What have we got here?... 2015 Sapphire Pro 1200 unveiled..

[Sapphirerick]

Can I take delivery in Clearwater ?

We can talk about that.........360-770-1428.

 

[Sapphirerick]

From a design standpoint, the bearing mount assembly that has the large drive pulley, could be used as a mount for a Hydraulic motor mount for use in these Euro vans that will soon be the only option.

Love it.

Very well put.

 

[Dennis Bruders]

Shane, no it does not dump hot water. Simply introduces cool water into the solution stream. The temperature is easily adusted with a solution valve. Simplicity was the goal so no electronic valves or devices.

 

[Sapphirerick]

how much are they I want to put one on my 570...............

We are gonna have our hands full the next few months. We'll talk in a few.......

 

[Desk Jockey]

Can I take delivery in Clearwater ?

Damn sold another one!

 

[Sapphirerick]

I love it![/QUOT

I'm really impressed. Looks like a winner!

I like the layout. Everything I see indicates a well-engineered unit, with lots of attention to detail. The drive train looks good, both the clutch end and driven end brackets are very beefy, great machine work and welding. Fit and finish look top-notch! I like the idler for easy belt changes. When I see the pic where speed is being checked with a stroboscopic tachometer I know this is no seat-of-the-pants engineering effort.

The little things make a big difference - from the brass (not plastic) dump valve to the 'burp' petcock at the HX high-point - nice. The rubber straps to secure the waste tank lid are decidedly low-tech - no sense over-complicating things when you don't have to!

I only have a couple geek-type questions - In the pics I see two different blower to waste tank connections. I like the straight connectors with arched hose better than the angled connector (weldment). I wonder which one made it to production?

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Also, The main belt tensioner/idler - is it spring loaded or manually adjusted?

Good job Sapphire!

We truly appreciate the compliments. I'd like to give one back to the board as a whole. You guys are very insightful and quite observant(including Sutley haha).
Dan the bottom pic is the production model.

 

[Sapphirerick]

I'm really impressed. Looks like a winner!

I like the layout. Everything I see indicates a well-engineered unit, with lots of attention to detail. The drive train looks good, both the clutch end and driven end brackets are very beefy, great machine work and welding. Fit and finish look top-notch! I like the idler for easy belt changes. When I see the pic where speed is being checked with a stroboscopic tachometer I know this is no seat-of-the-pants engineering effort.

The little things make a big difference - from the brass (not plastic) dump valve to the 'burp' petcock at the HX high-point - nice. The rubber straps to secure the waste tank lid are decidedly low-tech - no sense over-complicating things when you don't have to!

I only have a couple geek-type questions - In the pics I see two different blower to waste tank connections. I like the straight connectors with arched hose better than the angled connector (weldment). I wonder which one made it to production?

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Also, The main belt tensioner/idler - is it spring loaded or manually adjusted?

Good job Sapphire!

Spring loaded. Simplicity is key!

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Simplicity = Reliability

 

[Russ T.]

I want one. That thing looks AWESOME!

I love how it's built at the factory as a single, solid unit. I imagine that will help to insure it gets married to the van easily and with little room for error. Install is HUGE, that's why Butler is king.

This looks like a really practical way to deal with quality control.

80 gallon fresh tank is small. (Maybe that was waste tank??)

Can't wait to drool over it in Clearwater...

 

[Russ T.]

This is the one Marty has been waiting for...installed by TCS!

 

[Ralph Pastorelli]

I wish it had a larger tank system

 

[hogjowl]

Simplicity was the goal so no electronic valves or devices.

Hallelujah!

 

[hogjowl]

This is the one Marty has been waiting for...installed by TCS!

Yes, but don't tell Bruders that. It would ruin his day.

I want to wait on Mikey to get one and use it for a year first.

 

[knoxclean]

At this time we are not retrofitting anything as we have our hands full producing at full capacity. I suspect we may revisit the filter box for other machines in our lineup in the future. The same goes for the chemical tank. We did not put a sight tube on the Water Pond. The plastic is opaque and from the back side you can see the water level.

Thats true you can see thru the opaque tank if the sun and lighting is just right and you squint your eyes but show me a van that doesn't have equipment up against the that tank where the tank is still visible.

 

[handdi]

let the testing process begin who will be the lucky one or unlucky one?

 

[hogjowl]

Mikey

 

[Zee]

Mikey

Why?

I'd rather have someone like what we had in Gargan's case....Be independent completely and have only as much connection to the manufacturer as any ordinary brokedick would.

 

[Zee]

And this is nothing against Mikey.... It's just the way I see it.

 

[hogjowl]

He didn't ask who SHOULD be the one. He just asked who WILL be.

 

[FredC]

only as much connection to the manufacturer as any ordinary brokedick would.

So not like Gargan at all..................................

 

[Zee]

I see what you did there.

 

[Zee]

You're right Marty I misread that...and came across as who should be.

Dumbass foreigner... That's what you get.

 

[Desk Jockey]

HydroDude (McKinley Henson) is a straight shooter. If he gets one he will tell you one way or another.

 

[Zee]

No wonder manufacturers cringe at the forum idea....they can come out with a new design that's not even on the road yet and we already have ideas who, how, when, will have the sledgehammer coming down from.

But that's why WE like forums- keep companies a bit more honest and can have real world guys reporting back on performance and customer service performance as well.. ...Maybe.

 

[Desk Jockey]

I'd sure as hell hate you fookers BUT if you want to improve a product what better way than to listen to the audience you're selling to.

WELL, with the exception of Pigsnot!

 

[Lee Stockwell]

I still suspect a surprise at MFE.

 

[hogjowl]

I still suspect a surprise at MFE.

Duane?

 

[dgardner]

Maybe they'll raffle off serial #1?

I can dream, can't I?

 

[Zee]

I still suspect a surprise at MFE.

Spill


What do you know?

 

[dgardner]