autoscrubber ?

[Luis Gomez]

We picked up a new account and I'm thinking that getting a walk-behind scrubber is going to save us a lot of time and it will free up a truckmount. Since I don't know anything about them I have the following questions:
+ The warehouse is full of plugs so I am leaning for an electric one instead of a battery operated.
+ The epoxy floors are not perfectly level. We used a 175 with a black pad and turbo last weekend and had to do it twice before they look great. Should we use a brush instead of a pad?
+ What brand and model do you guys recommend? It will be used on this job only and the warehouse is about 7500 sq ft and I would like to able to clean the warehouse floor in two man hours.
Thank you,

 

[Louis]

Check out cleanfreak. They have lots of auto scrubbers. .

 

[Mikey P]

Ive used one just enough to know that a cord will dramatically slow you down

 

[floorguy]

http://www.southeasternequipment.net/

decent prices on some good used equipment...

and yes you dont want a corded unit....

uneven floors wont matter on the brush or pad, that will be a squeegee issue

 

[Mikey P]

Hey Doug.

How did your presentation in Vegas go?

one of the few classes I would have loved to sit in on honestly.

 

[Desk Jockey]

I'd have liked to have heard you too!

 

[floorguy]

considering it was my 1st and I was worried I wasnt going to cover my hr time slot....

GREAT....

I may type like shit...but i can talk and talk with no issue...

In fact after it there was like another 30 min worth of stuff i could have talked about. You always remember after things you could have brought up.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Glad to hear it went well and sorry I missed it!

 

[Shane Deubell]

Definitely would rather have a battery operated.

The corded ones are more for small areas in an office setting.

 

[D Rice]

The cord is a hassle but the machines are much lighter weight. If the scrubber is to be kept on the job use a battery powered one.

 

[Louis]

Corded can be a pain but you learn to work with it for the price difference. If you can afford it get a battery unit. I picked up a used one and put new batteries in it. It has made me lots of money.

 

[handdi]

I have a aztec very simple pretty reasonable also
I mean simple.
Buy a new one for around 3grand pretty sure

If it was a bigger space i would go with a self propelled one for sure.
But twice the money and more complicated also.