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“The CO Series 1500 is like a box filled with money.
The more we use it, the more money we make. We keep two technicians
doing CO testing at $89 per test, year around. Each one does about
50 per month. We pay for the analyzers about 25 times per year, per
man.”
Brett Troutman, ProLift Handling,
Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio
“The Blanke CO Series 2500 with the printer said
we could annually save 20,000 gallons of fuel from the 70,000
gallons we were buying per year. We thought that was impossible, so
we adjusted our 15 lifts and monitored our fuel usage for the next
three months. We had saved about 5,000 gallons of fuel in that 90
days. Over a year, we did save close to 20,000 gallons of propane.
I don’t know how they do it, but that Blanke analyzer is sure
smart”
Steve Hodge, Quebecor World, Inc.,
Jonesboro, Arkansas
“We use our CO Series 2500 with our PM
technicians. Each time they do a PM, they check CO at idle,
governed throttle and full load. If anything is not right, they
call in a technician who does the repair and adjusting. This is a
great screening program to see who needs more detailed repair
work.”
Howard Smith, Arnold Engineering
Co., Salt Lake City, Utah
“When I was doing service work for my previous employer, Arnold Machinery, in Boise, I did a fleet test for Seneca Foods. The results from the Blanke Industries CO Series 2500 indicated they could save 17,000 gallons of propane or about $34,000 per year with their fleet. Because we were able to give them real numbers showing gallons and dollars saved, we were able to write a maintenance contract to insure they would achieve this annual amount of fuel savings."
Brett Hymas, Cornwell-Hymas Tool Company, Boise, ID.
Each time I mail out a mailer offering free CO
testing, I bury two technicians for the next two months. We only
charge for the visit if an adjustment is needed. We charge flat
rate and almost everyone needs an adjustment.”
John Toal, Forklifts of St. Louis,
St. Louis, Missouri
“We started by putting them in the hands of the
CSS guys. They shared one for two days a week and the service techs
used it for the rest of the week. We booked so much repair work in
the first month we bought four units with the printers for our CSS
people and our service techs. We use the CO Series 2500 and a
printer and sell fuel savings.”
Robin Williams, Altorfer Lift Truck,
Davenport, IA
“I walk in and I bet the customer I can save him
50 gallons a year in propane for a $50 charge. If I can’t, it’s
free. After my first day, I sold $1,250 after testing 25 trucks.
After two weeks, I collected $3,500. At the end of a month, I
collected $5,500. At the six-month point I had sold about $35,000
at $50 a test. After that, I quit counting. Three out of four
trucks need more than an adjustment, so I now have a couple of
technicians following me around doing repair work I generate. Also
sold over $200,000 in new lifts by getting in the door with my CO
Series 2500 with the printer, and I am a CSSR. Mr. Blanke, your
Series 2500 is the most powerful moneymaking tool I have ever seen."
Ed Prall, Frontier Equipment, Nampa,
Idaho
“We sell a lot of parts to the big fleets around
here. We have sold your analyzers to some of them now and they buy
more parts. Now, they can see their carburetors, and vaporizers
need replacement. Before that, they never knew. And Blanke came
and trained our whole staff. That really made a difference on our
parts and service sales.”
Ken Sharboneau, Yale-Green Bay,
Green Bay, Wisconsin
"Some of my guys like to fiddle with
the mixture screws to get more power from the lifts. When we are
not looking they have short drag races on the second and third
shifts. We now test and record each operator’s CO level. We figure
we will save about 30% of our fuel next year with trucks running
three shifts. And, we show them how much fuel is wasted by their
messing around. It works out to over a $50,000 savings this year
for a $2,200 CO Series 2500, printer and calibration equipment.
That is a great investment.”
Wally Pollack, Northwest Pallet
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“A Blanke
Industries Series 2500 helps two ways – saving time by knowing
immediately if the engine is rich or lean and you can jet more
accurately.
The 2500 can be taken to the road for on the fly tests where
specific rpm/load jetting problems occur. Recording CO levels is as
easy as pushing a button.
Road load,
idle and no load mid-rpm readings deliver an accurate picture of
air/fuel delivery across the rev range. If you are serious, this is
an excellent way to tune.”
Mark Hoyer, Cycle World Magazine, Newport Beach,
California
“I am able
to double my charge for a dyno run using the CO Series 2500 and
printer. I hit the push button when I open the throttle from a
steady 30 mph. The CO level before the roll on is saved and gives a
starting point as the pilot and main jet turn on. I show the graph
of the 30 to 80 roll on before a tune-up and after the tune-up. I
can show an increase in power of about 8% time after time by getting
the jetting or the mapping right.
I cut my
diagnosing time by about 60% to 70% because I now know which way to
go and how far to go every time. For road tests I do a standard six
mode test and save the results. This tells me where the fueling
problems are and I repair them. I have eliminated half my repair
time because I go the right direction with rich or lean every time.
The Blanke
is the best tool available for the high performance tuner who does
not have a laboratory at his disposal. It’s an amazing device.”
Sean Weeden, Monroe Honda, Monroe, Wisconsin
“The
Blanke CO Series 2500 and printer was so helpful for making fuel
system adjustments at our Pataskala branch, we bought one for our
Columbus Branch.”
Gregg Blank, Centennial Park Harley-Davidson,
Pataskala, Ohio
“The
Blanke lets my students see the effects of good air/fuel mixtures
through all operating conditions, on and off the road. With its
portability and the tank bag, we can take a ride, do six tests and
then map the carburetor or fuel injection system in a few minutes.
There is nothing available that even comes close to the Blanke with
the printer at that price. It’s a great tool and a tremendous
training aid for the young guys.”
Ken Sodergren, Sacrament City College, Sacramento,
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“We bought
the CO Series 2500 and printers because showing how much fuel is
wasted makes our job easier. When OSHA comes in and shows a factory
they can save money by lowering their CO on the factory floor, they
listen. CO in parts per million is only a number to them, but saving
thousands of dollars per year by keeping their trucks maintained
helps keep them in Michigan where we hope they stay.”
Connie O’Neal, Director, Consulting, Education and
Training Department, Michigan OSHA, Lansing, Michigan.
“Before we
bought the Blanke CO Series 2500s, our Industrial Hygienists would
have to stand behind a lift truck for minutes and breathe the
exhaust with the old color change sniffers. Then they would discover
they had been behind a truck blowing 7% to 10% carbon monoxide. Now
they can stand beside a running truck and see the results in 20
seconds. Minnesota OSHA now has a much safer and faster way to
enforce maintenance procedures with the Blanke instruments.
Alden Hoffman, Director, Minnesota OSHA, Minneapolis,
Minnesota
“We did
not realize a tune up for the fork lift industry does not include a
CO test unless it is specifically requested. We had factories we
cited for high CO and we looked at the lift truck emissions, which
were high. The factory would then get a tune-up and the trucks would
be higher. The technicians doing the tuning were adjusting for the
smoothest running engine, and setting them by ear. We now specify a
factory with a problem to ask for a low emission tune up using a CO
meter. This insures the trucks are maintained and are operating
properly.”
Dave Banas, Federal OSHA, Calumet City, Illinois
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