How do you decide which PTO is best for you and which is a better machine?
- Thread starter ruff
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Desk Jockey
Member
Ofer better look over the 1200 Pro!!!
They need to build a larger waste tank for box trucks. Nice looking unit!
They need to build a larger waste tank for box trucks. Nice looking unit!
Mikey P
Administrator
Rick is an amazing employee.
Great guy.
Great guy.
Mikey P
Administrator
Desk Jockey
Member
I agree 120 gallons is for sissy's and little girls, a man needs a big dump tank......uhh waste tank ......uhhh recovery tank. 
Seriously I prefer 210-gallons, with no concern about dumping.
Seriously I prefer 210-gallons, with no concern about dumping.
bob vawter
Grassy Knoller
it DOES look lik a sweet machine..........
hogjowl
Idiot™
120 gal is gracious plenty.
You people need to go back to ICS.
You people need to go back to ICS.
Desk Jockey
Member
We talking about people that actually clean carpets not take naps during the day.
120 is about a job & 1/2 as long as you're not doing anything large you should be fine. Multiple jobs, large jobs you'll need to dump or have APO both can be an issue. I'd much rather carry away my waste water and dump it here in our sanitary sewer.
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
Needs shutoff valves behind each solution qc.
Nice otherwise.
Nice otherwise.
ruff
Member
Any of you ladies able to come up with an actual advantage or a disadvantage of a certain machine?
Beside 83 gallon dump tank versus 84?
Sorry, wrong board, please ignore this and back to your knitting
Beside 83 gallon dump tank versus 84?
Sorry, wrong board, please ignore this and back to your knitting
Desk Jockey
Member
Ohhh nooo you diuuuhhnnnt!
Ofer buy a new recovery tank and spare yourself the pain in all this decision making. In a few years when Ben tires of his unit pick it up for pennies on the dollar!
hogjowl
Idiot™
I have to admit, we got much more information out of this thread than I expected. We actually had a couple of players chime in, which I appreciate. I was expecting a bunch of non-owners to tell us why they would buy this or that with no real experience in the game.
That was not intended to be an insult to Taco.
That was not intended to be an insult to Taco.
Desk Jockey
Member
Hey!!! I've owned both brands Pigsnot!
Mikey P
Administrator
it's an L shaped tank Jimmy.
The Great Oz
Member
120 is too small?
Thats what my vortexhas and most days we can go all day.
What does your Cleanco have?
Not that finding a place to pump out somewhere during the day is so tough that 30 gallons makes a huge difference, but the Sapphire man in the video says 90 gallons with the tank that keeps floorspace used down to CDS/Cleanco size.
Ofer, the CDS, Butler and Cleanco/Prochem units have been around a long time, and the Sapphire unit is likewise made by a well established company. Seems like everyone that uses any of them is happy with them, so you can't make a seriously wrong choice. Long term an up front difference in price probably isn't as important as the cost to run and reliability. I'd give ten reliability and maintenance points to the CDS just for using a General pump.
Larry Cobb
Member
hogjowl
Idiot™
Duane on Larry's computer.
Shawn Forsythe
RIP
Didn't your Vortex come with a fresh water tank?
A fresh water tank itself serves as a defacto water box on the Vortex. The purpose of a waterbox is a holding tank from which the pump may draw water with no incoming pressure. On some systems it also may serve as a point where cycled water may be returned if used as a medium to ascertain solution temperature. It may also serve as a heat sink for an intermediate heating source, such as is on most Vortex machines.
hogjowl
Idiot™
Personally, I am enjoying this.
The Great Oz
Member
And I'll thank you again for letting me know about them.
Our experimentation with retrofitting Generals (when other pumps failed) worked well enough that we paid extra for them when we bought new units. Kudos to HydraMaster for listening to customers and making them standard equipment. In the nine years we've been using Generals we've done nothng but change the oil. Not a single failure, not a single rebuild.
ruff
Member
Thank you Bryan, those are good points.
Anybody knows what kind of pump the 1200 uses?
And could one specify the pump they want with the machine they buy, or do you have to go with the pump it comes with?
Anybody knows what kind of pump the 1200 uses?
And could one specify the pump they want with the machine they buy, or do you have to go with the pump it comes with?
Goomer
Member
Drop your duece or get off the bowl Bawb....
you gonna whittle up any more units err what??
bob vawter
Grassy Knoller
i dunno...Ofer hurt my feelins' terrible bad........i still gots the PTSD.........
Goomer
Member
You meant STD...
Get into that gayrage of yours and get to work.
Tell your new neighbors your building a new time machine.
Larry Cobb
Member
ruff
Member
It will break my heart to end that illustrious career of yours on a sour note.i dunno...Ofer hurt my feelins' terrible bad........i still gots the PTSD.........
And I do know that ever since you and Green Gurl parted, things have not been on the up and up for you Bob.
However, to what archeological site do you go to uncover those Steam Genie relics??
And isn't it violating any ancient burial rights?And yes, I am worried! Cause last time you were dealing with some of your neighbor's Chinese curse, that took all of Fred's mystical powers to correct. And if I recall correctly you vowed to dedicate all your energies to specializing in Feng Shui from then on.
