Vactor 2100 Series Walk Around
Guidelines
Walkaround5 Positions to a Vactor Sale
Position 1 – At the Side Controls
1)Your dealership?
a)How long with dealer.
b)How long a Vactor dealer
c)Trained technicians
d)Service and parts after the sale
2)Vactor History and Federal Signal
a)Leading innovator in sewer cleaning equipment
b)Quality and innovation of the products
c)Over 8000 units produced – more than all the competitors
d)Owned by Federal Signal since 1994
3)Vactor 2100 series and Modul-Flex design
a)First One built in 1989 and Released in 1990
b)Improved design over our old 810 and an competitors truck
c)Designed using CAD based engineering, which led to Modul-Flex design
Position 2 -- At the Water Tanks
1)Modul-Flex
a)Patented Modul-Flex design and build process
b)Part of ongoing product development to meet customer needs
c)Basis of building sewer cleaners on anyone’s chassis
2)Modul-Flex Components
a)Subframe and tank support
b)Aluminum water tanks with 10 year warranty
c)Debris body with capacity of 3 to 15 yards and 5 year warranty
d)Vactor water pump
e)The air conveyance method of a PD or Fan
f)Boom
g)Hose Reel
h)All work together via Modul-flex to create a custom truck for you the customer
3)Weights and trucks
a)Modul-flex allows Vactor to build on anyone’s chassis and create the best weight distribution
b)Allows us to build to meet customers road and bridge laws
c)Allows Vactor to meet customer needs without sacrificing design or performance
4)Vactor Quality
a)Use of high quality materials such as Exten steel for debris body
b)Paint prior to assembly
c)NEMA-4 wiring and enclosures
Position 3 -- At the Rear of the Unit
1)Operator Safety and Productivity
a)Options offered center around productivity and safety
b)Over 100 options to meet customer special needs
c)Rear door locks are efficient and FAIL-SAFE
d)New options introduced regularly
e)Do not use options as gimmick to hide flaws (“Band Aid” therapy)
2)Vactor Pump
a)Only pump in the industry specifically designed for sewer line cleaning
b)Single Piston, dual action, low strokes per minute design provides a “Jack-Hammer” action to clear blockages
c)Hydraulically driven 1:1 ratio
d)35 to 100GPM system at pressure to 2500 PSI
e)Rating given is at the hose reel not at the pump so you are sure to get the stated pressure and flows into the hose reel.
3)Air Porting
a)Air porting / routing is the best in the industry
b)Dual screened ports allow smooth air flow
c)Smooth large porting enhances power and efficiency
d)Better porting helps create greater loading efficiency and material amounts
Position 4 -- At the Vacuum Source
1)Air Routing – The key to power performance
a)Competitors regularly compromise their air routing
b)Smooth curves and transitions are key to air routing efficiency
c)90 degree turns, changes in shape, changes in size all lead to turbulence and inefficient designs
d) Competitors regularly state their air conveyance’s in terms of ratings of PD or Fan not of the system
e)Manometers only true way to judge the efficiency and power of an Air Conveyance “SYSTEM”.
2)Vacuum Sources and Drive Systems
a)Only Vactor builds both PD and Fans in substantial quantities
b)Aquatech, Camel, and Clean Earth build only PD units
c)Vaccon builds concentrate on Fans and PD only when forced to.
d)Vactor drives its PD units through a heavy duty transfer case
e)Vactor drives it fan with a auxiliary engine via a fluid coupler and step up transmission
3)Performance Characteristics – Fan or PD
a)Our design allows us to use either Fan or PDs to meet the customer needs
b)Competitors and customers typically overspec units for common needs and applications
c)We must accurately survey the customer’s needs and help prioritize them
Position 5 -- At the Hose Reel
1)Boom Configuration and Performance
a)Functional reach and mount are how we measure a good boom design
b)Vactor uses a pedestal mount that is part of the subframe
c)Transition from boom to debris body is straight and round providing a clean transition to the debris body
d)Other designs have kinks in hose, are top loading or change shape at the debris body inlet
e)Vactor uses Exten steel for the inner sleeve of the boom
f)Boom is hydraulically driven and not sprocket and chain driven
g)Boom and Reel work together to work together in “functional” useful work area
2)Hose Reel – Patented
a)Vactor offers the only patented hose reel design in the marketplace
b)The hose reel telescopes out 15” and rotates 270 degrees
c)The design allow easy drive up and spotting of manholes and positioning once truck is in place
d)Hose reel design keeps the operator within the safety of the head lights
e)Dual controls provide easy operation from either side of the reel
f)Rugged mounting to the trucks subframe and heavy duty bearing insure durability
3)Boom and Hose Reel together
a)Synergistic design allows for hose reel and boom to work together.
b)Complete coverage
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