Floor Scrubbers

jeepinmatt

jeepinmatt

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Got a couple quotes to have 12k sqft of warehouse floors scrubbed at work, and it was in the range of $5-7k. We want to buy a machine and do it ourselves instead, but I don't know a darn thing about floor scrubbers. Anybody got any experience and wisdom you can share? I think a $5-10k budget is realistic, with $10k being on the unlikely side, haha. Are they all the same? Does brand matter? What features are a must have and what should be avoided?
 
How often to you expect to scrub them? You can rent a ride on until for a day for a few hundred.
 
awheelterd said:
Just rent one. It'll never work when you are ready for it. The batteries will crap out every year with so little use.
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I've ran and worked on electric and a really big diesel powered unit we called the Zamboni.
I agree no more use than indicated rent one.

Also the uniform rental at one location has one they did floors with. Restrooms at that location. So that may be an option.

Setting they funk up inside and the debris cakes up. Unless you have a operator very conscious about back flushing and maintenance I would never own one and let it sit. Also if you have forklift barriers, containment zones, handrails and the like be prepared to do repairs on squeegee curtains, brooms, and the like.
 
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In the mil, average good conduct you got the pleasure of sweeping sidewalks in the rain.
However when you did something truly OUTSTANDING, you got to ride one of these zamboni bitches all day

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DSM Turbos said:
You do realize if he rents one he can’t take it home with him to let us all use it

Go for it!
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He needs to open up a leasing service for NC4x4 members. He could retire
 
jeepinmatt said:
Ha, yeah right. I'd spend the rest of my life broke and trying to collect IOU's and shitty trade offers! :laughing:
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Think about all the goats, chickens and autolite carburetors youd have though
 
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