Gary,
So Truck Mount operators are blinkered in their approach to buying equipment? We spend all of that money on state-of-the-art equipment, but it is no better than cleaning systems that cost a fraction of that investment? You must think we are all stupid, or at least that is what your 'blinkered' comment tends to suggest.
Our latest Truck Mount is the Hydramaster Titan 875, powered by a 1.6 litre fuel injected engine that represents an investment of over £50,000 and can run three RX20's simultaneously with up to 1,000 feet of hoses. The heat exchange system can deliver a constant 230 degrees of heat to three RX20's at up to nine litres per minute. The system can clean 1600 square yards of carpet in four hours or five pieces of upholstery at the same time. You can compete with that can you?
Where I do agree with you is that the skill of the operator is paramount and as in everything there are the good the bad and the downright awful.
Let's not get into a slanging match here, you have obviously chosen your business model, as have I and everyone else who does something from a different angle than the rest. That doesn't mean that anyone one of us is right, or wrong, it's just that we've each chosen to do things our own way, for our own reasons and the fact that we have built successful business is the bit we have in common.
Simon