Should i buy a waterfed pole right now?

If i budget for it, it might be a few more months before i can afford a waterfed pole. But i could borrow from my personal savings to buy one right now (I’m just sick of borrowing from myself and really want the business to start paying me not the other way around).

Should i just do it?

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I’d say hell yes lol…but I’m in the same situation…I want to make that purchase, but would prefer to use my earnings from the business…But at the same time, a WFP would open up much more opportunity!..I say go for it!

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Well it was the best money I ever spent, and I made my investment back in about a month with work that I would have had to turn away otherwise.

Which system are you looking at, what kind of a safety net do you have if your savings get depleted (friends and family who have your back if your rent money comes up short), and how much work do you think you can get this summer to rebuild your account?

I should mention that I did purchase mine with earnings from the business, but if I could go back in time I should have bought it from my savings right away and spared myself a great many headaches.

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I’m asking the same question but here are the other questions I’m asking.

Do I have so much work that I need to get more done in a day to keep up?
Are there jobs that I have to turn down because my ladders won’t reach?
Are there better uses for any extra money to help my business?

I’m answering No, No, Yes. So I am waiting to make the jump.

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Yes, I took $800 of my personal savings to get started. I did this after I had a job that was perfect for the WFP as well as one that would be able to pay for the system in one day… the job was $750, took me 5 hours, I was quickly able to pay myself back and the system has paid for itself pretty much from day one.

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I wish that instead of using business earnings that I would have used personal savings to make the purchase sooner. Plus, the more skin we put in the game we get more determined to succeed.

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All of my ladders reach all of my jobs

Would you rather save an hour or two or three per job and have less time on ladder which means less room for a possible accident… which in turn could lead to time off that not many of us can afford to be hit with?

The less time I spend on the ladder with my feet on the ground the better.

I use my WFP on almost every residential WC job, it saves me hours and makes me more money per hour/job. No brainer.

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I think I’m convinced. I’ve poured A LOT into the business already, but i think i may as well do it. Things seem to be going well this season and i really think the wfp will help me a lot. Thanks guys!

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You won’t regret it. You are investing in yourself, which is a much better thing to do with your money than let it sit in the bank getting outpaced by inflation.

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I have the same problem. I want to get the Big Tucker Fill N Go System that would be used a ton with the direction I’m going in but also looked at the whole soft wash system that had a DI unit attached. Huge difference in prices like 5k-15K. I say go big early - I can dip into savings and IMO would be able to make that back fast but the boss (Tiffany) would probably make me sleep in the truck.

So I might go with a under 2k system for now show her the time saved and different options that would open up with a WFP.
Wish me luck and I’m not around for a bit means I’m sleeping in truck and no net.

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Just do it

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I would buy one. My only regrets are that I didn’t buy a good one from the beginning. I scraped up just enough to buy a basic 25’ WFP and a DI only filter. The pole material wasn’t the best, but it worked. I feel like I wasted the money since the cost of running a DI only filter can be high. After about 2 years I finally purchased a Carbon Fiber 39’ WFP and a RO filter set up. The difference is very noticeable and I love my setup. The operating costs are much lower and efficiency is much higher. Save up enough to do it right with the initial purchase. Good Luck.

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No one has mentioned the safety benefits of a WFP even with safe practices accidents do happen and it would hurt your business tremendously. Also the long-term use of ladders on your joints can be very devastating in your senior years

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What is the TDS in your area?

I had the money to buy one at the beginning but waited anyway until
I had a job that couldn’t be done without it, where it was just too risky
to use ladders. I bought a hybrid pole and DI tank. The pole worked great
and I really liked it until I bought a CF pole. Huge difference. I still use
just DI as my tds average is 130. It may be time to get RO/DI because
when I do homes with wells the tds bolts to 350+ so I haven’t been using
DI on those.

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Most of the time I was around 100 - 130. I did have a few instances where it was higher. I was going thru 2-3 filters a year and the WFP wasn’t even used all of the time. It got too expensive for me. I have had my RO setup for almost 2 years and have only had to replace one filter that was $35. It was worth the extra money to buy the RO setup.

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I did…

the WFP saves us 10-50% off the time it takes to do the outsides over a squeegee, but only on repeat cleans. if you don’t have many repeat customers yet, i’d hold off, but if you do, it should pay for itself fairly quickly.

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Another advantage to WFP is the “gee whiz” factor. If nobody else in your area is using one this makes you unique and shows your dedication to your trade. Since it sounds like you are getting a lot of first time cleans, as I am, it really helps to show them the advantages of using a professional window cleaner.

My DI speech/soap boxing usually goes over real well with potential customers and people apprepreciate less ladder usage on their property.

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I really sale the customer on pure water and safety reasons why we use it. Seems to be impressive to them. Our website is all about pure water

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