Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Steve Chapman on August 14, 2006, 06:18:45 pm
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Hi all,
Have been thinking of late of upgrading to a truckmount and seen that Hydramaster do a complete setup with new van and machine etc for about £18 000.
Has anyone gone down this route and do you think it's a good deal or would it be better to buy separate?
I think the truckmount is a spitfire 3.2.
Would appreciate your comments
steve
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i just bought a second hand spitfire 4.0, im very pleased with it! top truckmounts!
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Craig, hows the truck mount going. I am hoping you now know why I think portables are toys. Best, Dave.
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Dave, yes i do! i was just tickling the carpet before! ;D
its brillient ive not looked back. ;)
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yawn, yawn , yawn
how did you ever manage before? ;)
I hate to think how much dirt you left in the carpets before your t/m , are you saying they wernt clean before?
just wondering, !!!!!!!!!!
I can just see your new advert, "20 times more powerful than a portable" ;D ;D Yawn
Geoff
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Woodbridge do a similar deal on truckmount / van set ups. I dont have any prices, but my pro mount 20 T/M was about £4000 less than the equivalent hydramaster boxer?
Cheers
Chris
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lol Geoff, im not saying i left carpets dirty before, but i will say i left them not as clean as i do now!
thats a good idea, 20 times more powerful, have to put it on my leaflets ;D i never thought of that ;)
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Nice setup chris, do yo know what vans woodbridge do??
regards
steve
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oh, hydramaster are more but they are top machines, you gets what you pay for, and hydramaster been making truck mounts over 30 years, and you'll be looked after with them, after sales is exellent, even if you get a second hand one, they'll take time out to go through everything with you.
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carpet doctor why not pop over to woodbridge event on saturday and look at both prochem and the panther truckmounts that will be there give you some idea. then ask hydromaster to give you a demo. but bear in mind woodbridge are doing free upgrades on the day so pay for the 18 and get the 20 or pay for the 20 and get the twin 25
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hi carpet doctor if your looking for a good piece of kit ive got the woodbridge pro 25 i looked at all the other truckmounts about .and for reliability vale for money and an excellent back up service .i think second to none .woodbridge came out tops hands down.whenever ive needed anything its been there straight away.and i live in plymouth 250+miles away.but two yards from another truckmount company.ive had the machine which is dual wand since jan with over 800 hours on the clock now with out so much as a hicup .i dont know why but a few people tend to knock woodbridge all the time for some reason .but i speak as i find.and i dont think youll go far wrong with one of their machines i hope you all the best with what ever machine you buy
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Thanks for all the replies,
Nobody has actually answered the original question, if it's a good deal for a van and truckmount all in one package???? :P
Do you think it's a good way to save money???
regards
steve
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probably not cus the price you get the van for you could get it less, look around at new vans on the net, theres some real good deals. that cant be beaten buy TM suppliers.
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"20 times more powerful than a porty"
Most portys run at approx 100psi,except high end machines which will be higher.
So if you are going to advertise 100 times more powerful than a porty,will you be cleaning carpets at 2000 psi?
Your ad could read something like-
"there won't be much of your carpet left but at least it will be clean" ;D
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Funny you should say that, "cleaning carpet at 2000 psi."
I too have a Panther and its the only Truck-mounted machine around that will in fact work at these pressures, hard surfaces that is. Never thought of cleaning carpets at that kind of pressure though :-\
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Dave, the Prowler works at 2000psi as well. Have been using it all week to clear silt from a huge warehouse after a burst water main.
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John,
For a complete set up built into a van what would the prowler cost?
Arthur
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Sorry John forgot all about the Prowler, the added advantage you have over all the others is you have no wast tank to keep empting. ;)
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Sorry John forgot all about the Prowler, the added advantage you have over all the others is you have no wast tank to keep empting. ;)
So where does the waste go?
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Art its MAGIC the wast water just dissapears in a cloud of steam!
I'll let John tell you aall about that bit :-X
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After a heavy 16 hour day I'll not go into too much detail, just winding down before I retire to my pit.
The Prowler sucks the waste water directly through the blower which vapourises a good proportion of it. The remainder is directed to a suitable drain or onto ground. or can be directed to a storage container.
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So what would the total cost of the set up be?
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There are quite a few truck mounts that clean at 2000 psi. The Everest I think it
is called will clean at 3000 psi. Very little use for it I know and personaly I dont
like the machine but it doesnt alter the fact it can go to 3000, best, Dave. P.S.
Put the prowler in a very good second hand van and you will end up with a
better deal than the starting post is suggesting.
