CleanCraft's Business Growth Series
Operational Process: Carpet Cleaning Equipment Choice
Your carpet cleaning equipment is the workhorse of youroperation. The type of equipment youchoose can have a huge impact on your cleaning and the profitability of yourbusiness.
Let’s take a look specifically at hot water extraction andthe two types of equipment you can go with: Truck Mount and Portable.
Truck Mount:
20+ Years ago, the industry was dominated by truck mounts,and rightly so!20 years ago, the onlyway you can get good power was with a truck mounted unit.Truck mounts were the choice for professionalcarpet cleaners.However, over the last10-15 years, the industry has seen a huge shift in professional equipmentusage.Truck mounts are now the minorityin professional cleaning equipment.Sure, there are still the “oldâ€� guys that will use truck mounts untilthe day they die.However, this isusually because they are comparing their truck mount to old style portablecarpet extractors.Technology haschanged things.Some portables can nowcompete with truck mounts on power.(Seebelow)
Portables:
As mentioned above, portables are the other type of hotwater extraction equipment.Today, thereare many portables to choose. However, most of them still have the specs of 20years ago:2 vacuum motors, low pressurepump, with or without a heater, and no advanced features.However, for the carpet cleaners that wantpower & quality, there now exists high-powered and advanced technologyportables that rival truck mounts.Plus,environmental aspects of the portable along with lower equipment and operatingcosts have made portable extractors the dominate equipment in the carpetcleaning industry.
One of the industry’s leading High Powered PortableExtractor is the Eclipse.If you haven’tcheck out this machine, you need to take a look.Not only has the Eclipse been a leading forcefor power & technology in the portable extractor market for well over adecade, but in 2018, the Eclipse went through a “face-liftâ€� to make the machineeven better.Take the time to check outEclipse webpage and watch the video that shows you why the Eclipse is a betterchoice than truck mounts and other portables.You will see how the Eclipse contains features & technology notfound in any other carpet cleaning machine!Check out the Eclipse High Powered Portable Extractor page.
