Mike Draper
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A little over a year ago when Les Jones said that CNG and Propane LPG truck mounts will be the future. Here is what Bill Brueders had to say.
Now we hear that Saphire is going offer old outdated 60's technology truckmount?
Bill Bruders of Sapphire Scientific responds to Les...Les you kill me. Claiming that propane powered units with seperate burners are the future of the Carpet cleaning industry is like claiming a 65 Mustang is the future of the automotive industry. Sure it looks good and you can change the spark plugs etc. real easy, but drive one and compare it to todays vehicles. Oh and while I'm on a roll your 15 minutes of warm up time on slide in machines that you use in your fuel cost comparisons isn't even close to accurate with todays heat exchange tech.
Now we hear that Saphire is going offer old outdated 60's technology truckmount?
"the decision to start offering an LPG option on the 870ss came about as a result of customer requests. Interestingly enough, the big brute of the bunch (870ss) has the biggest demand and even a backlog of orders, at the moment.
Having worked for machinery manufacturers in a couple of different industries, I can say that they don't offer something new or different unless the demand is such that it makes $$ and sense. I'm sure that's why Bob Kline, Sapphire Scientific's president, told me that they intend to address additional models as requests for LPG increase. He said that they do have some requests in the funnel, already, for LPG on other models.