I lost both my vans in a flood in TN. I am trying to find replacements. The only machines I can find I know nothing about and was hoping for some input. 1) steamaction steath diesel in a diesel dodge van. 2) dds with no van yet(trying to find). 3) 2014 cds in one ton chevy. 4) maybe an 870 in a transit?.
Flooded Vans
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Cleanworks
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The CDS if it's in good shape is a pretty reliable unit.
Desk Jockey
Member
What were you running in the two vans?
Judson tnt. I will only be getting one to replace the two for awhile, so was thinking bigger so I can at least run two crews on commercial jobs.
Desk Jockey
Member
870 would comfortably run two setups. The CDS is steady power but not great at running dual set ups.
Desk Jockey
Member
I don't own one so I'd just guess but turning down the speed might do it.
Hopefully someone that owns one chimes in.
Hopefully someone that owns one chimes in.
Cleanworks
Moderator
Usually the CDS has a heat control. Because it uses the engine coolant for heat you usually max out at 190-210 degrees f. Some of the newer ones have the salsa package which taps the blower for extra heat. Brings you up to aprox 235f. The 4.8 is as powerful as you need for a single wand unit.
I made that suggestion to them when they made their first debut of the machine, because my Everest 650 does have that option to turn off the heat. That's the only thing it's lacking
Hopefully, they'll add that feature to the next batch they manufacture for 2022. It's worth following because this looks like it has the perfect features of every slide in out there
Mikey P
Administrator
VLM makes far more sense on all commercial but greasy restaurants.
Dopey $20 employees wont wand correctly and you'll lose the account, just ask Cintas.
Desk Jockey
Member
Cintas threw in the towel when COVID took away their biggest accounts, hotels. They were killing it with hotel work, doing every service they could sell to them.
COVID hit and more than half their sales evaporated. They just bailed on the cleaning division.
Mikey P
Administrator
I think you're speculating.
Desk Jockey
Member
It is third hand info, but that's what I was told.
Cleanworks
Moderator
A lot of guys would like a third hand.
Steve Lawrence
Member
These are Biden times, lotsa war, less fuel, higher taxes, you guys voted for this? I didn't think so.
Steve Lawrence
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Cleanworks
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Fred must be sleeping on the job.
FredC
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Vacationed for a week...tired of warning/moving/deleting....
Keep political bs in the rubber room people
Keep political bs in the rubber room people
I should probably get some training on vlm, especially for commercial. I'm sure it would save us time and money. Thankfully my other crew is ran by my wife or son and I have not had to deal with quality issues.
Desk Jockey
Member
Truly simple stuff. You can be off and running in minutes. Vacuuming as always is the most important step.
Hack Attack
Member
I thought you didn't care?
Took your meds huh
I found an aerotech near me, in my budget. Any thoughts, things to look for or look out for.? 80k and 3500 hrs
Mikey P
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It not a cintas, 2016 and isuzu npr, regular company owns it.
