This is the only board I'm active on. I had poked around a few times before over the last few years but only began to engage last winter, while things were slow for me. I have learned (and been entertained) A LOT!. Here are a few things that I have changed in the last 8 months or so;
-High flow (4, 1.5 jets) 14" Westpak wand with gun handle and
green glide.
-2" hose to wand. Im a late comer to this and the questions I had about it seem silly to me now. The suction is dramatically improved. ..thats most important to me and my customers.
-Devastator in line filter.
-Rotovac 360i
-Cimex...now my "go to" for CGD carpet.
-175 machine. Ive only been using it for strip and wax because im a 1 man show who owns a Rotovac.
-Cleanco Compact 47 with high heat in a Ford E250. I wanted a
Butler and was pretty close to buying one from our friend Ken Snow, but the timing was off. I will join the chorus in saying how helpful Ken was and how absolutely approachable he was despite his success. I was looking forward to meeting him (and others) at Mikeys
Fest this winter.
I have as much solo time on a van as most people on this board. It has its drawbacks though. I had gotten accustomed to doing things a certain way with no one around to correct me or suggest a different way. That's where this board has its highest value to me. With the education ive gotten here, im a better cleaner and we are a better company than last year. Next year I hope to say the same. We have doubled our sales from 2012 and its only September 1st. I fully intend on hiring my first , hopefully full time, employee in the Spring. I think I have to push through 1 more cold Iowa winter alone. I dont do much restoration here yet. I have lots of experience and was
IICRC certified years ago but its been a while. That will help smooth out our lack of cleaning in the winter.
Thanks to all the people on here who share their experiences and expertise. You have saved me a ridiculous amount of time and $ and made me laugh a lot along the way. I hope to meet a lot of you this February at MF.
