Swabby analysis,

Ron Musgraves

Ron Musgraves

Exterior Restoration Specialist
Staff member
Swabby analysis,


John T from New York City just bought a high dollar machine.


I’m glad Johnny moving up the ladder. I know he understand that the swabby is a great machine and he will give a true analysis of it capabilities.


My first doubts and they are only speculation at this point is that if you’re going to be doing smaller jobs this machine would not be very practical.

On the reverse side I hope it would run circles around you at a larger job.

Anyone that owns one or has seen one in action has comments?


Even if you don’t what are your thoughts?


PWI will be awaiting John’s first job for sure. I'm certain it will take more than one job for john to get it all down to a science.
 
I would agree Ron, I did see it first hand at a CETA show. It did look very cumbersome to operate. My initial thought of was how long would it before I got the call from my operator that somthing was wrong or they damaged property. I didn't like that it was not its own unit, it was attached via hoses to the stationary unit (the trailer in Johns application) - I have a hard time keeping one hose from getting hung up when I'm walking let alone driving with two.

Hey John, good luck with it. It looks like a well thought out machine - I hope it makes you heaps of $$$. Keep us posted.
 
I forget who it was on the TGS that owned one and he loved it, He had a crew working in florida often with it

It wouldnt clear the ramps or tight areas of the many parking garages that are around here, still would be nice on a 50K & up parking garage. I heard it can do easily 10K an hours. Once your used to it I bet its nice. When I was at CETA show I think the price tag for the complete set up was over $55K


At 10K sq ft an hour a 100K parking garage in a day would be a nice pay day, hey you could hire a helper to keep the hoses moving etc etc

I'd have to be on a couple big jobs to see how exactly this works and if its a PITA or a great tool before I'd consider buying one
 
Jeff

That was Steve Radowski in Georgia that owned one with a crew working in Fla.

His user name is SteveR and he is still around a bit. He posted a lot, and then tried to retire, but it doesn't seem to have taken.
 
Do they use a separate machine to sweep up trash before using this machine?

Does it really take up oil spots without any degreaser?

Does the flocculent not like detergent?

What about gum removal, is that done separately? In the video I saw them using a small surface cleaner to do the edges.

Dave Olson
 
Jeff Robinson (Titan Exteriors) in Atlanta purchased one after seeing a demo at our RT back in '05. He's doing well with it there. As I understand it now, to get a Swabby, one must now cough up more like $125K for the full franchise. John may be able to confirm this figure.

Celeste
 
Celeste is about right as far as what it cost for the Franchise. As for my machine its being used by another company for a cost. Its working out good for me because my Clean County business is swamped and the swabby is off making me money without using it myself. Jeff Robinson is doing well with his Swabby set-up.
 
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