[brianbarber]

As I don't do large amounts of sofas, and use a truck mount, if you're doing two sofas, would you still have the TM running or use the portly, purely on a fuel used basis?


Mr B

[garybristow]

i know what your saying,if i get sofas that just need a freshen up i use my portable,it saves on juice and noise
i leave the porty outside and run the pipes in,the tm will always do a better job generally speaking on mingers
if your quick on upholstery use the tm

[Jim_77]

Why the hell would you NOT use the best machine possible if it's sitting there?!!  Fuel use is nothing for a suite, it's only running 45 minutes.

To hell arsing about with all those buckets!  I did a porty job the other day because my truckmount's been apart for a repair.  Bedroom 8'x6' with a paint spillage, took me almost 2 hours!!!!!  Nearly called in at the local tip on the way home to chuck the damn thing away.

[Ian Gourlay]

At your prices I would have got a new carpet and taken that to the tip.

2hrs =£200 could get a good carpet for that

[gwrightson]

i know what your saying,if i get sofas that just need a freshen up i use my portable,it saves on juice and noise
i leave the porty outside and run the pipes in,the tm will always do a better job generally speaking on mingers
if your quick on upholstery use the tm

Gary,I dont really see your logic !!
By the time you have unloaded porty,filled with water etc you could have the sofa cleaned in half the time,fuel not an issue really, noise well imo   a good thing ,it has the potential of attracting custys.and as you have already said better job

Geoff

[Mike Halliday]

i don't own a portable, if i can't use the truckmount the job  gets passed onto another carpet cleaner... (I've only passed on 1 job this year)

i run the truckmount on low revs and open a small gate valve on the wastetank to allows air to leak in

[davep]

You need a porty in Liverpool as so many apartments

Agree it is a pain with buckets but still gets the job done

[garybristow]

actually your right geoff im talking out my arse
what i meant was,if your running two lenghts of 50 ft hose and 2 lenghts of solution hose to a sofa that is not dirty as such,whats the difference to sticking half a bucket of fabric rinse into a porty i hose and plugging it in,im not saying i do it every job but every once and a while its actually easier? in my humble opinion
gary

[gwrightson]

ahhhh..........  Gary, now you didnt say that did you? 

so yes I do agree with you, you WAS talking out of your arse 

Geoff

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Using a porty in this scenario when you have a perfectly good TM is great if you want to but one thing it does do is make you glad that you don't use a porty on a regular basis 

Shaun

[Simon Gerrard]

Using a porty in this scenario when you have a perfectly good TM is great if you want to but one thing it does do is make you glad that you don't use a porty on a regular basis 

Shaun

Couldn't have put it better myself

[garyfindlay]

I used a porty on upholstery the other day, but that was cos the job was 14 floors up. The upholstery was ok, but the carpet was a nightmare. soooo many dry passes. Was dry foam an option? Whats  the highest floor you`ve ran a truckmount to? Simon doesn`t need to answer

[Mike Halliday]

I'll go up to the 3rd floor if i'm parked directly under the window, but this is only with a helper.... if i was alone i would'nt work above the second floor.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Sorry but that's the 2nd floor   

Shaun

[Simon Gerrard]

 

[jon barnes]

I used a porty on upholstery the other day, but that was cos the job was 14 floors up. The upholstery was ok, but the carpet was a nightmare. soooo many dry passes. Was dry foam an option? Whats  the highest floor you`ve ran a truckmount to? Simon doesn`t need to answer

We occasionally run our TM  up to the 14th floor of a block of flats it's a pain but easier than buying a porty we would never otherwise use

[Warren Aldridge]

I do a few flats. How's this one... not high, but parked quite far away (legally)

[Billy Russell]

This is a block of oap flats i do regular, i tried doing one of the flats on the top floor with a porty once, and it was only once! 

[Steve_Knight]

I used a porty on upholstery the other day, but that was cos the job was 14 floors up. The upholstery was ok, but the carpet was a nightmare. soooo many dry passes. Was dry foam an option? Whats  the highest floor you`ve ran a truckmount to? Simon doesn`t need to answer

14th floor restaurant in the centre of Birmingham

[Simon Gerrard]

 ;)Steve,
You know why that is, don't you? UCC.