Well as of about a week ago I turned over 1,500 hrs in the PC 650 hp. The warranty has run out now so wish me luck!
I made the decision to buy my new truck mount 2.5 years ago when I was experiencing reoccurring breakdowns from the V and the final decision came when I was down for approx 14 days and was at the mercy of a new UD dealer that seemed to want to just replace parts. So I told my wife from the viewpoint that even though we didn't have the business to justify the need for a second truck, we couldn't afford another big breakdown that caused us to get 33 jobs behind. So I started researching TM's and narrowed it down to 3 the The Titan 875, The PC 650 hp, and the SS 870. I decided on the 650 when my search ruled out the Titan due to way to many mysterious problems concerning shutdowns etc etc etc, ruled out the SS 870 because it was just to new to the market and SS couldn't or would't supply info on people who had bought them, decided on the PC 650hp after talking with 3 larger companies that ran 3-5 of these units and they all had to many good things to say about them. Also, was highly encouraged by JO & Harper.
First 250 hrs was used just for cleaning orientals at the shop and an occasional job on the field with 0 issues. At the beginning of the second year I decided to put it into service full time for the last year of the warranty to uncover any issues that it might have. At around 250 hours the first set of belts broke and I was alarmed that they broke at such an early time. I had read issues about bearing problems on a certain run of blowers so Interlink and I took it to a local factory rep in Louisville and found no issues so new set of belts installed and everything was fine. Did the 500 hr go over no issues and had them check the belts tension. At somewhere around 550 hrs had the PoS floJet supply pump caught on fire (nothing to do with TM) had it replaced under warranty and 100 hours later the new replacement went out. So I did some research and told Interlink that I didn't want another FloJet put in it and I would spend the extra to replace it with a Mytee pump that they ordered and replaced at around 500 hrs. Problem solved.
I have had no issues with the truck mount itself and love it. Although not as good of vacuum as the V it doesn't feel to be much less. I would buy another or recommend it to anyone else in a heartbeat.
I still take the V out for an occasional walk and plan to have both trucks in service next spring.
I made the decision to buy my new truck mount 2.5 years ago when I was experiencing reoccurring breakdowns from the V and the final decision came when I was down for approx 14 days and was at the mercy of a new UD dealer that seemed to want to just replace parts. So I told my wife from the viewpoint that even though we didn't have the business to justify the need for a second truck, we couldn't afford another big breakdown that caused us to get 33 jobs behind. So I started researching TM's and narrowed it down to 3 the The Titan 875, The PC 650 hp, and the SS 870. I decided on the 650 when my search ruled out the Titan due to way to many mysterious problems concerning shutdowns etc etc etc, ruled out the SS 870 because it was just to new to the market and SS couldn't or would't supply info on people who had bought them, decided on the PC 650hp after talking with 3 larger companies that ran 3-5 of these units and they all had to many good things to say about them. Also, was highly encouraged by JO & Harper.
First 250 hrs was used just for cleaning orientals at the shop and an occasional job on the field with 0 issues. At the beginning of the second year I decided to put it into service full time for the last year of the warranty to uncover any issues that it might have. At around 250 hours the first set of belts broke and I was alarmed that they broke at such an early time. I had read issues about bearing problems on a certain run of blowers so Interlink and I took it to a local factory rep in Louisville and found no issues so new set of belts installed and everything was fine. Did the 500 hr go over no issues and had them check the belts tension. At somewhere around 550 hrs had the PoS floJet supply pump caught on fire (nothing to do with TM) had it replaced under warranty and 100 hours later the new replacement went out. So I did some research and told Interlink that I didn't want another FloJet put in it and I would spend the extra to replace it with a Mytee pump that they ordered and replaced at around 500 hrs. Problem solved.
I have had no issues with the truck mount itself and love it. Although not as good of vacuum as the V it doesn't feel to be much less. I would buy another or recommend it to anyone else in a heartbeat.
I still take the V out for an occasional walk and plan to have both trucks in service next spring.
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