Because these idiots are having to replace their machines every 5-7years due to the shitty "engineering". How many
370's do you see that are sold around 2k-3k hrs? Or
boxxer truckmounts with 1500-3k hrs? Same with
CDS's. I see them all the time for sale. So why pay nearly $25- $50k if you're gonna need to sell it 6 years later right after you made your last payment?
I agree with you, i went to buy a new machine a few years back. Not that my 2000 steamgeni pto needed replacing the problem was i couldn't get the pressure out of it to clean tile. Went to las vagas looked around, and for 35000 i could get a machine that would work problem was at 65 i would be looking to replace in 7 to 10 years, the thought of starting a 5 year payment plan at 72 didn't appeal to me, especially since I would be replacing a perfectly good 22year old machine, so i went to the drawing board, took all i liked from the new equipment and and removed all i didn't like on the old and frankinstien was created! He's installed in a 2020 chevy extended van has a roots 47 blower on a 50gal waste tank, comet p33t waste pump all brass fitting replaced with stainless, cleanco engine mount with steamgeni driveshaft, hypro pump with general chemical pump,cleanco water to water heat exchangers with a
hydramaster salsa afterburner all stainless sheet and powdercoated the color of the dirt on my old machines waste tank. With van,waterpond and all the custom work shelfs lighting etc.etc out the door im in to it around 60,000 but with reasonable care ill be 90 before this van needs replacing, so now im on to my next project, the walker wand with optional oxygen bottle holder for us " senior carpt cleaners "
