[Steve Chapman]

Hi all,

Have been thinking of late of upgrading to a truckmount and seen that Hydramaster do a complete setup with new van and machine etc for about £18 000.

Has anyone gone down this route and do you think it's a good deal or would it be better to buy separate?

I think the truckmount is a spitfire 3.2.

Would appreciate your comments
steve

[craigp]

i just bought a second hand spitfire 4.0, im very pleased with it! top truckmounts!

[Liahona]

Craig, hows the truck mount going. I am hoping you now know why I think portables are toys. Best, Dave.

[craigp]

Dave, yes i do! i was just tickling the carpet before!

its brillient ive not looked back.

[gwrightson]

yawn, yawn , yawn

how did you ever manage before?

I hate to think how much dirt you left in the carpets before your t/m , are you saying they wernt clean before? 
 just wondering, !!!!!!!!!!   

 I can just see your new advert, "20 times more powerful than a portable"    Yawn

 Geoff

[Chris R]

Woodbridge do a similar deal on truckmount / van set ups. I dont have any prices, but my pro mount 20 T/M was about £4000 less than the equivalent hydramaster boxer?
Cheers
Chris

[craigp]

lol Geoff, im not saying i left carpets dirty before, but i will say i left them not as clean as i do now!

thats a good idea, 20 times more powerful, have to put it on my leaflets i never thought of that

[Steve Chapman]

Nice setup chris, do yo know what vans woodbridge do??
regards
steve

[craigp]

oh, hydramaster are more but they are top machines, you gets what you pay for, and hydramaster been making truck mounts over 30 years, and you'll be looked after with them, after sales is exellent, even if you get a second hand one, they'll take time out to go through everything with you.

[craigp]

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[carpetclean]

carpet doctor why not pop over to woodbridge event on saturday and look at both prochem and the panther truckmounts that will be there give you some idea. then ask hydromaster to give you a demo. but bear in mind woodbridge are doing free upgrades on the day so pay for the 18 and get the 20 or pay for the 20 and get the twin 25

[jewell]

hi carpet doctor if your looking for a good piece of kit ive got the woodbridge pro 25 i looked at all the other truckmounts about .and for reliability vale for money and an excellent back up service .i think second to none .woodbridge came out tops hands down.whenever ive needed anything its been there straight away.and i live in plymouth 250+miles away.but two yards from another truckmount company.ive had the machine which is dual wand since jan with over 800 hours on the clock now with out so much as a hicup .i dont know why but a few people tend to knock woodbridge all the time for some reason .but i speak as i find.and i dont think youll go far wrong with one of their machines i hope you all the best with what ever machine you buy 

[Steve Chapman]

Thanks for all the replies,

Nobody has actually answered the original question, if it's a good deal for a van and truckmount all in one package?

Do you think it's a good way to save money???

regards
steve

[craigp]

probably not cus the price you get the van for you could get it less, look around at new vans on the net, theres some real good deals. that cant be beaten buy TM suppliers.

[HQCS (John Kastrian)]

"20 times more powerful than a porty"
Most portys run at approx 100psi,except high end machines which will be higher.
So if you are going to advertise 100 times more powerful than a porty,will you be cleaning carpets at 2000 psi?
Your ad could read something like-
"there won't be much of your carpet left but at least it will be clean"

[Buster Ingram]

Funny you should say that, "cleaning carpet at 2000 psi."
I too have a Panther and its the only Truck-mounted machine around that will in fact work at these pressures, hard surfaces that is.  Never thought of cleaning carpets at that kind of pressure though

[John Kelly]

Dave, the Prowler works at 2000psi as well. Have been using it all week to clear silt from a huge warehouse after a burst water main.

[Art]

John,

 For a complete set up built into a van what would the prowler cost?

Arthur

[Buster Ingram]

Sorry John forgot all about the Prowler, the added advantage you have over all the others is you have no wast tank to keep empting.

[Art]

Sorry John forgot all about the Prowler, the added advantage you have over all the others is you have no wast tank to keep empting.

So where does the waste go?