Mathew Johnson

It is a Northern Hot box used one season.... and I have a couple of different cold water machines you can pick from... Call my cell phone 607-435-5539

I may be getting rid of a cold water machine and a hotbox if you are interesed. They are in excellent shape, I bought a skid unit this spring.

Well done.... good luck...

Scott... don't take the previous post the wrong way.... I respect your opinion... I just don't share the same one. Matt

Scott, I hear what you are saying and I can't see it the same way. To me it doesn't make sense for an agency to promote itself for the benifit od the sharholders (members) and then promote non-members at the same time... I feel that it would be a poor business practice... for the PWNA or any business for that matter. If you called the NRA and asked for assistance with a legal matter... the first thing they would likely ask for is your membership ID...

I hear what you are saying.... but in reality, and I use this anology the best I can ( and I do not spologize if folks take offense to this) Sears does not promote Walmart... even though they are both good retail stores, with the same product line and the same trained salepeople... It just doesent happen. It can't. If I had 500 shares of Sears stock (a small amount, but I would still be a stockholder) and Sears put a positive blurp about other retail stores in thier advertising.... There would be a lot of new faces in Sears Corperate Offices. The goal of Sears and any other business out there, Pressure Washing, Hair Salon or Restaurant, is to advertise to get market share. THe stockholders demand it. Sears doesn't bash walmart... they try to present an image that is more professional and they try to offer a better value for your money.. Walmart does the same. It is basic business. Reality is this. If the PWNA promoted all businesses, members or not, I think two thinks would happen. No one would join (they wouldn't need to) and paying members would leave. My perception that I see on different BBS post is that when the PWNA references non-insured, unprofessional companies is that all non-member companies think it is directed at them. I will use the PWNA organization membership in my area to gain market share... I don't bad mouth companies who aren't members... I don't have to. I just let the customer know that I am a member and that I am wood certified; the PWNA mission statement is on my contracts / quotes right below where the customer signs. It works.. Scott, As for the direction of the PWNA... I am inpatient and I want to see tangible things happen daily and quickly within that organization. It is an unrrealistic expectation for me. However, I am optamistic about the direction of the PWNA... I too, was in the wait and see mode when they closed the BBS. I am a whole less anxious about it now that I have put the LOGO to work for me and I am getting tangible results daily... in the form of cash.

I can respect your choice not to join... The PWNA logo didn't mean much in my area either... I chose to make it mean something.. I hope non-members don't take the PWNA promoting itsself personal.. It is basic business. .. There are unlicensed, uninsured and inexperienced companies out there..everyone knows it, and even experienced professional non-member companies like youself would promote your business like the PWNA is doing and to make the consumer aware that they should avoid the low-ballin beer money contractor. I still fail to understand why this offends people so.... If a company or agency says something bad about the nursing profession and its nurses (I am a full time CCRN) and it doesnt apply to me or isn't true... I ignore it. Years ago (1983) I got caugt up in the gossip - hubbub and bickering at a place I worked. An old boss called me into her office and gave two solid pieced of advise "significant people worry about significant things" and "you are either part of the problem or part of the solution, but you can't be both".... Right after that second statement, I lost my job... Matt

