PORTABLES ARE FOR LOSERS!

ChemicallyFried wrote: Lets get to reality.  No customer base will be built with portables.  Your customers are not stupid.  They want an upscale cleaning.  Lets all hit reality now. I have run portables and tm, and you will get NO respect or repeat business on portables.  Truck mounts I am banging down a whore business worthy of a gamer.  Its fun.  So to any dumb ass who thinks they will succeed with a portable, I say nothing.  Go for it. I wish you the best.  FOOL!

    

Switched back to Rotary Shampoo and use the porty for extracting of stain treatments, tile and grout or where I want to offer clear water rinsing.  Since the shampoo is a 7 ph no need to neutralize.  No need for a TM, not interested in fire/water damage jobs.

Contrary to the rumors, shampoo doesn't leave behind residue.  Polymer technology made sure of that. 

Ream57 wrote: CF, First of all it is very obvious they we can both say that a truckmount can outperform a portable , that is not the issue.  And yes you are right that it will be harder for a portable user to obtain and sustain a carpet cleaning business than it will be for a truckmount user. And of course like I stated previously I would rather own a truckmount than a portable.  WHO WOULDN'T?  But for those of us that are starting are business or are not in the point in our business's where we can afford a truckmount, there still is hope.  Just like when you started off you owned a portable, maybe multiple portables.  WHY...because at that point in your business you were looking for what was more cost effective so that your business could survive until your customer base was big enough to where you could justify purchasing a truckmount.  And thats all I'm saying... You shouldn't SLAM others that are not at that point in their game yet.  Why not let them know about how you made it through your trenchs with the portable.  All I'm trying to do is offer hope for those starting off because more than likely it is rough for them right now, like it is for me, but I'm making it and WOWING my customers all the way to the bank while doing it or should I say WOWING them all the way to the truckmount [IMG]height=17 alt=Wink src="http://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/smileys/smiley2.gif" width=17 align=absMiddle>.  And as far as making it goes I just landed a contract with Best Western hotel for 109 rooms yesterday [IMG]height=18 alt="Money Smile" src="http://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/smileys/smilesmoney.gif" width=18 align=absMiddle>.  Keep your heads up portable guys!!

Thanks for the advice that will help me on my job in the morning.You are right we have to start somewhere! of course TM are a lot better than portables but like you said who can afford one if you are just starting out.
    

Gotta start somewhere though, right!?!  Its just a means to an end.  The portable being the means  and the truckmount being the end. Good Day guys, signing out, gotta hotel customer to go WOW.

Edited by Ream57 - 15/November/2007 at 10:57am

CF, First of all it is very obvious they we can both say that a truckmount can outperform a portable , that is not the issue.  And yes you are right that it will be harder for a portable user to obtain and sustain a carpet cleaning business than it will be for a truckmount user. And of course like I stated previously I would rather own a truckmount than a portable.  WHO WOULDN'T?  But for those of us that are starting are business or are not in the point in our business's where we can afford a truckmount, there still is hope.  Just like when you started off you owned a portable, maybe multiple portables.  WHY...because at that point in your business you were looking for what was more cost effective so that your business could survive until your customer base was big enough to where you could justify purchasing a truckmount.  And thats all I'm saying... You shouldn't SLAM others that are not at that point in their game yet.  Why not let them know about how you made it through your trenchs with the portable.  All I'm trying to do is offer hope for those starting off because more than likely it is rough for them right now, like it is for me, but I'm making it and WOWING my customers all the way to the bank while doing it or should I say WOWING them all the way to the truckmount .  And as far as making it goes I just landed a contract with Best Western hotel for 109 rooms yesterday .  Keep your heads up portable guys!!

cmaster wrote: Glides don't really do anything for cleaning, just ease of use and drying times

Yeah, I know. I meant anything related to cleaning, including drying times.

I've been doing sections of rooms with and without glides and testing the difference. So far the results are inconclusive.

When you get up to 300-400 cfm, you'll appreciate the glide. Still, I wonder......