Thank you for the input.
I have an Amtex right now and it has been a great machine and Ben is good at customer service. But he does use a lot of little sensors that go out all the time and after having it for around 6 years it doesnt heat too great. One of the main reasons I like the Dynachem is its soo simple doesn't look like it has a whole lot of things that could break which would be hard to fix myself with easy to get parts that I don't have to order. Or at least that's how it looks.
This is true for most truckmounts
Yeah they are great in theory. But if you keep an eye on your fluids and do routine maintenence I don't see any reason I need a low oil level shutoff sensor. Also as for an auto shutoff for the recovery tank like you said after doing this for so many years I can tell when a job is big enough to fill my tank so I would need to drain some out at the halfway point. And I've gone through multiple recovery tank sensors. All those lights and switches and sensors are nice to have when theyr'e working. But when they go out its a pain to order them wait for them pay for them and replace them.
Descale
I do weekly and no major improvement. I think its just getting to the end of its road and it seems dumb to me anyway to put a bunch of money into trying to refurbish an old machine. In my experience once they start having problems its kinda a chain reaction where multiple things keep breaking. I mean would you keep pouring money into a car if it had like 250,000 miles on it? There just seems like there comes a point where you just have bite the bullet an buy a new one. Sucks though to spend money for a new one.
My wand that came from Amtex has a really simple remedy for that. He welded a little tube to the side of the wand and connected it to the trigger with a little ball valve and whenever you have to set it down to take a call you just crack that valve open a tad and it lets water bypass into the wand that gets sucked back into the machine so no fear of overheating. I'm probably just gonna keep using that wand so overheating won't be an issue.
You might want to think about an auto pumpout. Hydro-force makes a 115 volt model that goes inline with your vac hose. Also acts as a filter screen. Let's you do large jobs with dumping. I have 2 old plexi-glass versions that are over 20 years old and still work fine.
Cool I'll take a look thanks!
Didn't recognize the bathtub.
If your wand came from Amtex it's probably a West-pac
What year model is your Amtex? You said you had it for around 6 years. Has the exhaust manifolds burned in half yet? I’m sure you’ve found that any custom made part is a pain to put on because they’re not the exact same size.
Thanks for the reply. The descaling is because or water is really hard. I gotte replace my water heater at the house like every 5 years. I only had to replace my pump once like a couple of months ago. And no my mufflers aren't rusted out yet either. A used one probably not an option around here we are a pretty small town and dont really have any big cities anywhere close also no one around here to install it. Im also just not willing to start another big loan at my age. All the big 3 just cost more than I wanna borrow. Like I said earlier $17,000 is only like a $400 payment that's cake and I can take off anytime I want without the stress of some big payment hanging over my head for the next 5 years. Oh I also have 2 kids in college.
You know what I lied my wife thinks I got that machine more like 8-9 years ago. Its a 30/47 stack. It doesn't look anything like the new one. Actually been a good machine its just getting worn out.
Well the first thing I plan on doing is what my Amtex has on it. It's a ball valve that has a hose on it that runs through the floor right bend the quick connect for the pressure hose. Open that valve a bit for flood work and full bore at the end of a job while I roll up the hoses to cool it off. Super easy and effective.
