Goodbye my old friend

[adamh]

Good by old friend. In 2008 Thomas Fielding gave me this machine when I left Blue line. It has ran and helped support my family ever since. This thing has made hundreds of thousands of dollars. It still has many good parts but as a whole it's time to retire it. The hour meter stopped working 6 years ago. So who knows how many hours it has. We have had several TMs come ang since but she kept making money. I feel like I am putting an old dog down. Rest in peace old Blue. Thanks again Thom.

 

[Mikey P]

I read that and thought Tom died..

That was aweful cool of him to give you that.


So what three units are you running now?

I think you should base your speech on your experience on the other side of the industry and how you went from a Vortex to a RAGE and still kill it.

 

[adamh]

We have a Rage and a Prochem. We are buying a rebuilt Legend from John Olsen on Friday to make us for the Blue line. All three trucks are running full time.

 

[Jim Pemberton]

To Mike's point: Do you assign each unit's work to specific jobs, or are they in your opinion interchangeable?

 

[adamh]

They are all close to the same so i assign to the tech not the machine.

 

[FB7777]

Hundreds of thousands?

Big deal...

After 9 years of service it should have done a couple million

Drop a load on the manifold and get over it

I can't wait to dump my 2005 7500 hour Butler off on some unsuspecting sucker

 

[Mark Saiger]

View attachment 73277 Good by old friend. In 2008 Thomas Fielding gave me this machine when I left Blue line. It has ran and helped support my family ever since. This thing has made hundreds of thousands of dollars. It still has many good parts but as a whole it's time to retire it. The hour meter stopped working 6 years ago. So who knows how many hours it has. We have had several TMs come ang since but she kept making money. I feel like I am putting an old dog down. Rest in peace old Blue. Thanks again Thom.

Are you taking it to salvage Adam?

Did the motor or blower or water pump go out?

How many hours would you guess?

Anything worth donating to someone?

Great to hear that it has done so well and treated the family good

 

[steve_64]

I couldn't wait to ditch my bane. It got donated to another cleaner a couple hours away who got ripped off.

I wonder how mirf felt when he sold me this WM. Probably how Fred feels like. But I love it!

 

[FB7777]

I hear ya Steve

The Butler has been an incredible machine, in 2005 my plan was to replace each Butler every 5 years

it's my frugality that kept saying "one more year... then one more year... then another ."

New Jasper rebuild in 2016, and random days down over nuisance repairs that has me saying it's time to buy new


The machine hasn't given me more than 5 down days in 12 years


For me , there absolutely is no substitute for Butler

 

[adamh]

Mark

I am buying a completely refurbished Prochem Legend from John Olsen. He is taking it in for parts.

 

[adamh]

Mark

I am buying a completely refurbished Prochem Legond from John Olsen. He is taking it in for parts.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Superior does an incredible job with their refurbished units. I wouldn't hesitate from buying one from Olsen.

Congrats!

 

[JS41035]

Hundreds of thousands?

Big deal...

After 9 years of service it should have done a couple million

Drop a load on the manifold and get over it

I can't wait to dump my 2005 7500 hour Butler off on some unsuspecting sucker

And I bet you get 10 grand for it. At least. I'm a broken record about Butlers resale value. I absolutely see how even frugal dudes trade for a new one every 4 or 5 years.

 

[Mark Saiger]

Mark

I am buying a completely refurbished Prochem Legend from John Olsen. He is taking it in for parts.

That's cool...

So it really is still going to live on and with some freshness... Continue to provide for a family...

Love a great success story

 

[Jim Pemberton]

View attachment 73277 Good by old friend. In 2008 Thomas Fielding gave me this machine when I left Blue line. It has ran and helped support my family ever since. This thing has made hundreds of thousands of dollars. It still has many good parts but as a whole it's time to retire it. The hour meter stopped working 6 years ago. So who knows how many hours it has. We have had several TMs come ang since but she kept making money. I feel like I am putting an old dog down. Rest in peace old Blue. Thanks again Thom.

Lost in this discussion is Thom's kindness in giving you the machine to help you kick start your renewed cleaning business venture. I don't doubt at all that you more than earned it for those things you did for him and his business, but that gesture isn't something most would have done, no matter the value of the departing employee.

Thom was a lightning rod at times here, but we often miss the good people do in the midst of the other "stuff" that goes on around us, and them.

 

[Desk Jockey]

That was an impressive going away gift. The best kind, one with the ability to continue to give today.

 

[adamh]

Yes Thom Fieldings gift was what put us where we are today. I will be forever grateful.

 

[Mikey P]

I had dinner with Thom when I went to Prescott


He's a changed man, for the better

 

[Jim Pemberton]

He's a changed man, for the better

Something we should all hope for ourselves as well.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

For sure, before time runs out.

 

[John Olson]

Didn't take pictures But Scott McKay did Adam is on the road and probably about 1/2 way home. The cobalt most likely will be a parts machine. It has a ghost and a obsolete machine with a ghost is bad business for us. Being an "Organ" donator will help keep others up and running when new parts are not in the budget.

 

[1900 North]

Hi Adam, Richard Swan in Provo, Utah. You sold me my 2007 Vortex when I came down to Prescott. The Vortex has been the most trouble free truckmount I've ever owned! Even though Blueline died shortly after my purchase, it hasn't been a problem as John has likewise taken great care of me and the machine.

 

[adamh]

Richard,
I am glad to hear the V has been good to you. Your lucky to live next to John. I wish I wasn't 360 miles away. Especially since I spent all yesterday installing the new machine all by myself. I would have gladly paid John to do it.

 

[adamh]

The trip home
New machine and $1000 plus of chemicals.. My back seat of full of chems.
Thanks John
I was in Utah so I had to have my mountain bike.

 

[Mikey P]

Adam you appear to be content with "small" units now


Are you strictly residential with 150' runs now?

 

[adamh]

The Legend has all power and Heat your 370 does.

We do tons of residential 150 feet or under. We run 2.5 inch hose for the first 50. We have a several commercial accounts but not more than 225 feet. When we do those bigger places we just take other trucks and park at other entrances so each truck only does 200 feet or so. Most places in Idaho have multiple entrance points and not a lot of sky scrapers around here.