With all the start-up costs associated and a limited budget, what woukd you buy? Given about $1,000, would you buy 1 commercial grade unit or 2 heavy duty units to get through for now. Already factored into the budget is everything else needed to support and maintain the units including extension hoses/poles/brushes, etc. so what's left is the actual balance to buy the main business component. This is a discussion my partner and I keep circling around without resolution.
My thinking is we go with 2 half decent sub 3000 psi units, pressurewasherdirect.com has Karchers that are $499 that I think would get us through lots of jobs early on. They would be new, under warranty and quality but not commercial grade. My thought is that in a week of jobs, they're paid for and we can upgrade through the season and these become back-ups and low duty units.
He thinks we should get 1 new commercial unit for that thousand but that leaves us with 2 guys and 1 unit to handle each job early on, to me that doesn't add up. His other idea is to get 2 used commercial units but I don't want to buy used, who knows what will break and I'd rather have new with warranties for the first month til we can upgrade than the unknown factors that used units bring.
Your thoughts/recommendations are greatly appreciated.
My thinking is we go with 2 half decent sub 3000 psi units, pressurewasherdirect.com has Karchers that are $499 that I think would get us through lots of jobs early on. They would be new, under warranty and quality but not commercial grade. My thought is that in a week of jobs, they're paid for and we can upgrade through the season and these become back-ups and low duty units.
He thinks we should get 1 new commercial unit for that thousand but that leaves us with 2 guys and 1 unit to handle each job early on, to me that doesn't add up. His other idea is to get 2 used commercial units but I don't want to buy used, who knows what will break and I'd rather have new with warranties for the first month til we can upgrade than the unknown factors that used units bring.
Your thoughts/recommendations are greatly appreciated.