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Well I finally got my new butler and it is nice. I was working with a 98 Hyradmaster CDS. The Hydramaster worked great and do not have any complaints about it. I just needed a new van to void break downs and to grow into 2 vans I someday soon.
So here are the pros that I really like about it. It is fairly hot and the vac is impressive. I tried the turbo and could hardly move the wand. It is a very nicely built unit. The 210 gallon tank is huge I doubt I will ever fill it in one day. The most I have filled it to in the 2 month that I have had it maybe half.
Here are the negatives, some are silly little thing but it is the little things that make a difference:
1. Was pricey, I did get all the options on the van and unit and that drove the price up but that is ok.
2. I got the 2.5 option and use flash cuffs. The 2.5 flash cuff does not go through the security door.
3. I was really disappointed that the shelf in the back will only hold one fan I was planning on 2 fans for that area. The top shelf is not really high enough to hold much either.
4. It took about 4 or 5 month for me to get the van from when I ordered it. Part of that was because I wanted a van with certain options like a locking differential. So most of that was waiting of the van, but I thought Butler would have more pull on rushing that.
5. I only got the van with 1/4 tank of fuel. Here again it the little things.
6. The hose reel looks huge but does not hold that much hose as the center is 8 or 10” in diameter.
7. I did have more room with my Hydramaster.
8. The pressure adjust is a pain to as it is in the compartment and you need a flow for the guage to read. I was thinking/hoping that they had a switch that you could swap between 2or 3 preset pressures.
9. The 2.5 plug that came with the unit is too cheap and get sucked in when cat get closed off and have to buy/make my own plug.
10. The block holder does not hold a full sheet of block you have to break off one row. WTF is with that.
11. On the water tank they put 45 elbow (see pic) that is galvanized and when I fill a bucket with water it is already rusting and the water is orange.
12. My biggest complaint is about the water tank. You need to hit a switch every time to fill it. So if you hit and it fills up in the first 10 min of a job it shuts the water off and pulls the water from the tank. So you get done with a big job and you may only have a ½ or ¾ of a tank and you were hooked up. So you have to hit the switch again and hope you can top it off before you finish wrapping up. I am learning to run out before I am done to hit the switch to fill it up that seems silly to me.
All said I do like it just the little things like this bug me and makes me think why. Maybe I am a baby but for what I paid I was thinking it would be perfect.
So here are the pros that I really like about it. It is fairly hot and the vac is impressive. I tried the turbo and could hardly move the wand. It is a very nicely built unit. The 210 gallon tank is huge I doubt I will ever fill it in one day. The most I have filled it to in the 2 month that I have had it maybe half.
Here are the negatives, some are silly little thing but it is the little things that make a difference:
1. Was pricey, I did get all the options on the van and unit and that drove the price up but that is ok.
2. I got the 2.5 option and use flash cuffs. The 2.5 flash cuff does not go through the security door.
3. I was really disappointed that the shelf in the back will only hold one fan I was planning on 2 fans for that area. The top shelf is not really high enough to hold much either.
4. It took about 4 or 5 month for me to get the van from when I ordered it. Part of that was because I wanted a van with certain options like a locking differential. So most of that was waiting of the van, but I thought Butler would have more pull on rushing that.
5. I only got the van with 1/4 tank of fuel. Here again it the little things.
6. The hose reel looks huge but does not hold that much hose as the center is 8 or 10” in diameter.
7. I did have more room with my Hydramaster.
8. The pressure adjust is a pain to as it is in the compartment and you need a flow for the guage to read. I was thinking/hoping that they had a switch that you could swap between 2or 3 preset pressures.
9. The 2.5 plug that came with the unit is too cheap and get sucked in when cat get closed off and have to buy/make my own plug.
10. The block holder does not hold a full sheet of block you have to break off one row. WTF is with that.
11. On the water tank they put 45 elbow (see pic) that is galvanized and when I fill a bucket with water it is already rusting and the water is orange.
12. My biggest complaint is about the water tank. You need to hit a switch every time to fill it. So if you hit and it fills up in the first 10 min of a job it shuts the water off and pulls the water from the tank. So you get done with a big job and you may only have a ½ or ¾ of a tank and you were hooked up. So you have to hit the switch again and hope you can top it off before you finish wrapping up. I am learning to run out before I am done to hit the switch to fill it up that seems silly to me.
All said I do like it just the little things like this bug me and makes me think why. Maybe I am a baby but for what I paid I was thinking it would be perfect.
