Shawn York used this same marketing strategy to hook me .
- Thread starter Mikey P
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hogjowl
Idiot™
I never regretted buying mine. I just lost too much business in 08 to afford it.
Bryce C
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What determines if folks use those "big trucks" vs a van? Is it the storage space for portables and op machines along with a lift gate if one bounces between res and com or something else?
Mikey P
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Well if you're still in the early 2000s and running a wand over your commercial carpet and make sense the dual wand off of machine like this.
Or if you're doing mega estates dual wanding with three or four employees can make sense
Or if you do a lot of restoration and have the need to carry lots of dehus and fans the big truck can make sense
If you're picking up lots of rugs throughout the day and small furniture and offer multi-surfaces and need the room for all your gadgets they make sense
Or you just make so much money that you need a write off in that rolling billboard does your some good they can make sense
If you like super high quality equipment that's fairly easy to work on and will last longer than most any other truck mount they make sense
But for 90% of the industry they don't really make sense
Bryce C
Member
I clean commercial carpet with a wand and am not in the early 2000s. I'm in the embryonic stage with my business and working my arse off to get established with the resources available.
Right on great insights Mike. A big truck setup sounds incredible, but quite costly up front and continually. One really needs to use it I imagine. I'll probably go with a long van and medium tm next spring as I'll still have my sweet little trailer setup I can always pickup and pull to jobs with special needs. Lower cost and still very versatile.
Right on great insights Mike. A big truck setup sounds incredible, but quite costly up front and continually. One really needs to use it I imagine. I'll probably go with a long van and medium tm next spring as I'll still have my sweet little trailer setup I can always pickup and pull to jobs with special needs. Lower cost and still very versatile.
Mikey P
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Bryce C
Member
71,000 was equipped with a tm?
hogjowl
Idiot™
Are you ghay?
ronbeatty
Member
In 1976 we paid $5000 for our first Ford E150and probably the same for the Hydramaster slide in that we installed in it. now that would not pay sales tax on a new purchase of the equipment. Every thing is relative.
