Butler after 2800 hours?

[Shane Deubell]

AFTER, detailing it today.

With wear and tear, butler with just under 2800 hours.
Is it clean,dirty or average.

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[Shane Deubell]

 

[Steve Lawrence]

Clean.

 

[mirf]

Very Clean nice job

 

[Mark Saiger]

you have a waste tank lid missing

 

[Mikey P]

Is it for sale?

 

[Shane Deubell]

Is it for sale?

Hell NO!

I paid cash for that bad boy. Only has 2780 hours and 65k miles on it.
Plenty of $$ potential left, probably a $1 million easy in revenue.

Hopefully much more....

 

[ruff]

I never had "$1 million easy in revenue."

I must be barking up the wrong tree.

 

[Shane Deubell]

Welp, we do have to press 3 buttons to start it....

Although i do always forget about that middle one for some reason.

 

[Able 1]

What did you pay? On my way out to pick me up(maybe) a unit (not butler) tomorrow..

 

[Mark Saiger]

Just ordered a new Butler myself actually

 

[Able 1]

I never had "$1 million easy in revenue."

I must be barking up the wrong tree.

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That's cuz you would be doing ALL the work..

 

[Brian H]

Hell NO!

I paid cash for that bad boy. Only has 2780 hours and 65k miles on it.
Plenty of $$ potential left, probably a $1 million easy in revenue.

Hopefully much more....

With those miles and hours, the Butler is just getting broken in.

 

[hogjowl]

I kinda want a Butler, but three buttons is just too many.

 

[Brian H]

I kinda want a Butler, but three buttons is just too many.

You can leave 2 of the buttons on at all times, then you only have to push the one button to start it.

 

[Mikey P]

Power
Pump
High/Low

?

 

[mirf]

Which one? Can I put tape over the other two?

 

[Brian H]

The power level and the pump.

The 3 toggle switches are right next to each other and really it's no big deal to have to hit all three.

 

[Mikey P]

I just spent a week with an Alabamian...

I'm not so sure Marty can count that high.

 

[Desk Jockey]

I'm not so sure Marty can count that high.

Not evn if he includes toes, fingers and tooth?

 

[hogjowl]

Let's get real here. If any of YOU could count past three, you wouldn't be cleaning carpets.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Let's get real here. If any of YOU could count past three, you wouldn't be cleaning carpets.

DAMN!

1,2,3, 5?

 

[Louis]

So how many hours do you get out of a butler before the van dies.

 

[Brian H]

I've seen 10,000 hours and more. And I have also seen it transferred into a new van.

 

[Desk Jockey]

We had 6,000 on one we sold and that guy ran it for another 15-years. If you maintain the van, it should last a long time.

 

[Mark Saiger]

Got one that the family owned (93 GMC and Butler)

250,000 miles on the van with all original motor and drive trane....

and over 11,000 hours on the Butler unit and van motor of course...

Equals about 613,000 miles on that original motor

Old family friend still using it to clean part time....

Can't tell you how much that little thing has made all our families

So yeah....I've ordered another Butler....

 

[Louis]

Wow. I had a prochem. PTO it was a nightmare. 4700hours and 74k on the van . Both heads were cracked and the bottom end was shot. I'm a little paranoid about a PTO now. My garage mount has given me 1200hours of trouble free hours. I don't like all of the heat in the van but knowing that I can fix it is nice. Helps me sleep at night.

 

[Shane Deubell]

Wow. I had a prochem. PTO it was a nightmare. 4700hours and 74k on the van . Both heads were cracked and the bottom end was shot. I'm a little paranoid about a PTO now. My garage mount has given me 1200hours of trouble free hours. I don't like all of the heat in the van but knowing that I can fix it is nice. Helps me sleep at night.

In all fairness we will need to have this discussion again when you reach 4700 hours on the portymount.

So far, using pto's has been a great investment for me.
Have no idea if it would be for someone else.

 

[ruff]

When you buy a PTO unit, you buy from a company with a good PTO track record, unless you're actively looking for trouble (and or a close relationship with your mechanic). Pro Chem never had a good record with these units.

On the other hand, Butler, CDS (hydramaster) , Pro-1200 (used to be by white magic, now SS,) Cleanco- All have excellent track record. There must be a reason why both small o/o companies and large fleet operations like them.

 

[hogjowl]

Sapphire hasn't been in the PTO business all that long, and they changed the White Magic machine to the point to where it's not the same machine.

Only give them credit due.