[Michael Peterson]

interested if anyone has experience in this, just put an extra real etc in out ducato to make a three man system, the idea is to have one delivering leaflets etc where we are already working and then work as a three man team on the bigger houses or where we have a few in the street, the extra wages arnt a problem because its already run as a two man system i would just jump in it, has anyone or does anyone do anything similar i would love to hear your imput, thanks lads

[Scrimble]

unless its a large commercial i would say not a good idea, tangled hoses and not efficient use of workers,

1 man per van with 2 vans will turnover more than 2 men in 1 van and in my opinion still more than 3 men in 1 van

[britishwill]

I time every job we do. This includes the time for one man, two men and 3 men.

Two men is not twice as fast as one man for some reason and 3 men is not much faster than 2 men even on the larger houses. I do not know why but the best man/time is def one but then a two man operation is much better fun, keeps motivation up and is obviously safer. I will not use a three man team again unless we have a very large building to clean.

[Michael Peterson]

not even rotating the workers and having one delivering our priced leaflets

[Michael Peterson]

?

[Darranvps]

Michael
I have three vans in Ashford - and often have three men in each one
It depends on the type of work you do.

If I was you I would look into employing two men and you going out getting more work for yourself, then get another van and repeat each time you get enough work.............

[mikeyfaerosyth]

Guy near me does this,3 men,3 100m reels working from a wee seat inca,400 litre tank.


Must work for him or he wouldnt do it,personelly I would have one real and other two on backpacks.

And a bigger van.

[telfordwindowclnr]

On some jobs, we have 4 working from the van and two from the L200. It does pay with 6 out of two vehicles.

[Richard iSparkle]

over christmas we had 3 working from one van and it worked really well on domestics.  we only had 2 working on the poles tho and the other as a runner and driver.  Meant we got thru 20% more than 2 of my men would

[Michael Peterson]

thanks very much for all of your advice and opinions lads its helped me a lot

[KS Cleaning]

I am currently working three men from 1 van, 2 men wfp using backpacks which are filled from a 650 tank, the third man (me) trad cleaning patio doors, front / back doors and knocking for payment. Works well for me, obv depends on what type of work you have tho. I used to have two vans on the road, but now that I have went back to 1 van, yes turnover is down slightly, but the important thing is profit is up due to less overheads.

[PAUL ERITH]

I would think the only reason it works for solar steve and rhino man is that their work seems to be loads of cleaning with out moving eg one day on a location.

Paul

[CLEANCARE WC]

I would think the only reason it works for solar steve and rhino man is that their work seems to be loads of cleaning with out moving eg one day on a loaction.

Paul

thats exactly it lets assume your an off the tools boss like richy wilts  so you have 3 employees in one van on a domestic round unless its very compact all the down time driving between jobs etc is times 3 and that eats into profit

[bobplum]

i work like three men....so no need to employ

[Richard S]

I am about to do a similar thing.

you have 3 set ups

always a back up

2 men on pole and rotate

not so bad if you have houses all close together

If it don't work perfectly atleast you tried.
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