their life as easy as poss.

Darran
Title: Re: Best Pole for employees?
Post by: Scrimble on February 06, 2015, 07:57:17 am: xtreme 18 and 25
Title: Re: Best Pole for employees?
Post by: Tony dunmall on February 06, 2015, 08:21:43 am: I used to give staff extremes, to be honest they looked after them in a way!

But I would as many have said either slx 22" or 25 there robust enough even if they last a year they've earnt you well
Title: Re: Best Pole for employees?
Post by: Richard Stevenson on February 06, 2015, 11:48:17 am: Get them brodex metal pole it will last forever and your guy will be the strongest windows cleaners in town.
Title: Re: Best Pole for employees?
Post by: Ian Lancaster on February 08, 2015, 06:26:13 pm: Quote from: Richard Stevenson on February 06, 2015, 11:48:17 am
Get them brodex metal pole it will last forever and your guy will be the strongest windows cleaners in town.

+1 All our franchisees get a set of Brodex poles as part of the package. They're welcome to buy whatever they want after that, but most of them still use the Brodex - and they still have their original poles!! They also use converted Unger trad poles for 2-storie work - again tough as old boots but light enough to use all day and every day.
Title: Re: Best Pole for employees?
Post by: SB Cleaning on February 08, 2015, 07:22:28 pm: Mines got a Slx 25...

No way would I give him a brodex unless I wanted him off on the sick after 6 months with back and neck pain ::)roll
Title: Re: Best Pole for employees?
Post by: Soupy on February 08, 2015, 07:26:17 pm: SLX
Title: Re: Best Pole for employees?
Post by: Richard Stevenson on February 08, 2015, 08:43:41 pm: Seriously we have a couple of brodex metal poles and there ok for workers they are tough and quite light, the thing that spoils them is the heavy brush, which would probably take a direct hit from a nuclear bomb.
Title: Re: Best Pole for employees?
Post by: the king on February 09, 2015, 06:10:50 am: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YycUHaVcvFs

there defo strong an there prity stiff to just heavy
Title: Re: Best Pole for employees?
Post by: Tony dunmall on February 09, 2015, 08:18:42 pm: Could've damaged the porche 😄