[Colin Day]

I've had the Alltec 2 years with no vac/pump changes.

Scorpian 4 years maybe 5 with one vac motor changed £120 and customer fuels it with their electric

Oh yeah, I forgot about how we don't need to spend extra money on fuel....

[Simon Gerrard]

Yeah, but neatly avoided the fact that you can only do a fraction the sales a TM can.

[Carpet Dawg]

Yeah, but neatly avoided the fact that you can only do a fraction the sales a TM can.

How is this a "fact"? Where's the proof? Personaly I think this is a myth. Sure you save some time not filling buckets and emptying but enough time saved to add 2 or 3 jobs on a day??

Plus porty users can literely clean anything and anywhere! i.e. no access issues.

Just out of intrest. How many jobs did you do today Simon? on your own or with a helper.

[Simon Gerrard]

Carpetdawg,
The vast majority of TM users used to have portys, me included, so we've seen the world from both sides. The fact is that tm's are more productive and therefore earn more money which is why we pay the money for them.


Simon

[Colin Day]

I drive past a van with a TM nearly every day.... It's ALWAYS parked up...!

[Colin Day]

And.... I know someone who is getting rid of their TM, because they NEED to work harder to pay for the TM's upkeep....

[AshWhite]

I drive past a van with a TM nearly every day.... It's ALWAYS parked up...!

That's cos he's already been out and earned his crust for the day 

[Colin Day]

At 9 O'Clock

[Colin Day]

I'm sure I spotted spider's webs all over it and a swallow's nest under the left hand wing mirror

[Simon Gerrard]

He doesn't need to turn out much before 11:00, just to give the porty boys a head start but will still be home by three sipping tea whilst counting the cash

[Colin Day]

Dream on.....

[AshWhite]

I must confess that I never start before 9.30am - In an area with a large factory workforce it's not worth upsetting one of the neighbours by waking him from a post night shift sleep too early.

[Simon Gerrard]

Colin,
My wad is bigger than yours

[Colin Day]

But if you go by what a lot of TMr's go on on about, surely this van would ALWAYS be out working... Seems to me like you're clutching at straws Ash....

I go past this van at various times about 3 times a week.

[Colin Day]

Colin,
My wad is bigger than yours

I clean carpets to top my fat war pension up and to keep me out of the pub and pay for luxuries whilst the wife's pay (HOD Teacher) pays for the Mortgage, cars and utility/food bills....

So I'm, considerably... richer than Yow.....!

[AshWhite]

Lol I wasn't wading into the tm vs porty debate, in fact it was more a concession AGAINST tm's- do other tm users do the same?

[Carpet Dawg]

I think the time savings with a TM are minimum. You still have to pre-spray, agitate, move furniture etc some people even vaccum!!
Rinsing with a powerful porty doesn't take that long as it doesn't take that long with a TM.

The two benefits i see with a TM are
a) the not having to fill and empty. But does this really save enough time to add an extra couple or more jobs on a day??
b) a marketing thing. i.e. mines is bigger than yours! lol Granted a TM is a great marketing tool.

Personally I think people that went from porty to TM and think there was a HUGE time saving where just too slow and disorginised  with thier porty

[Simon Gerrard]

Carpet Dawg
Rubbish! 

[Carpet Dawg]

Which part is rubbish Simon? The minimum time saving or marketing tactic?

Do you just go in a rinse??

I'm pulling your leg mate 

 If I spent £30,000+ on a really big van mounted porty, I'd defend it to the hilt too! 

[Simon Gerrard]

Knew you were you little devil