For anyone that knew me in my former guise on here as 'Pingu many years back you'll know that I can be either very ocd about knowing everything about my business as per when I first started to the other extreme where for the past 2 years I have just lost total intrest and just treated everything like a job I just turn up and do.
So with a new lease upon life and a re-gained interest.... I am now rebuilding both my van ( delivery system) and my static production side i.e membrane in the shed
Got lots of new toys coming.... Exceed tubeless setup for all my poles, Exceed all weather hose (100meter), more univalves, elec reel...and the list just goes on - Havn't really invested too much in the business recently so decided to fix whats broke and improve where I can.
So.... Plenty people heating water with immersion heaters.... Do you just fill a tank and heat it? do you actually know to the nearest 50litres how much you really need per day.
How much does your system make/waste per day when its 22deg opposed to when its say 2deg?
What exactly is your good to waste ratio at different temp, pressures on your membrane?
Would adding a booster pump actually make a difference to your production costs i.e 4040 HF5 @50psi opposed to say boosted to 85psi and if you do this would an HF4 be better?.... how much would this cost or save you.
Does adding an extra set of jets to your brush cost you more than its actually worth? I'm not having a pop Nathan
Would using one of those standalone gas heaters cheaper in the long run opposed to say heating water with electricity?
Is an electric reel really worth it to you..... does it make you super faster ? or just easier than picking up the reel lifting out of the van (for those that do) and hand reeling in 40, 60, 100 meters of hose on a tiny spindle or would making the spindle larger actually make that process easier/quicker?
Would not having to open your van doors make you quicker on a day, week, month or yearly basis by simply routing your reel through the van floor via a hawse/fairlead/rollers/slip & slid type thingy and through your bumper and having your poles ontop of the van in a carrier be better?
We all spend money on our business's and do our accounts, here in The Netherlands we start paying VAT 21% at week1 day 1.... so 21% straight to the government (yes there is tax relief)....
How much more profitable could we all be if we knew much more about our business's and then made adjustments.
Even something as simple as knowing how much spits out the end the brush per minute and how long each job takes would allow us to fill our tanks based on fact and this one item may save us money each year as we are not carrying around excess weight or heating it for no-good reason.
So I suppose after this long ramble my question is what else can we do to avoid unnecessary costs over a year?
WFP is a simple process, make good enough water, stick it in the van, pump it up and out of the pole/brush, place on window, scrub, rinse job done....simples
Cheers
Dave.