The Benefits of Buying Biltwel Trucks & Equipment

TIME ON THE JOB

As many service companies already know, having the ability to complete more service calls per day, month, and year means more money earned.

All portable duct cleaning equipment requires long setup times. The machines are heavy, 150 to 350 lbs., and can be as big as a fridge. The ones that don’t sit outdoors have to be moved into the house or building and be taken up and down stairs.

Portable equipment typically generates 1,500 – 5,000 CFM at less than 1” of static pressure. With the low volume of CFM’s you typically have to zone the duct system into 3 or 4 zones in order to clean it. This zoning takes time and cost money.

Portable equipment users will typically comment on requiring up to 5 hours to clean the ducts in a 2,000 sq. ft. house.

A Biltwel vacuum truck gives you 12,500 CFM @ 15.5” Static Pressure. Users of Biltwel vacuum trucks typically comment on completing 3 or 4, 2000 sq. ft. houses per day with only 1 technician. The technician is using a combination of high-powered vacuum, compressed air whips, and brushes to do a high quality of work.

Companies with a Biltwel vacuum truck using only high-power, vacuum, compressed air, and 2 technicians’ comment on completing 6- 8 houses per day.

Biltwel vacuum trucks are parked outside the house and an 8”-10” vacuum hose is run into the home. Carrying a 30-pound vacuum hose and airlines is faster and less labor intensive then setting up portable equipment.

VERSATILITY

Most portable units are made for one particular task, duct cleaning. A Biltwel vacuum truck is made to clean; air ducts, furnaces, hot water heaters, boilers, air conditioning coils, dryer vents, fireplaces, wood stoves, and insulation removal. A Biltwel vacuum truck parked 150ft. away from a house will have more powerful suction in the duct system, be able to clean more components on the job and will do it faster with one technician than using a portable unit with 2 technicians.

PORTABLE EQUIPMENT

There is a place in the market for portable equipment that is why we also sell portable units, but in our 30 years or experience portable units are for hard to reach commercial job sites not for HIGH PRODUCTION residential and commercial duct cleaning.

At Biltwel we have our own duct cleaning company “Modern Power Vac,” that has a fleet of 12 vacuum trucks and 2 portable units. Our vacuum trucks work every day of the year while our portable units go out approximately 2-3 weeks per year (and never on a residential job site). For hard to reach commercial job sites or high rise condos, our portable units are a great tools when required, but they fall short in being an all around machine.

A Biltwel vacuum will: