Pretty cool video

Hard to push!!! No not at all...

MR ALAN said:
It is not the tool that makes it hard to push, it is the raw awesome power of the manly vacuum that makes it hard. These tools need lots of lift and that lift can seal it to the floor.
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I have a Steel eagle cleaner like the one in the video. The only problem this guy in the video has is, hose management. He should have started only when he had enough hose in the warehouse so he was not trying to pull the whole weight of the hose with him on the first strip and then he has to mind which way he turns so he is not running into or bumping into the hose on the way back. Its just physics I guess.

Rob
 
We tried something similar on one of our floor cleanings at First Baptist Church and the results were fairly good.. We rented a unit form industrial steam cleaners at about $100.00 a day. Only problems were it was a pain in the butt to push.. The extra Vac hose kept getting all twisted up with the pressure hose and then of course all the corners and sides of wall and around appliances we had to bust out the old faithful wand and get those spaces.. It took and hour longer to clean the church floor. Our usual method is to use a wet vac with a pump out feature ,set it up in a general location run the pump out garden hose into a drain , 2 guys with foam rubber squeeges and one guy running the surface cleaner.. The 2 guys with squeeges keep the water running into the wet vac pump barrier that we build usually out of mop heads or towels.. It works good.. Also you may laugh , but my homemade surface cleaner works better than the steel eagle that the vac unit was set up on.. I have been running that homemade surface cleaner for 2 years on the same mosmatic swivel and the only thing I see that needs replacing is the 55 gallon drum top is starting to give way in the center where the swivel is mounted.. Think Im going to have a Stainless Top Made For it...
One of my buddies that helps me clean these floors said if they wanted us to recover the water they would not have put drains in the floor.. OK he is Smart...
 
That actually looks pretty kewl! I don't think the hose is the biggest problem with pushing the machine, although it could contribute as it fills up. It looks more like the suction is the problem with sealing it to the floor. Hose management would be important.

I couldn't see using this on a large job (stadium - yikes!!) but a great niche' opportunity on interior jobs or smaller exterior, waste water sensitive areas. The wall cleaning option was especially attractive, as we do a lot of these by hand in manufacturing settings. My guess is, however, that the machine didn't look like it was grabbing as much because it was on a corrugated door material. If it sucks tight to a flat wall like it does on the floor, that would be quite tiring.

Perhaps a little more engineering to provide more ease of movement and they've got something there. I think I'd be a buyer!
 
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