Re: Jeff "greenie" Lydon.......WTF is your problem?????????
Lance, If I were in your situation I would try getting my money back. Take that $3,000 and put it towards Bob's Steam Genie. Buy a decent used van and find someone to install it for you. Even if you flew to Michigan, bought a used van there, had Bob install the Genie for you and drove all the way back from Michigan
it will still be less hassle than what you are currently dealing with. You will essentially have a new unit that was really a
superior design to other PTO units.
When ever you start a new business your bound to go through some tough stuff like this deal, don't let it get you discouraged. Start marketing website creation, google maps listing, create a winning sales letter and then make a road trip to see Bob. If you can get a loan just roll the whole truck mount, truck and what ever else you need into it and have one bill to pay every month. With some of the really nice trucks available for 5-6k ,a $6,000 truck mount, and maybe $3,000 in other extras you need you could probably have a payment of maybe $300 a month. The thing is you will have good, reliable equipment and for a low payment. Even if I had to finance it over 60 months at a higher than preferred interest rate, I would go that route. There is something to be said for having reliable equipment from day one of your start up. You don't want to be the guy in the parking lot of a 24 hour Walmart at 2 am trying to jerry-rig your truck mount when you have a $1,000 worth of jobs the next day.
The delay in starting the business and screwing around with a rebuild is more expensive than the solution.