[Paul Moss]

Derek, your now starting to sound like Billy 

[Billy Russell]

Derek, your now starting to sound like Billy 

Better than sounding like you, pea brain!

 

[Susan Dean (1stclean)]

wow some great old cleaners there , i am  thinking i may try and fire up the model c and clean my mother shed carpet with it , just to see her face  she will be so happy ,

she doesnt get truck mounts , every time i pull up in one of ours its " your dad never used anything like that" lololol times have changed chems have got weaker and customs have all become experts

[Neil Williams]

Woodbridge Powermate.2001
75 psi on the pump, 2 x 2 stage suction motors, single jet wand, 25 foot of 1.5 inch hose. Ah those were the days when I had to take that machine up the stairs! And as already mentioned filling up every 20 minutes.
On the plus side at least it had a heater unlike the scorpian I upgraded to .
As an alternative to that method I then bought the Texatherm system to use when needed.
And now it TM time but I'm sure that it was starting with such delights as single jet and 75 psi that made me ensure that I spent enough time getting it right..... sometimes a long time getting it right..... infact sometimes an eternity getting it right

[Mark_Jubb]

Back in 1985 the company I joined used  Holloway Aquarius twin tanks and a drag wand.
The solution tank stood about 3 1/2 feet tall, was square and made of stainless steel. It had a Stuart pump if I remember correctly, and had a kettle element for a heater. The waste tank was similar in size, round and again stainless steel with a single 2 stage vac sitting in a housing on the top (looked like a glorified oil-drum on wheels). The drag wand had a roller at the back and a ruddy great lump of brass on the front to weigh it down. The tanks used to lie on their backs side by side, with the wand in between them in the back of an escort van, there wasn't a lot of room then for anything else except a Gloria pre-spray and a few spotters.

[jon barnes]

when i first started in 1974 we used Stimvac senior, two very heavy stainless steel units. the water pump was a stuart tuner 60 psi [same as they used in the pub trade to pump beer] alway breaking down. We had it modified with a hydro piston pump  [very noisey] The vac unit broke into 2 parts [waste tank and vac motor] also we only used drag wands. can remember our first wand [ a scrub wand from 'Cleancare International'  - it had a roller on the back - their hand tools were the best on the market Still rember my 1st Job - Playboy club in Portsmouth  shame there were no bunnies around

Terry

[Mike_Roper]

It was the CX for me with a scrubba back in 89
Mike

[Carpet Dawg]

The first machine i used was an extracta (not 100% sure which one) and a Numatic ct570 back when I used to work for someone when i was 15 - 17ish. First machine I bought was the Numactic CT570. That was 12 years ago! 

With the right chems, technique and dwell time it did a good job!