tommarrow I will officialy be a 2 truck company

[juniorc82]

I been getting busier and finaly am left with no choice but to split up to get everything done. I have had 2 vans with tm's for a while but one was always used as a back up or the helper would do one on his own. I have about 4 rentals and a super church to clean tommarow so my main man will have to start on his own at the church while I do the rentals with the new kid. I know its not that big of a deal but it actualy made me reflect a bit back to 7 years ago when my business was a portable in my spare bedroom cleaning for any job I could get. Im sure things will go well since the church is pretty much just a wide open space for him to clean. Hopefully we can do this more often and make some dough this summer

 

[jcooper]

That's kickass, John! Have a good day...

 

[KevinL]

Same here. Splitting up TOMORROW to get several jobs done and train the new guy. Man I hope he's not a spook.

 

[davegillfishing]

great job!! keep on rolling

 

[Mikey P]

Just dint let your quality time with the client suffer and you'll grow nicely

 

[BLewis]

Congrats! Hopefully I'll be joining u sometime this summer

 

[Derek]

Man I hope he's not a spook.

huh?

 

[Chris A]

Nice job Jon. We did that a couple years ago when I had two techs, my wife supervised the other tech on the second van and it worked out nice. It's a nice feeling to have although it can be super stressful if your not set up to do it every day.

 

[Greg Cole]

way to go!

 

[juniorc82]

Ill post some pics of us tag teamin the church later. I wish my signs where as pretty as the saiger trucks but Im still on my rise to fame

 

[Desk Jockey]

That's a big deal! Congrats!

 

[hogjowl]

Yes, that IS a big deal. Congratulations.

Now, don't screw it up. LOL

 

[Desk Jockey]

LOL

 

[Shane Deubell]

Its huge deal, just relax and you will be fine.

Stress is the killer...

 

[Steve Toburen]

I know its not that big of a deal but it actualy made me reflect a bit back to 7 years ago when my business was a portable in my spare bedroom cleaning for any job I could get...

Actually, Jon, it IS a "big deal". You should be very proud and especially having accomplished this in a "challenging economy"!

BUT I gotta say moving from a one "owner occupied" truck company to a true two truck company with employees working solo on them was one of the most agonizing things I have ever done. As much as possible you need to have the trucks "idiot proof" with all procedures as simple as possible.

Your job is to try and anticipate where your employees will screw up and then "head 'em off at the pass" with yet another step in writing that avoids this dumb mistake. It won't be easy but when you achieve "Personal Freedom" by not being chained to a wand it is sweet indeed.

Steve

PS Mike is right on not falling down on your customer service. BUT the challenge is you won't be on the job. That means you need to train your employees with a system that gives each and every client positive Moments of Truth consistently. (Without you being there shepherding things along.)

 

[juniorc82]

for now wehen we rock 2 trucks on differant jobs Ill be the one who does the picky clients and owner occupied residential. I think my main guy is good to go on rentals and most commercial

 

[Desk Jockey]

Good idea, let him get used to the cleaning on his own before throwing him to the wolves.

 

[Dolly Llama]

[h=2]tommarrow I will officialy be a 2 truck company[/h] it actualy made me reflect a bit back to 7 years ago when my business was a portable in my spare bedroom cleaning for any job I could get

Congrats Jon
you're doing good
keep on keppin' on


..L.T.A.

 

[mirf]

Great news. A very good feeling of growth. I still love it when I am away and they have to make a deposit.

 

[Mark Saiger]

Today we were going to try to do some split up of the vans, but everyone one of them were just incredibly big, so we ended up having to stay together. Tommorow, we might be able to split up a couple of jobs, but for the most part, everything is 700 - 1000 square feet or more, and some also has furniture included on those jobs. We do have a commercial job at 4 pm also that is going to be a 2 van moment. Sunday, we have a 3200 square foot restraunt (definately 2 vans). Will get in around midnite, get about 5 hours of sleep and then go knocked out by the Doctor and get my knee fixed. It's gonna mess up next weeks schedule without me being able to help.

 

[Mark Saiger]

Just a few pics of the 2 vans on some of the jobs. Yesterday, I even had to bring the Jeep, so I wouldn't be stranded and get to a few customers ahead of time to measure or run and do other estimates.

 

[Barry-QDCC]

congrats! Hurry and get to the 3rd van. That 2nd by itself can kill you financially if you are not careful!

 

[juniorc82]

congrats! Hurry and get to the 3rd van. That 2nd by itself can kill you financially if you are not careful!

shoot I still need to train my help to be fully independent. One van can get a whole lot of work done, I doubt in my market it could support 3 vans. really the other 2nd van is just a back up, overflow, and additional machine for large jobs.

 

[Mark Saiger]

shoot I still need to train my help to be fully independent. One van can get a whole lot of work done, I doubt in my market it could support 3 vans. really the other 2nd van is just a back up, overflow, and additional machine for large jobs.

Thats how my 2nd van started too. Didn't take long and it was needed everyday

Congrats everyone