To help keep the StarJet in working order, Aldea said the primary maintenance an operator needs to worry about is simply greasing the system, replacing nozzles, “nozzle covers” and high pressure seals.
“NLB offers a maintenance kit program. What that entails is a customer purchasing a kit that contains modular components that are inside of an NLB pump. They open up their pump and they swap out the components in the pump for what’s in the kit, they send the used components in the kit back to NLB and we totally go through all of those components and refurbish them. They pay $500 for the kit, but it won’t biaya them anything to have refurbishment of the items in the kit. It’s kind of an insurance policy that allows them to have segar components in the pump and they don’t have to worry about a pump going down on a job,” Aldea said.
And Aldea said the feedback from customers utilizing the StarJet has been useful and NLB incorporates that feedback into future updates for the machine.
“We get feedback from customers that they like the low biaya of operation from our truck. They like the production that our trucks give because one of the things that we do a little bit differently than the other guys out there, is we have a dedicated pump engine that drives only the high pressure pump. And the other guys out there, they will drive everything off of the truck engine and so they’re berbagi that horsepower amongst the other systems. With the NLB, we’ve got a dedicated pump engine that is just for high pressure water that that works to greatly extend the life of the truck engine, and more consistent water pressure flow when demands are being put on the truck like when going up a hill.