The new baby is in the womb. History of PTO machines

[shadygrady]

Sweet ride there brah!

 

[rick imby]

I thought you were going to retire and move to Florida and live in your condo?? Are you going to clean Carpets in the area of your retirement home also?

 

[JS41035]

That's awesome Sir. I love the looks of the matching tanks. Are you ordering any of the white shelves?

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[hogjowl]

That's awesome Sir. I love the looks of the matching tanks. Are you ordering any of the white shelves?

No. I have rhino lined shelves

 

[Cleanworks]

No. I have rhino lined shelves

That's really smart. I have seen lots of trucks with steel shelves full of corrosion from product leaks.

 

[BIG WOOD]

It's a twin.

Who's yo baby daddy?

 

[hogjowl]

Who's yo baby daddy?

Cleanco
TCS is delivering it

 

[BIG WOOD]

Cleanco
TCS is delivering it

Yeah I knew that. I just had a ghetto feeling hit me while I was reading your thread. I'm back to normal now. Carry on

 

[hogjowl]

Trailer trash!

 

[Desk Jockey]

LOL

 

[BIG WOOD]

PFFT!

 

[bob vawter]

kudos to yor wife for the great design and layout plans......

 

[hogjowl]

kudos to yor wife for the great design and layout plans......

She's in the kitchen.
Where Meg should be!

 

[bob vawter]

Come on pork breath. ....
Yor wife is out there protesting wit Madonna and Drew Carreys little brat.....
Saàaaaaay it....!

 

[hogjowl]

She's up and running!

 

[Zee]

Do us a favor Mr. Sutley, upload your pictures with the full size button please and that way we can just tap on a picture to enlarge it and tap on it again to shrink it back in.

Thank you,
Most of us.

 

[Zee]

Why, thanks Donald!

 

[Sierra Clean Care]

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Love, love, love my Cleanco...... But why in the heck did they decide to go with such a small solution jug? Easy fix.... I extended the solution tube, and got a Prochem 5 gal, and put it in front of the wheel well. You know, that little space in front of the water pond...... The 5 gal jug fits perfectly........

 

[hogjowl]

Fred told me to use thumbnail

 

[ronbeatty]

Very nice Marty, Cleanco has endured many copies of their original design by all of the major manufacturers. Looks like they are still at the top of the heap.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

I remember when the Canadian companies were a major force in this industry.

 

[ronbeatty]

I remember when the Canadian companies were a major force in this industry.

Lee,
If I remember correctly, Cleanco was the originator of the van powered truchmount. You are correct that they were Canadian owned and sold machines here as well. Cleanco had some financial issues in the late 1970's which led to Bill Meshua ( the founder of Butler) leaving Canada and starting the Butler Corp in Ludlow, MA. We purchased one of the original Butler when they were operating out of A three car garage behind the founders home. Bob Roy was the service and installation guy and the only employee for a while.

 

[Cleanworks]

We still have one of the most original PTO biulders in the Vancouver area. His name is Jim Miller and his units are JEM clutch driive systems. He has his own machine shop and hand builds each unit. They have a reputation for being hot, simple to use and reliable. I haven't seen Jim for a while but I should make a point of dropping by his new shop. I grew up using Jims machines and can attest to their power and simplicity. Jim must be in his 80's by now but I hear he is still going strong.

 

[shadygrady]

Am I mistaken in my belief that the AquaTech units out of Kelowna preceded the Cleanco CDS machines?

 

[bob vawter]

anyone (Lee) know when the Bates Big Red came on the scene........?

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Am I mistaken in my belief that the AquaTech units out of Kelowna preceded the Cleanco CDS machines?

anyone (Lee) know when the Bates Big Red came on the scene........?

I was just a kid with a young family struggling to get by, and I forgot to take notes. I had a treasured stack of Installation and Cleaning Specialist magazines that I devoured in the early 1970's well before the Internet. Theresa and I sought out distributors when visiting anywhere. Sometimes like visiting isolated islands, but always came away with something really new.

Saw our first well laid out TM working on a job in Sault Ste Marie ON in 1974. He said he'd had it a couple of years. A bit of a letdown coming home to a trusty bonnet machine and early Steamex portable soaker.

 

[bob vawter]

Lee..i thought you had a Big Red.....didn't ya?

anyway that was jus a test question cuz
i bought the very first one that Gene built in 1979
a Perkins 4cyl diesel behemoth!

 

[Lee Stockwell]

A family of seven redheads....and yet, NO we never had a Big Red. I certainly heard of them.

edit: the steamex was red, with a cool clear wand, does that count?

 

[Cleanworks]

Am I mistaken in my belief that the AquaTech units out of Kelowna preceded the Cleanco CDS machines?

I think so. I beleive that aquatech was developed by an associate of JEM and was modeled after a cleanco. I could be wrong. Interesting that Butler came from Cleanco. Their current units remind me of the Cleanco Classic units.

 

[bob vawter]

NO...that dam Big Red lasted from 1979 all the way past 02 when i was using it as a back up in the church van...
then i restored an old ford van and put the Big Red in and got half my money back.......