Van powered cds or gasoline powered slide in?
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SMRBAP
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PTO cons: uses your van engine which is already being beat down from running 2000-3000 lbs of excess weight everyday - on your vans 8 cyl's - and usually required more $ to buy better heat exchangers for higher heat.
Pro's: easier for employees to use, less maint., (unless you own a prechem slide in), and more room in your van is left
Slide in pro's - (on the bigger machines) more heat, more suck, less fuel
Con's - more maint., uses more space
Have had both - went slide in exclusive 3 years ago and never looked back.
Pro's: easier for employees to use, less maint., (unless you own a prechem slide in), and more room in your van is left
Slide in pro's - (on the bigger machines) more heat, more suck, less fuel
Con's - more maint., uses more space
Have had both - went slide in exclusive 3 years ago and never looked back.
Dolly Llama
Number 5
Iny summed it up pretty well.
I'll add;
you get more bang for the buck with a slide-in
also, a well maintained TM will out last a van.
With slide-in, it's a piece of cake to move to a shinny new van.
It's large dollars and bigger headaches to move a direct drive into a new van.
So, when your van gets tired and becomes a money pit in repairs, or starts to "ugly out", you'll spending good money after bad to do major repairs and body work on a tired war wagon
another thing, vehicles aren't made to go 50 MPH sitting a driveway.
Guys talk about how reliable DDs are, but never mention the repairs to the van that aren't common for non DD.
Like water pumps, fried/brittle wiring harnesses, computers cooking and other engine compartment heat related failures.
..L.T.A.
I'll add;
you get more bang for the buck with a slide-in
also, a well maintained TM will out last a van.
With slide-in, it's a piece of cake to move to a shinny new van.
It's large dollars and bigger headaches to move a direct drive into a new van.
So, when your van gets tired and becomes a money pit in repairs, or starts to "ugly out", you'll spending good money after bad to do major repairs and body work on a tired war wagon
another thing, vehicles aren't made to go 50 MPH sitting a driveway.
Guys talk about how reliable DDs are, but never mention the repairs to the van that aren't common for non DD.
Like water pumps, fried/brittle wiring harnesses, computers cooking and other engine compartment heat related failures.
..L.T.A.
ACE
Member
Hey Rex,
How do you like that cleanco? How would you rate with other PTO's?
How do you like that cleanco? How would you rate with other PTO's?
sdaws4 said:
They do offer a blower heat exchanger option and those get resonably hot for a clutch drive. Around 220 I understand. However no. They do not get as hot as the CDS because they don't choke the plumbing down on the Cleanco the way they do on the CDS. So the blower does not get as hot. To me this is a good thing. Some don't realize how much it dampens the performance when you choke down and slow down the blower. The CDS doesn't offer a 56 when last I checked either.
However Mine gets hotter. I have an LP post heater. :mrgreen:
Kevin. McCreary
Member
I used a cleanco quad 56 two weeks ago, man did it hog the gas and I could only get about 180 degrees out of it. It sure made a hell of a lot of noise though. I didn't think the suction was all that great, but the only real comparison I have any more is #6 and #7 blowers.
One pro no one ever talks about on a pto machine is they are much easier to keep clean inside. A slide in motor
is always sucking air into the motor inside the van, you also can operate a pto with the doors shut in the middle of a
storm or a high crime area.
One pro no one ever talks about on a pto machine is they are much easier to keep clean inside. A slide in motor
is always sucking air into the motor inside the van, you also can operate a pto with the doors shut in the middle of a
storm or a high crime area.
meAt said:
We've run 2 CDS into the ground now with out any of those issues. Slide ins are decent in some respects, I s'pose, like if a 47 blower isn't enough. However, for the time savings, efficiency, and all around lack of maintenence, I buy CDS', put about 5 years, 100k, and 5000 hours on them, then trade them in with harldy ever being in a repair shop. I'm a DD guy!
Mr.Truckmount
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Cons:With a direct drive you definitly need a new van, and there is a lot of limitations.
Pros: More space, cleaner interior.
Pros: More space, cleaner interior.
Sticky said:
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I am sure there are some out there that don't like them as much as me. I can't imagine why but I am sure there are. Before I bought my Cleanco I did countless searches on the boards. I could not find any record of complaints about Cleanco. I think Bob Foster had an Auqatech which is now owned by Cleanco. He had some issues if memory serves me. But I THINK his was before the accusition and quality control was more of an issue then. I am not promoting them cause I don't sell them and don't really care what anyone buys. BUT they are good machines and if you have issues CLEANCO honors their warranty VERY WELL. It is simple no gidgets and gadgets. No by pass whatcha macallits... almost idiot proof.
JIMMY, correct me if I am wrong. Have you had any issues? If so did they honor the warranty?
No issues with mine and I got tired of filling out those weekly turn in records to Cleanco for the warranty.
Like Rex I did research for about a year before buying the quad 56.
I looked at the CDS but didn't like how Hydramaster always adds too many doo dads to complicate the machine. That and the u-joints on the driveshaft.
Like Rex I did research for about a year before buying the quad 56.
I looked at the CDS but didn't like how Hydramaster always adds too many doo dads to complicate the machine. That and the u-joints on the driveshaft.
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