Some vacuums tell
stories. Consider, for example, a QuarterVac that came into ProTeam for repair
recently. The vacuum was 21-years
old, one of the original lightweight backpacks ever made.
“As you can
imagine, we don’t have parts to repair a 21-year old vacuum,” says Steve
Shideler, a repair technician with ProTeam. “This vacuum is in awesome
condition and still works, but the suction wasn’t quite enough anymore for the
wood floor installer it belongs to.”
That installer
is Bob Bassett, the owner of Executive Hardwood Floors in Boise, Idaho. He
inherited the backpack 15 years ago from a friend in the industry, and has used
it on nearly every project since. Routine maintenance was all it took to keep
it going (and going and going). After cleaning up from sanding and installation
jobs, he would take the lid off his vacuum and blow out the contacts with an
air compressor to remove fine dust. He also emptied the filter regularly and
kept the vacuum hung up in his trailer when on the move.
“The vacuum is
just killer,” says Bassett. “It took a lot of abuse, and it’s been through
quite a bit. The friend who gave it to me did the same stuff I did. I knew the
vacuum was old but I didn’t think about it.”
The 21-year old
vacuum is now in the ProTeam archives, along with a handful of other classics.
Bassett received a reconditioned SuperCoach for his years of loyalty and
old-school donation.
IBS Services
Group, a commercial cleaning operation in Manhattan and Long Island, recently
told us of a similar story. Soon after the IBS opened for business in 1988,
they bought one of the first ProTeam backpacks.
“I think we have
number 13,” says Owen O’Mahony, vice president of IBS. “And we still use it on
a daily basis.”
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