Did the web page myself... Thanks Matt

I agree with you Scott... It is all of us against the hacks. I don't percieve the situation as us against them (non-members verses PWNA members), but the reality is that If I belonged to an organization (ie. BJ's Wholesale club) I expect to get treated a little different and recieve benifits than a non-member would. A non-member of BJ's pays a 5 percent surcharge on purchases and more per gallon for gas than members do. It is not BJ's intention to alienate non-members, every member they have was a non-member at one point and the same goes for the PWNA. I put the PWNA logo and the organization to work for me. I will give you an example. THier clean across america program is running again this summer. I sent a nice letter (with the PWNA logo and Clean Across AMerica Logo) to the local papers explaining the program and asking for thier assistance to find not-for profit organizations to do charity work. THe main paper ran a small story four days after I sent the letter to them. The just wrote up the program and a little spiel about my company and that I was the only contractor in the county certified by the PWNA in wood restoration ect. In two weeks, for this free story, I have recieved 26 phone calls for deck jobs. Is this worth my 195.00 membership fee... Absolutely and another paper is doing a business story on my business, the PWNA, and the clean across america campaign to (as the editor put it) "increase awareness of your business, the PWNA and help you find places to clean. What is the value of this Public relation exposure in dollars and cents? So back to the story: Is this likly to offend non-members who read this. Yes it is... If I sent the story without PWNA involvement to the paper and asked them for help, would I get it? Probably, but not nearly on the level I am getting the exposure now. Do the non-members now percieve this as "us against me", probably. But what I don't know is how I can change this other than try to put a plug in the article about competent non-members and how the customers should also use them... That's not happening...I will use the opportunities to promote my business via my PWNA affialiation and I see it as a courtesy that I use the same opportunity to promote the PWNA. If I had another contractor who was a member and they wanted to do this as a joint venture... I would gladly participate. It is the PWNA's strength in numbers that is promoting the program. I paid for the right to use this. There are a lot of legit non-member companies... I was one until I joined and you are one now. I have not, nor will I trash talk about a non-member company and as Professionals, I would expect a reciprical courtesy of the same. I, for some reason, get a lot of calls from people in the PWing business around the country... I don't think I have ever asked if they were a member of the PWNA. I talk with them to learn about the trade and promoting my business. Scott, tell me how we all can change the perception of the us against them. I understand that the closing of the PWNA BBS really alienated some non-members, As a member, I thought it was a huge mistake and total BS. THen I separated emotion and evaluated the move from a business sense. Why should an organization spend time defending ridicule on thier BBS about the BBS organization. THe reality is this... Go to The cleaner network and start ridiculing his chemicals and see how it flies. Go to the other respective boards and critisize Dan F., Ron M. or the owners of Delco. The reality is they would boot you off. But then, everyone cries sensorship (as I did also). Ya can't win... If I Walked into the front of walmart and started screaming about how they sucked, ranting and raving, I would be asked to leave..and when I didn't, I would be esorted out. I feel that often what is written by members and non-members in these post is taken out of context to stir the pot and I don't understand why. If Jim from Kalamazoo doesn't want to belong to the PWNA, what do I care and vice/versa. If there is a way we can change the perception of us verses them post it.

What is the MS Streets and Trips and is it something that helps rural companies?

pldoolittle, I just bought one of those cleaners with the gum remoover and the built in water broom... How do you like yours... We are using ours on a job in the morning. Call me and I will give you my distributers name for parts... I am not sure if it is allowed to post the info in a thread.

I had a similar issue 2 years ago... I called my insurance Company and they directed me in the right direction.

DITTO what Celeste said... and I am not going to post when the thread offers no value to the industry.... I don't have time

PWNA HAT = $10.00 GAS TO OHIO = $68.24 3 NIGHTS HOTEL ROOM = $297.00 NETWORKING WITH PROFESSIONALS WHILE ATTENDING THE PWNA NATIONAL CONFERENCE ......PRICELESS

Stones, Elton John. Vanhager, and yes celine dion

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I don't know about that John... I think if the Doc continues to look long enough he will find something wrong... I like taking care of the 65 year olds that have never been to the doctor. LOL

I have 2 - K 7 on my machines. I am a bit concerned over the reliability.. Any Suggestions for a good dependable... Email me a distributor to avoid breaking BBS Rules

Celeste, There are days I couldn't carry enough quarters in my pockets.... Like the ida though.

Alan, Just a quick question.... What type unloader are you using now? Can you post or send me the specs? Is it a pressure or flow unloader? Thanks Matt

I have a cone spray pattern tip that works fine, my gun/wand also has a dial control built in to control pressure / volume.

I have one of those wands as well and a coress wand also. The northern wand is a bit bulky to say the least. My helper has become quite acquainted with it. Some vendors sell a trigger lock for the wands.

Sorry, I know I really am trying to post strickly on technical bbs threads, but this is to good to resist... HENRY, YOU HAVE JUST WON THE PRIZE... Sitting next to each other at round table... who would have known. DING DING DING

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LMAO What does Roger say about that?