Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: markpowell on March 19, 2009, 08:58:51 pm
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Truckmount on ebay looks a decent set up for the money item number 110365919415
Mark
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Mark
Never seen so many t mount for sale and some more on the buy and for sale section on here ::)
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Its now going for £1050 buy it now with wand, upholstery tool, waste water tank and hoses.
Mark
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Unfinished project I would be asking what needs doing first before bidding
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Water tank is missing for starters - no idea how much one of these is.
Then you would probably have to take it to Hydramaster to be checked out rather than take the sellers word for it.
Even if you had to throw another grand at it then its still a bargain - Hydramaster have 2 spitfires due in, both have significantly higher hours on the clock and they are both around the 3 grand mark.
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Steve
Are you in the market for a TM as well?
Would be a good move if you are.
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Tank is as much as a grand and £60 plus vat an hour for labour and you'll want air fliter and plugs etc etc then there's the fit into your van.
That's providing there's nothing wrong elsewhere, I'd say add more like £2k.
Shaun
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There was a 4.0 in an LT on ebay few weeks ago, the whole lot went for £2.5k
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Mike
I missed out on that one because I spent too long weighing up the pros and cons instead of trusting my instincts >:(
Shaun
Thanks for those prices, puts the total outlay into perspective - even so those 2 on Hydramasters site are 3 grand and then as you say you've still got to get it fitted.
Joe
Ultimately I want to be truckmounted as soon as possible, but certainly within the next year. I have just invested a lot of money on marketing products as I need to seriously boost my business - so it's chicken and egg really, got to get more business to justify purchase of T/M
Steve
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Steve if you have the work a TM is a must but only get it when you are pulled out with it, don't forget if you are doing supply and fit a TM takes up quite alot of room so you may need a bigger van.
Also everything in there gets a small coating of fumes so carpets need to be wrapped in plastic.
Shaun
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Steve Clive Wares thinking of selling his max diesel have a peek on TMs
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Steve
I rang the guy in the morning, had a quick chat with someone about it and got back to him. He said there was a guy driving down to see him with the CASH. ;D
Very happy with how it worked out in the end, will keep me happy for a few years I hope. :)
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Shaun
I still do supply and fit but in the current climate it is few and far between - plus I've been doing it for 27 years and I don't want to still be on my knees in 5 years time, thats why last year I decided to put all my efforts into the cleaning side, whereas before it was only an add-on service.
When I do finally get a T/M - if I get any supply and fit work I will consume the cost of renting a van for the duration of the job.
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Steve
What about the HM Max that Lee Grundy had for sale. Iveco van mounted. Looked clean setup. W reg van but last heared it was going for 7500 or offer.
Dont know if Shaun has more insight.
The Carl Collins, Collins Marblesheen was flogging a Paramount 20, only a few hundred hours.
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I thought Marble Sheen's TM was no bargain at all he had literally knocked the vat off and also he'd put a few hundred miles on it so that is why he won't sell it in a hurry.
Lee on the other hand has a 450 diesel aith 2500+ hours but knowing Lee it will be well looked after but he does some dirty carpets!! the van had no tax or test so that could be a problem.
Shaun
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Quite a bit out of my price bracket Joe - in fact most things are out of my price bracket at the moment !
Recently been through a bitter divorce and to cut a long story short I have lost everything - so I am starting again in every sense of the word.
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At least you got out alive!
Shaun
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Steve
Build yourself up to it then but take it easy.
Shaun - originally Lee was going to put 12 months MOT on it but as the price went down he cut that out.
I thought a lot about it. Think it was 31hp (?). Probably clean carpets well on half throttle, and if watercooled it would be good for many more hours.
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Kev Loomes just bought the Spitfire
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Steve
Was just reading that :)
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i looked at it on ebay and asked the questions. it needs new tank thermostat is not wired in and needs pump
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Looks like he will have to take it into h master or let dave ingram have a look ???
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looks like you have missed another bargin Clinton :'(
Your getting nearer to a new machine than you think!
April the 6th is the day ;)
From what Auntie Ken recons your a cowboy so lets say 12 noon, bring the cash
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Have had bargains in the past and they cost me more money ::)
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Very true Clinton I have made the very same mistakes myself.
Going to Woodbridges seemed a bargin but turned into a challenge.
The one good thing about buying secondhand Truckmouts is provided the Blowers are running fine all the other parts are relatively easey to get hold of here in the U.K
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One thing is Dave you don't see many Woodbridge Panthers for sale, only 2 I can think of, Dave Washbrook bought one 2nd hand and Marblesheen is selling another and that's good for a machine that's been out over here for nearly 4 years.
Shaun
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What you have to ask yourself is how many were sold in the first place!
And are all the people who bought them on the forums?
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True but you have to look at it as a cross section of people when you were there you said that they were flying out and over 100 had been sold.
Shaun
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That is what I was told before I started to work there
After the second week there I had to wear wellies all the time because of the bull John Elmore came out with.
In their defence though all the machines I know of, there has never been a real problem with them. Had they of had a front panel to them I'm sure more would have been sold.
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Dave
Are you showing your new set up soon ??? ;D
Is it a portie with uumph ;D
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Clinton
Wash your mouth out! ;D
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;D
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Clinton at this stage all I can say is the machine has been designed for people like you and me who prefer to run small vans. ( Scudo’s)
The machine is a one piece unit with no added extras making the installation a doddle .
Combined in the one piece unit there ia a fresh water tank, waste water tank, 36 ltr fuel tank .
All is needed is to drill 6 holes in the floor of your van and the fitting is complete
Time wise I’d say from start to finish an hour.
Power wise it will be inbetween a Boxxer 318 and the 421