I got to hand it to Aero Tech

[Mikey P]

They got the latest rendition of the LMNOPXT 2000 super quiet.

Amazingly to be honest.
It was the quietest TM at the show. Nothing came even close.
When the doors were closed up you could imagine running it a retirement village at midnight with out a complaint.


To accomplish this they used a new fangled thicker casing blower and mounted it to the frame instead of the box. The silencer was also turned at a 90º instead of down. No boxes over the blower or semi truck type exchausts were used.

It was the talk of the show.


Must have drove them nuts when they heard that Blueline signed a contract for 140 Vs during the show.

Comes down to local service.

And the V ain't that much louder.

Now that Adam Hale is in charge of the V project, I expect to see and hear some nice changes real soon.

 

[rhyde]

140 trucks ...WTF?


i agree Adam can do a lot for blue line ...

 

[Mikey P]

Yep, 140.


sweet deal.

More details to come.

 

[rhyde]

chemdry

 

[Jimbo]

I actually thought the new V at the show was VERY quiet, when compared to previous editions...so the Blue Line folks are taking it the right way. I'm sure Adam Hale will be a fine asset to their operation!

 

[Mikey P]

You're right Jim.

The latest V is also quieter then most trucks now.

 

[steve frasier]

I have no knowledge of how may they sold but I spoke to the Hathaway Capital people about a possible lease( I had a previous lease with them years ago) for a Vortex, he showed me more then a few application of people that had applied for a lease

 

[rhyde]

do yourself a favor ...talk to kip at countrywide

 

[floorguy]

Hey Randy....you talking about the mortgage people country wide???

It would be remiss of us not to list Countrywide as "ailing". Late last week (Aug 16.), Countrywide drew on an $11.5 billion "emergency" credit line to fund its operations. Earlier in the week, it had announced liquidity problems, reversing the position of a week earlier that it had adequate access to capital.

"I would argue that Countrywide is insolvent. Their only asset is their pricing platform, their business algorithm, and that's not working. The next biggest asset they have is the toner for their copiers."

http://ml-implode.com/staticnews/2007-0 ... Month.html

http://ml-implode.com/staticnews/2007-0 ... hovia.html


Dickheads...I hope they do fold....they screwed me up royaly about 7 yrs ago

 

[rhyde]

I knew my financing was too good to be true.... :shock:

 

[Mikey P]

If they fold does that mean I dont have to pay the rest off ???

 

[Kevin B]

If they fold does that mean I dont have to pay the rest off ???

My wife and i were wondering that, but some how I am sure they will make me pay.

 

[floorguy]

naw they will pawn the loans to someone else and then the a$$hole CEO will take a bonus for being "so smart"..


oh i hope they burn in hell

 

[Bob Foster]

You guys got to be kidding. The paper was sold the day you took delivery of your trucks.

 

[rhyde]

No, you still pay it just defaults to creditors

 

[steve frasier]

I got a quote from Kip a year ago for some equipment, he blew away Hathaway with his quote, he even gave me the quote when he was out playing golf

 

[The Wizard]

The more I look into an Aero Tech and the more interaction I have with the people at Aero Tech, the more I am realizing what a great bunch of passionate, experienced and knowledgeable, group of people they all are.

I asked something huge of them today, and with in a matter of an hour, technical drawings and equations to fulfill my request was sent to me via email.

Thank you Aero Tech !!!

The Wizard.

 

[Mikey P]

Will you be using their website to base your's off of now Wiz?

 

[The Wizard]

Hi Mikey:

Never meeting you, but realizing through Mikey's board, the passion you have for what you do, and your sincere desire to have your equipment be the best it can be, I would be willing to bet $100.00 , if your next truck purchase is a BIG truck purchase, it will be an Aero Tech.

The Wizard

 

[Jim Martin]

so what happen Ian.................

you use to live/drink and breath the Vortex............

did your machine blow up or what..............

