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smb181

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Hi, my name is Sam Sr. not to be confused with handsome Sam Jr. <img src=pic's
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My son and I have been lurking and stalking the carpet cleans bbs for over a year now and we have ask and gotten prompt and excellent advice. We are mainly a pressure washing contractor but often get ask to cleaning the house on wheel some of the independent truckers have and sometimes the fitly entrance to some of the shops garages and occasionally their homes. We do all kind of flat work and apartments complexes and sometimes we are ask to clean really dirt apartments- they call real carpet cleaners for the not so dirt ones- we have a couple of Mytee 1005s and a rotovac, heat is no problem we have kerosene burners that will heat 10 to 12 gpm even when there’s ice in our tanks.


I’ve been posting lately because Sam was call back to active duty and is back in Iraq. His job is well let’s said to gently interrogate and solicit information from suspected terrorist. Wish him a safe return if you would.

. I was told over a year ago on another board that it would be difficult to build your own tm. They were right although my fist one came out ok I didn’t get to use is but once because it was stolen from the storage unit that assured me that it would be safe there, so I’m at it again trying to put together another unit. I wouldn’t say tm actually because I’m put it on a trailer.

Due to the increasing pressure the EPA is put on waste water we decide to recovery and process almost everything now.

As state above I’m putting another unit and here’s what I’m working with:
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2. 4909 DUROFLOE BLOWER <img src=pic's
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3. 2 30 gal waste tanks <img src=pic's
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I will also be purchasing the following:
Greenie says that he is going to have some glides and other fixes for the rotovac. I’m going to purchase a high flow wand 3 inch Knuckle and the. Manifold<img src=pic's
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And suggestion will be appreciated

I have more to say but have gone on to long already.
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Jimmy L

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Please take your advice from true engineers and not internet wannabees.
 

brocksdad

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Why in sam hills would you want to go thru all this hassle when you can just write a check and have a machine that is engineered and warranted?
 

adamh

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Talking to Greenie is a great start. Good luck. I would really buy a built machine, but sometimes building it is the fun part.
 

vincent

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Lesson #1, satisfy yourself first. You have to work with everyday.

Greenie is a great wealth of information as is Terry Brevik, Chad, and Matt King. Mechanically these guys will help you get what you want.
 

smb181

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thanks guys!

The reason we like to put our equipment together is so that we can work on it.. We do a lot of work Sat & Sun about 18 hr each day ( because that's when the equipment is available) for truck and heavy equipment washing so I have to be able to do on site repairs.
 

brocksdad

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The type of person who likes to make things difficult.

Believe me I know I have made a couple tm's and have worked on other peoples home made tm's and it is all maddening to me. every time I had to work on my step-dads old home made clutch drive when it worked it was as good as any clutch drive but when it broke it sucked having to fabricate things to make it work.
 

Greenie

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Hey Sam, welcome to the board. I'm drawing a blank, did we talk about the machine you are building, it doesn't strike me as familiar.

Now that said, you mentioned capturing all your waste water for processing, I assume you are going to use a big poly tank that will be filled with these little barrel tanks and their pump outs?

Who is doing the heavy engine work on your unit, like coupling that blower to the diesel, and building the frame?

I understand you are going to use your Kero Steam unit for pressure and heat, and that is enough for 4 wands...lol But any reason you went with the engine and blower you have pictured above?

Belt or direct coupled blower?

Are you putting this together just for the occasional big rig carpet and Apt jobs or are you looking at more daily carpet work?
I imagine the mytee units are just fine for interiors.

Do you plan on using the unit for catch and capture recovery from your flat work as well?

Do you happen to know Rich Michniak (inside joke)
ps: Ignore Jimmy, we all do.
 

harryhides

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Brian, while it may be simpler to buy a ready made tm. Warranty is not really
a big deal. The warranty is backed by the manufacturer of the Pump, Blower or engine. The tm manufacturer's warranty covers little more than some welding. Check the fine print.
 

smb181

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You are absolutely on point I have two 550 gallons tanks that will be used for recovery...

I do a lot of industrial work and so I know the shop foreman and just about everybody that deals with plant operations , which brings to the reason I’m using the 4905 blower and the MTD engine. Because that’s what they are using and they have parts on hand to service them. Greenie they used the diesel engine on a generators and to power large pumps and other equipment the supervisor told me that they routinely get 10,000 hrs on the engines. The blower they run at 18 hg 24/7 and don’t use water injecting either. I was told that the blower cost around $3500 dollars; we made a deal to trade out some cleaning for the pump and mounting the equipment...

Yes I will be recovering everything


Greenie we are thinking about the following motor base
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28ft x8.5ft 15000lbs payload.

Greenie I haven’t called you or others yet because I don’t like to talk until I’m ready to buy I will call soon. I have to see the taxman first.
Greenie your right we didn’t talk but you did respond to one of my post about a year or more ago. My son was home then and we had plans but UNCLE SAM had his to. SAM JR has been back to IRAQ three times and now they won’t let him out for a while so I am doing it for him myself now I’d like to have it ready for him before he gets back.


Sorry about the trailer that’s the only picture I have of it my wife use to use it for flea sales when she made the mess you see on the side of the trailer.
 

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Blue Monarch

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lol Jim. I'm headed to the girly shop right now to outfit my trailer. It has to pull better than mine. I get next to nothing when it comes to walkups.
 

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