My new LTD5 arrived the day before yesterday. The first thing I noticed after unpacking it was no chemical metering kit, no defoamer kit, no accessory tray and no manual of any kind. I checked Mytee's website and see they now list those things as "optional accessories". My distributor says he will get those things to me seeing as they were advertised as included back when I initially placed my order.
Now to the good stuff, actually cleaning carpet with it. My first and only job with it so far. First thing I plugged in both cords, the audible circuit detector was great most certainly saved me from tripping breakers. Next I ran the dump hose and fill hose. I could only get a trickle of water to come into the machine, could be user error but I have no idea because of no manual. After about 15 minutes of trying to get it going and looking like an ass to the customer I gave up and just stuck the hose in the top of the tank to fill it.
Next I attempted to adjust the pressure. It read about 450 psi with no wand keyed and about 150ish with the wand keyed, no matter which way I turned the knob I got the same readings and the pressure didn't "feel"as if it was changing. Since I felt like the pressure was somewhere between my 200psi portable and the 500psi I run the truckmount at I decided to just go with it.
I got one whole room done before my next problem showed up. I very suddenly lost all water pressure at the wand. I peaked down the hall at the machine and sure enough there was water flooding the floor underneath the machine. I then had to drain the tanks to access the guts of the machine, drain hole for the fresh water tank is a great idea although it's pretty much impossible to get the cap off without spilling it and then putting the cap back on while it's still draining(because the buckets full) is quite a chore. Opened up the machine and found what you see in the pic below, basically a pressure hose blew right off the crimp. Of course it would be the hose that runs up the center of the machine to the pressure gauge. All in all though it wasn't too difficult to get off, the main issue was having to drive 45 minutes one way to the closest hose repair shop. In the end the job turned out great other than that empty 2 bedrooms took about 3½ hours, and after I gave a discount to the customer for the inconvenience I made $50.
To sum up the auto dump worked great, the audible circuit indicator was great, I didn't pop any breakers, I didn't get auto fill working at all I'll try to figure it out this weekend and of course the blown hose on the first job was not a good start. As for the vacuum, I ran 50 feet of 2 inch hose straight to my 2 inch wand and I felt it was a bit stronger than my dual 2 stage machine at 25 feet which is really all I was hoping for or expecting. I think without a booster 50 or MAYBE 75 feet is its limit, at least for my expectations. I don't think this machine at 50 feet can even hold a candle to my truckmount at 150 feet but again I didn't expect it to, I just put that out there for the people who think ANY portable can compete head to head with a truckmount. Don't get me wrong I am happy with the vacuum, I don't expect to ever have a need or desire to run more than 50 feet and certainly never more than 75 feet.
All in all after finding out you could not get the 1000 psi pump with the three stage vacuums like initially advertised I probably should have switched my order to the M5, I just don't see how an extra $600 is justified especially now that the tray, defoamer kit and chemical injection kit are not included.
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Now to the good stuff, actually cleaning carpet with it. My first and only job with it so far. First thing I plugged in both cords, the audible circuit detector was great most certainly saved me from tripping breakers. Next I ran the dump hose and fill hose. I could only get a trickle of water to come into the machine, could be user error but I have no idea because of no manual. After about 15 minutes of trying to get it going and looking like an ass to the customer I gave up and just stuck the hose in the top of the tank to fill it.
Next I attempted to adjust the pressure. It read about 450 psi with no wand keyed and about 150ish with the wand keyed, no matter which way I turned the knob I got the same readings and the pressure didn't "feel"as if it was changing. Since I felt like the pressure was somewhere between my 200psi portable and the 500psi I run the truckmount at I decided to just go with it.
I got one whole room done before my next problem showed up. I very suddenly lost all water pressure at the wand. I peaked down the hall at the machine and sure enough there was water flooding the floor underneath the machine. I then had to drain the tanks to access the guts of the machine, drain hole for the fresh water tank is a great idea although it's pretty much impossible to get the cap off without spilling it and then putting the cap back on while it's still draining(because the buckets full) is quite a chore. Opened up the machine and found what you see in the pic below, basically a pressure hose blew right off the crimp. Of course it would be the hose that runs up the center of the machine to the pressure gauge. All in all though it wasn't too difficult to get off, the main issue was having to drive 45 minutes one way to the closest hose repair shop. In the end the job turned out great other than that empty 2 bedrooms took about 3½ hours, and after I gave a discount to the customer for the inconvenience I made $50.
To sum up the auto dump worked great, the audible circuit indicator was great, I didn't pop any breakers, I didn't get auto fill working at all I'll try to figure it out this weekend and of course the blown hose on the first job was not a good start. As for the vacuum, I ran 50 feet of 2 inch hose straight to my 2 inch wand and I felt it was a bit stronger than my dual 2 stage machine at 25 feet which is really all I was hoping for or expecting. I think without a booster 50 or MAYBE 75 feet is its limit, at least for my expectations. I don't think this machine at 50 feet can even hold a candle to my truckmount at 150 feet but again I didn't expect it to, I just put that out there for the people who think ANY portable can compete head to head with a truckmount. Don't get me wrong I am happy with the vacuum, I don't expect to ever have a need or desire to run more than 50 feet and certainly never more than 75 feet.
All in all after finding out you could not get the 1000 psi pump with the three stage vacuums like initially advertised I probably should have switched my order to the M5, I just don't see how an extra $600 is justified especially now that the tray, defoamer kit and chemical injection kit are not included.
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