 

[Mikey P]

Hi Mikey:

Never meeting you, but realizing through Mikey's board, the passion you have for what you do, and your sincere desire to have your equipment be the best it can be, I would be willing to bet $100.00 , if your next truck purchase is a BIG truck purchase, it will be an Aero Tech.

The Wizard

Not if Adam Hale has anything to say about it.

 

[The Wizard]

Jim:

I think the whole concept of the BIG Truck is spot on!

The BIG truck concept molds itself perfectly into our companies belief's in providing our customers the most thorough and pleasurable carpet cleaning experience, EVER ! and the direction in which we continue to take our company. I also firmly believe the BIG trucks make the work experience for our technicians much more attractive and enjoyable then compared to the cargo van based TM's, whether it be either a PTO or slide in.

It was amongst the hardest decisions I have had to make, when deciding on buying Aero Tech because of our previous devotion towards our Vortex and more so because of my friendship with Shawn. I think Shawn York is an amazing individual, and our industry owes a lot to him for coming up with what he has. I think the world of Shawn York !!! The fact that Shawn no longer owns Vortex made it much easier for me in not buying Vortex for our next two trucks.

For one reason and another, the door opened for me to look a little closer at both the AT and the Aero Tech people, in which I did.

What I saw intrigued me, and with a little more digging, I came to the realization that the AT is more of what we as a company are wanting from a BIG truck. It is my firmest belief, that Aero Tech has refined and immensely improved upon on the origional concept of what a BIG truck is all about.

On top of this I have found the people at Aero Tech to share the same views and feelings towards customer service as we do in our own business. In recent emails with the people of Aero Tech, we have been asking or maybe I should say we have been pushing them to build for us a BIG truck, the way we truly wish for our next two BIG trucks to be.

What I received back from them, from all of our requests was their following Motto..

KEY TASK……..of a company is to determine THE NEEDS and WANTS of CONSUMERS and adapt itself to MEETING THE DESIRED SATISFACTION BETTER than its COMPETITION.

I have witnessed and enjoyed first hand, being a recipient of their motto.

With regards to a Blueline - Vortex, it is a fine machine, and theirs no arguinng about that, but it's not the machine for us Wizard's !

The Wizard.

 

[Mikey P]

I read that out loud adding a southern lisp just for the heck of it.

 

[The Wizard]

Was your last post meant to be negative or derogatory Mikey?

If it was, it's not becoming of you !

The Wizard.

 

[Mikey P]

Just poking fun at the fact that AT gets to deal with eh, how shall I put this, umm...

The "more challenging clients....."


God bless Ted.

 

[The Wizard]

So what your saying here Mikey, is by acknowledging yourself as a "Challenging" you too will be buying an Aero Tech? I don't think you should refer to yourself as "Challenged" Mikey, I see you more as, hmmm, how can I say, yeh ... "Unique" !!!

This is cool news, the people at Aero Tech I am sure will look forward to being of service to you too !!! Will you be buying 1 or 2 new AT's ?

The Wizard

 

[Mikey P]

God bless Ted.

 

[floorguy]

Just poking fun at the fact that AT gets to deal with eh, how shall I put this, umm...

The "more challenging clients....."


God bless Ted.

in my work experience (I am VERY diversified you know)

the "challenging" clients tend to
A. pay the best
B. help expand my biz and tweak my methods..


By saying AT gets to "deal" with, means 1 thing to me

BETTER PRODUCTS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE....


for they are the ones to bend and not break....

which leaves more room for innovation..

hence one of the quietest machines I have heard.....

With all due respect to Adam...he is already far behind the ball..

 

[Greenie]

Challenging.....that is the very customers that made GreenGlides.

I say bring on the challenge.

Just don't duped into signing a contract and providing pics just to be able to beta test locking cuffs.

 

[rhyde]

i don't like the round about way you state things wiz


is your issue customer service, personal or is AT a better machine ?