Carpet Cleaning: Slide-In Truck Mounts

Monday, December 28th, 2009 at 12:36 am

Carpet cleaning has evolved to the point where even the smallest of operators can compete using truck mount carpet cleaning equipment. Professional level cleaning capabilities are now available in machines that can easily fit inside a regular cargo van. This article will take a look at the advantages of the ‘slide-in’ type of truck mounts.

Slide-in truck mounts are so called due to their ability to slide into a regular cargo van or box truck and bolt to the floor of the vehicle. They come with their own power in the form of a gasoline or propane engine. They also use water from an on-board water recovery tank thereby converting regular cargo vans into stand-alone, service ready carpet cleaning vans.

There are many benefits to using the slide-in type truck mount equipment. The most obvious is that they can be installed in any type of van regardless of make, model or age. They also come in a range of different sizes depending on the cleaning power desired. Thus, the ability to match specific vans with specific equipment provides the flexibility to fit many different carpet cleaning businesses.

The ability to move the machine between vans (not easy but doable) also allows for upgrading your van and/or machine independent of each other. A start-up business could conceivably buy a used slide-in truck mount and a used cargo van to keep costs low while getting the new business off the ground. Finally, some business use box trucks instead of cargo vans for their truck mount equipment. This is primarily for the additional space a box truck provides. Slide-in truck mounts are easily used in these kinds of vehicles.

Truck mount carpet cleaning equipment is the great equalizer that gives a small business the same cleaning capability as a larger enterprise. The flexibility of the slide-in type machines then adds the flexibility to start your business small and grow your equipment as your business grows.

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