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Doug Rucker

PWN ADMIN TEAM -
Staff member
If you are new to the business, there is a great Informational, Educational Pressure Washing Industry Journal. Cleaner Times has been the Industry magazine for 22 years. If you want to subscribe you can log on to Cleaner Times Magazine or call me at 800-525-7038 if you need any more information. But, here is the link to the May 2011 Cleaner Times issue.

Cleaner Times - May 2011

Thanks for the help yesterday Tanya. Really do appreciate it. Been reading CT for years and always seem to get some great info out of it.
 

montague8

New Member
Hey Doug, thanks for the welcome. With filling out my signature, I do not own my own business. I had worked for a company up until recently. It's funny that i was reading a post from somebody about treating their employees right. So many broken promises were made to me that never happened. For so many years it was all about making sacrifices for the greater future of the company. I started when we only worked out of two vans and expanded to fourteen box trucks at present. I am a god fearing man and do not like to talk bad about anybody, all i can do is feel bad for him. It is amazing what money can do to people. After 20 some odd years, still only 2 weeks vaca, no sick days and always worked weekends or whatever the job required and God forbid if you take a day off. My average week was sixty hours during summer and twenty or less in winter with no compensation or lay=off. The philosophy was not quality but what can you get away with. The point is as an employer treat the people that care for the company with respect and take care of them. They lost a good employee and out of the forty employees he has I am the only experienced building restorer he had . It was a hard decision to make, but I just spent my first Easter with my five year old and look forward to many other holidays since I was always working on them. So this long drawn out point is that I don't have a company name to put in my signature. I do have a pressure washing web site but right now it is kind of cheesy. I am working on it right now since I have time. If you want to see it, its at Pressure Washing Techniques. I hope this will be ok that I don't have a business. Thanks again!
 

Doug Rucker

PWN ADMIN TEAM -
Staff member
Hey Doug, thanks for the welcome. With filling out my signature, I do not own my own business. I had worked for a company up until recently. It's funny that i was reading a post from somebody about treating their employees right. So many broken promises were made to me that never happened. For so many years it was all about making sacrifices for the greater future of the company. I started when we only worked out of two vans and expanded to fourteen box trucks at present. I am a god fearing man and do not like to talk bad about anybody, all i can do is feel bad for him. It is amazing what money can do to people. After 20 some odd years, still only 2 weeks vaca, no sick days and always worked weekends or whatever the job required and God forbid if you take a day off. My average week was sixty hours during summer and twenty or less in winter with no compensation or lay=off. The philosophy was not quality but what can you get away with. The point is as an employer treat the people that care for the company with respect and take care of them. They lost a good employee and out of the forty employees he has I am the only experienced building restorer he had . It was a hard decision to make, but I just spent my first Easter with my five year old and look forward to many other holidays since I was always working on them. So this long drawn out point is that I don't have a company name to put in my signature. I do have a pressure washing web site but right now it is kind of cheesy. I am working on it right now since I have time. If you want to see it, its at Pressure Washing Techniques. I hope this will be ok that I don't have a business. Thanks again!

No problem, just fill in you name and phone # and that will be fine. Thanks.
 

Calob

New Member
hello to all

Hey all, my name is Calob. I am the owner and operator of a single man rig, CJ's Power Spray. I have been kicking around the idea of starting my own business for about 6 months now. Just recently found a great deal on a trailer set up, so i dived right in. So far so good, but i am soaking up all the info i can from the veterans of the trade. I am a husband, and farther of three daughters. 6yrs, 4yrs, and 1yr. Looking forward of talking with everyone, and helping where i can. Thank you for adding me to the forum.
 

New Look

Registerd User
Hey all, my name is Calob. I am the owner and operator of a single man rig, CJ's Power Spray. I have been kicking around the idea of starting my own business for about 6 months now. Just recently found a great deal on a trailer set up, so i dived right in. So far so good, but i am soaking up all the info i can from the veterans of the trade. I am a husband, and farther of three daughters. 6yrs, 4yrs, and 1yr. Looking forward of talking with everyone, and helping where i can. Thank you for adding me to the forum.

Calob....welcome to PWN and please feel free to ask any question. There are a good bunch of people here that are more than willing to answer your questions. There are no "Dumb" questions...just the ones that are not asked. Welcome aboard!!!!
 

Doug Rucker

PWN ADMIN TEAM -
Staff member
Hey all, my name is Calob. I am the owner and operator of a single man rig, CJ's Power Spray. I have been kicking around the idea of starting my own business for about 6 months now. Just recently found a great deal on a trailer set up, so i dived right in. So far so good, but i am soaking up all the info i can from the veterans of the trade. I am a husband, and farther of three daughters. 6yrs, 4yrs, and 1yr. Looking forward of talking with everyone, and helping where i can. Thank you for adding me to the forum.


Welcome aboard Calon, great to have you here.
 

