Which one do you prefer and why?

KGILL said:
Chris Apple, nice looking setup. What all do you have on there?
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Thanks!

The truck has an 8gpm machine with a vertical hot box and 225 gallon tank.

The trailer has 2 8gpm cold water machines with a 500 gallon tank.

The plan is to buy a horizontal heater for the truck and move the vertical one to the trailer.
 
I have a box truck and a small trailer for backup. We are pretty diversified in that we offer a broad range of residential services. Mostly Roof cleaning, deck staining, driveway sealing and house washing. We need space to haul several pails of deck stain, pails of aggregate sealer, chemical tanks, water tank, hoses, pails of dry chemical, surface cleaners, wands, electric sprayers and pump sprayers. This is a lot of stuff and it all has to fit, be organized and still have room to get in and out of the truck. If the truck breaks down for any reason I am down unless I have a back up or I do the repairs myself through the night. Which I have done many times. We always get the job done on time even if I have to rent equipment.

If you have a box truck you need to protect it from all the water and chemicals that you will be subjecting it to. If not you will be tearing it down once a year to restore damages cause from the water and chemicals. If water and chems leak onto your frame or tail lights, etc. you will have problems. It is easier to dispose of a trailer and get another one than it is to dispose of a box truck.

Box trucks are great, but you need to address these issues if you don't want costly down time or aggravation. Also, a box truck does have maintenance needed to tighten framing and rivets, etc.
 
outdoorprowash said:
I have a box truck and a small trailer for backup. We are pretty diversified in that we offer a broad range of residential services. Mostly Roof cleaning, deck staining, driveway sealing and house washing. We need space to haul several pails of deck stain, pails of aggregate sealer, chemical tanks, water tank, hoses, pails of dry chemical, surface cleaners, wands, electric sprayers and pump sprayers. This is a lot of stuff and it all has to fit, be organized and still have room to get in and out of the truck. If the truck breaks down for any reason I am down unless I have a back up or I do the repairs myself through the night. Which I have done many times. We always get the job done on time even if I have to rent equipment.

If you have a box truck you need to protect it from all the water and chemicals that you will be subjecting it to. If not you will be tearing it down once a year to restore damages cause from the water and chemicals. If water and chems leak onto your frame or tail lights, etc. you will have problems. It is easier to dispose of a trailer and get another one than it is to dispose of a box truck.

Box trucks are great, but you need to address these issues if you don't want costly down time or aggravation. Also, a box truck does have maintenance needed to tighten framing and rivets, etc.
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Yep I was gonna a box truck a few weeks ago, was also looking at Flat Beds. Had a conversation w Ron and some things he told me, as you mentioned here George, made sense. I will be sticking with open trailers. What I want and what is best (for my business) are not always the same. Gotta stick with what is best.
 
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Doug Rucker said:
Yep I was gonna a box truck a few weeks ago, was also looking at Flat Beds. Had a conversation w Ron and some things he told me, as you mentioned here George, made sense. I will be sticking with open trailers. What I want and what is best (for my business) are not always the same. Gotta stick with what is best.
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apple said:
Thanks!

The truck has an 8gpm machine with a vertical hot box and 225 gallon tank.

The trailer has 2 8gpm cold water machines with a 500 gallon tank.

The plan is to buy a horizontal heater for the truck and move the vertical one to the trailer.
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Good night. How often do you pull the trailer with your truck? Do you need 3 8 gpm machines at once?
 
Simply Glass said:
So would you agree that having 3 rigs verses have one rig with 3 units is the best idea for retail and residential? (Parking garages is a different story im sure).
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To me, that would all depend on how busy you can keep them. I have 2 8gpm on my rig and tats plenty for me.
 
If you will be onsite you can put more equip on one rig. If you want guys who work independent, just use small setup with just the the right stuff for the job. You could run 5 trucks with 4gpm units and do more than 5 8gpm unit on one truck. Volume and how specialized you are make a difference. If you only did house washes, you run a very simple setup and train a guy in a week. Just gotta have the work.

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3 machines are great on apartments or condos. We've ran them all on some shopping centers, but on most there isn't enough water flow to run them all.

My goal for this rebuild was to really simplify things for employees. Our 16' monster rig had too much going on.

At some point I would love to run 3 separate rigs with one machine each.
 
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