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if you want to look at cheap vans then in my opinion the best place is vans direct based in wales i bought the trafic for thousands less and it was delivered direct to my door
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Arthur....we don't lease vans. The full cost of the Prowler is £5,995 (+ VAT). The only other thing you need to get going is a Water Tank (we can supply these, all sizes). I use a 400 Litre Upright which is £144 (+ VAT).
Cheers
John
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Hi John,
Sorry my question wasn't very clear, i didn't mean the van aswell.
What i was asking was what would the cost be with the prowler & water tank all fitted and ready to go or would i have to arrange fitting seperately?
Arthur
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No fitting required other than the tank and steel cradle which is held down with 2 screws.
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John,
Any chance of giving the approximate dimensions of the prowler and water tank?
And does the setup come with hose reel etc??
Cheers
steve
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http://www.btowstore.com/epages/Store.sf/?ObjectPath=/Shops/15094/Products/TM01
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Just opened my post from Woodbridge.
says you can have ProMount 25 for £8 a day although there is apicture of a van Im not sure if this included.
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I had a loan of a prowler for a week or so some time back.Found it to be on par with my blazer does not take much space up either,you can easily remove it from your van if need be and it is easy to work on as you can get to everything quite easily.Paul King has his in a transporter and still has plenty room so a big van is not necessary.
Only thing I found was it used a lot of water but apparently that was my fault because I was not opening the by pass valve on the wand so it was dumping water when it reached temperature :-[
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Nice pic, helps to see the size of the thing inside a van, and it does seem quite compact compared to other tm's.
regards
steve
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not knocking the prowler but regarding space and compactness perhaps it helps in this particular picture that there is no hose reel !???
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Hi
And no water tank.
Dave
PS That one has a Kohler engine. i've also seen Honda engined ones.
Which would you say is better.
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You are both correct of course, i hadn't thought about that, but the actual machine is still smaller , ideal if you have a smaller van ;)
regards
steve
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Steve if you have time on Saturday get yourself across to Woodbridge's Open Day.
I'll show you how I've got a quart into a pint pot so to speak!
In other words a Panther 20 with racking capable of holding 18 5ltr containers a hose reel containing 225' of vac hose along with a 50 gallon fresh water tank.
All in a Fiat Scudo.
Graham Boyle's comming along with me, he'll be the guy strapped to my back doors ;D
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Dave,
As the panther seems bigger than the prowler, then am i right in saying it would be easier to fit the prowler into a scudo?
Arthur
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Art, the Prowler and your whole family will fit in a van that size
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The only down side I can see is the fresh water tank, on the panther range they fit under the machine. The Prowler's will have to stand alone! Thus taking up more floor space?
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Dave, is the footprint of the prowler smaller than the panther?
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Arthur,
I would not of thought so. The Panther is a very small machine compaired to many others considering they have a Rootes 45 blower.
From what I can see the advantage with the Prowler is you have the demountable facility along with the fact its runs without a wast water tank.
Maybe you could fit the fresh water tank behind the machince in place of a wast tank? This would free up a lot of valueble space.
John Kelly is the best guy to speak to about these machines as yet I have not had the pleasure of one yet.
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Hi
And no water tank.
Dave
PS That one has a Kohler engine. i've also seen Honda engined ones.
Which would you say is better.
My pic shows the prowler + blazer + tanks in the same van.These pics are of Mr Kings van starting to get put together
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Next two pictures may give some idea of size
"Where's my truckmount sure it in there somewhere !"
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There it is!
Really is that small! there a blower and steampro behind the hose ramp as well
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I know i've asked this before, but is there any chance it would be possible to set up the prowler or panther in the back of a hilux surf???
I'm really loathed to get rid of it but all the same need to upgrade to a truckmount ::)
regards
steve
P.S. - it's quite amazing how space there is in the back when you know where to put it ;D
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come along to woodbridge event on saturday and do some measuring up
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Nice pictures Paul fits in very nicely.
Steve the thing that would bother me about puting a T/M in you hi-lux is it would be on show went not in use!
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Steve as I've said before not really practical because no matter how careful you are there are always spillages. This would soon have your truck smelling like a wet camel.
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I fear it already does :'(
Seriously i know what you're saying, it's just that it's very well known around town and has never let me down, but i guess it's time to go bigger.
As i've got my options open, what would be the best setup van/machine wise , busy times i'm doing about 25 jobs a week, the poor extracta can keep up!
regards
steve
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I know i'm sticking my neck out here, but what really is the ideal van for a truck mount, medium size, I don't want anything that is going to be awkward to park, but am seriously going for a new vehicle. 8)
comments???
regards
steve
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im very happy with the trafic swb which has a t/m in
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going to put a prowler into a new VW caddy next week just to see if it fits, will let you know, we also have to have small van for parking also so might be of interest.
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Paul,
It would be interesting to see how it works out and what space you have left
cheers
steve