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Thread Number: 36100
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
The most abused (commercial) vacuum? |
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Post# 387130 , Reply# 3 3/3/2018 at 19:06 (2,237 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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kirby519
Steve,
No kidding... I have seen many a Royal commercial metal upright whose cords were abused in the form of the grounding prong being missing from the male plug, meaning no protection from an electrical shock. And not just that, but one of the two machines in question that my grade school had (this one of course having the missing grounding prong from the male plug!) there was no disposable bag in it, so it was very dusty inside! ~Ben | ||
| Post# 387132 , Reply# 4 3/3/2018 at 19:26 (2,237 days old) by Hank (Cali) | ||
People beat the hell out of things that aren't theirs all the time or just flat out don't care or never crosses their mind. It's sad but its like the rental car mentality.
I have worked Civilian contracts for the US military the past 10 years in aviation maintenance. I've seen first hand people damage and destroy pieces of equipment (Navy Sailors, not us Civilians) such as Zambonies which were shared by everyone in the hangar to clean the floors (were constantly needing service due to neglect and ignorance), aircraft tugs which sailors shifting from D to R or vice versa in them, these were heavy duty transmissions meant to handle 10,000lbs in weight and they routinely broke them. I was told all the time by the navy guys who worked on their GSE equipment and checked the stuff out to everyone that they were never worried about getting something busted to hell back from a civilian. We'd lose our jobs if that happened. The other part is people who break stuff are never held accountable, add that into the I don't care mentality and you are guaranteed to spend money needlessly. Here is a vid of me driving one of the tugs I'm talking about (they are bad ass machines!) | ||
| Post# 387143 , Reply# 5 3/3/2018 at 20:40 (2,237 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
The vacuums are paid for by the company and are meant to be used until they break, and then are replaced with the same model. The business has to be cleaned daily so they can't wait around for parts to come in or a week for the vacuum to be repaired.
The people that work at these businesses are janitors - not collectors. They could care less. The vacuums become battle-scarred because they are used every day and accidents and incidents happen. This is why when you look at government auctions you see several dozen of the same model vacuums in a lot.
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Post# 387150 , Reply# 6 3/3/2018 at 21:14 (2,237 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 387153 , Reply# 7 3/3/2018 at 21:25 (2,237 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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| Post# 387175 , Reply# 9 3/4/2018 at 08:07 (2,237 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
There is a gymnastics place that uses Kirbys and Royals to suck up all the rosin. They bring them in covered in white powder that is almost impossible to get off, the bearings in the roller brush are grinding from the rosin. You touch the vacuums and you get this rosin on you as well, when you turn them on there is a white cloud coming from the bag. It's just a mess.
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