Skinny Kenny

New Member
Hi I'm "Skinny Kenny" I have a Pressure cleaning and lawn care business in Alabama. Been in business for 6 years. I joined because I'm eager to learn new things to improve my business. Thanks
 

Doug Rucker

PWN ADMIN TEAM -
Staff member
Kenny, welcome aboard, great to have you. Looking forward to learning from you too. Pull up chair, relax and have fun. What part of ALabama? I lived in Gadsden for awhile when I was a kid.
 

sktww

New Member
hay ya'll. im steve, my wife and i have doing small jobs for years. we have ben buying equipment, one or two things every year. now we have the opportunity to expand our operation. we have learned a lot from trial and error. i wish i had thought to look this site up before now. i currently have a couple of issues and will do a careful surch of the threads for info before i post any questions. thanks st
 

Doug Rucker

PWN ADMIN TEAM -
Staff member
Hey Steve, welcome great to have you here. Got a bunch of great people here all willing to help. If you get imaptient in your search just fire away. We dont mind.
 

archie_MN

Moderator
Welcome aboard Steve! I can't tell you how many hours or trial and error these fellas have saved me from.

When you get a chance please fill in your signature line. You can do this by going to the top of the page and Click on Settings, on the left side of the page, under My Settings, click on Edit Signature, and fill in your name, company name, phone number, and web site address if you have one, and then click Save Signature. It's a little rule we have to help us identify each other.
 

pwrwshr

New Member
OK, I'm al I've been in business 28 years, in central NY. I statrted out doing truck washing and cut my teeth doing that. When I started, hose was hard to get, and I know nothing. Through the years I have learned just about everything that is related to pressure washing. I trained 4 people, and they have very good businesses to this day. It seemed no one knew what a pressure washer was then. Now you see them all over the place. same with parts. I was fortunate to have a pw factory close by, but they took advantage of that fact and suked me dry for years. I began washing houses probably 4 yrs into. After a few it took off finally and I took out 2 competitors one who had a franchise with sparkle wash. I've washed probably most everything that can be. I will admit if I had enough sense I would have gone bigger, but found employees to be underhanded, rude, and unworthy to keep my reputation. working alone I set up a standard that couldn't be matched. I found my self being streched to limits I had never known. so I just gave up and went small again, refusing work, sticking with only small jobs, and I am still operational with in limits. In 89 I did fantastic amounts for a 2 machine operation, with 2 workers, I could trust as long as I was there. Houses, mobile homes, commercial bldgs, graffitti, paint srtripping,heavy equipment,stinking restaurants, (I hate but for the $) flatwork, gum,and just about everything else. I started hood service in my area, not knowing a thing about it. after paying for a new fan. There was no place to go then to learn or for advice. I taught myself the whole thing, incuding wrapping hoods, materials, and pricing. I was the only hot water machine in the area. and it stayed that way for many years. I've seen guys come and go, with formal training and not. There is one guy who came up and stayed, but only made it when I backed off. He took up where I left off. I still go out. No more ads I just get called. I'll go, but no longer look for work. My repuation is key. Now I just want to help see other people make it. and thats why I joined up.
 

pwrwshr

New Member
OK, I'm al I've been in business 28 years, in central NY. I statrted out doing truck washing and cut my teeth doing that. When I started, hose was hard to get, and I know nothing. Through the years I have learned just about everything that is related to pressure washing. I trained 4 people, and they have very good businesses to this day. It seemed no one knew what a pressure washer was then. Now you see them all over the place. same with parts. I was fortunate to have a pw factory close by, but they took advantage of that fact and suked me dry for years. I began washing houses probably 4 yrs into. After a few it took off finally and I took out 2 competitors one who had a franchise with sparkle wash. I've washed probably most everything that can be. I will admit if I had enough sense I would have gone bigger, but found employees to be underhanded, rude, and unworthy to keep my reputation. working alone I set up a standard that couldn't be matched. I found my self being streched to limits I had never known. so I just gave up and went small again, refusing work, sticking with only small jobs, and I am still operational with in limits. In 89 I did fantastic amounts for a 2 machine operation, with 2 workers, I could trust as long as I was there. Houses, mobile homes, commercial bldgs, graffitti, paint srtripping,heavy equipment,stinking restaurants, (I hate but for the $) flatwork, gum,and just about everything else. I started hood service in my area, not knowing a thing about it. after paying for a new fan. There was no place to go then to learn or for advice. I taught myself the whole thing, incuding wrapping hoods, materials, and pricing. I was the only hot water machine in the area. and it stayed that way for many years. I've seen guys come and go, with formal training and not. There is one guy who came up and stayed, but only made it when I backed off. He took up where I left off. I still go out. No more ads I just get called. I'll go, but no longer look for work. My repuation is key. Now I just want to help see other people make it. and thats why I joined up.

BTW, pwrwshr is my nys vehicle plate.
 

bwilliams35

New Member
Hi. My name is Brian Williams and I just purchased my pressure washing business from my uncle. I am currently a full-time firefighter and am less than two years from retirement and thought that this would be a good business to get into. I am glad that I stumbled upon this site as it has been invaluable when it comes to information. The truck that I have is a retired firetruck that has been converted with a Hydro Tek SC series skid unit, air compressor, and top mount wash wand. I can carry 800 gal of water to each job site. I hope to learn a lot from this site and be the best at what I do.
 

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