JimFergerson
New member
My name's Jim and i've been lurking around on this fine forum for a few weeks now. Must say, so far everyone here has been very polite and professional.
I decided a while ago to start up a powerwashing business in Phoenix. Everywhere I go I see potential work that really needs to be done. A few years ago, I owned a window cleaning business in Boise, ID and because of the weather conditions there, it did well for about six or seven months out of the year. I am quite confident that I can develop a solid customer base here also.
Presently, we only have about $3,000 for an initial investment on a rig. With this in mind, it's looking like it's going to be COLD water for a while. We've already created a feasible "business plan" and it looks pretty good on paper.
To start-up, we plan on concentrating on power washing store fronts and cleaning windows on local businesses. We plan on cleaning, coating and sealing concrete garages, driveways and sidewalks as well. I doubt on turning down many jobs anytime soon, just so that we can gain valuable experience and get "in" on a few accounts. Obviously, biding low can be very bad for business, (yours, mine and ours). It's just part of the plan.
This last week I visited the Landa sales rep, Greg Sprunk down at Superior Cleaning Equipment in Phoenix, picked his brain and got some really cool advice on a cold water set-up, as well as a bid for brand new equipment.
We've been searching Craigslist, looking at trailers, cold water rigs and tanks. We haven't seen any descent complete set-up's here that is in our budget yet. We have our sights set on a 5'X8' 3,500lb. single axle trailer that can be easily custom built in "stages". The vision is to mount a 225 gallon tank over the axle and mount the cold water rig and hose reels on the back, leaving ample room in front for a hot water skid in the future.
If we do go this route, we will be needing advice on mounting and proper set-up...
I've already learned alot here just by going thread searches. But now I have a few more detailed questions that need to be addressed.
Thanks for having me here and I'll contribute when I can!
:victory:
I decided a while ago to start up a powerwashing business in Phoenix. Everywhere I go I see potential work that really needs to be done. A few years ago, I owned a window cleaning business in Boise, ID and because of the weather conditions there, it did well for about six or seven months out of the year. I am quite confident that I can develop a solid customer base here also.
Presently, we only have about $3,000 for an initial investment on a rig. With this in mind, it's looking like it's going to be COLD water for a while. We've already created a feasible "business plan" and it looks pretty good on paper.
To start-up, we plan on concentrating on power washing store fronts and cleaning windows on local businesses. We plan on cleaning, coating and sealing concrete garages, driveways and sidewalks as well. I doubt on turning down many jobs anytime soon, just so that we can gain valuable experience and get "in" on a few accounts. Obviously, biding low can be very bad for business, (yours, mine and ours). It's just part of the plan.
This last week I visited the Landa sales rep, Greg Sprunk down at Superior Cleaning Equipment in Phoenix, picked his brain and got some really cool advice on a cold water set-up, as well as a bid for brand new equipment.
We've been searching Craigslist, looking at trailers, cold water rigs and tanks. We haven't seen any descent complete set-up's here that is in our budget yet. We have our sights set on a 5'X8' 3,500lb. single axle trailer that can be easily custom built in "stages". The vision is to mount a 225 gallon tank over the axle and mount the cold water rig and hose reels on the back, leaving ample room in front for a hot water skid in the future.
If we do go this route, we will be needing advice on mounting and proper set-up...
I've already learned alot here just by going thread searches. But now I have a few more detailed questions that need to be addressed.
Thanks for having me here and I'll contribute when I can!
:victory: