- Sep 5, 2007
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- Robert Allen,Jr.
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Originally, Truck Mount Forum was started because my son and I were sold a $30k lemon by a truck mount manufacturer. Nobody, not the distributor, the manufacturer or even my son and I could fix it. We were banned from other forums for mentioning the issue. The downtime and the expenses to travel to get it repaired nearly bankrupted us.
There was nobody there to help or care. Finally, we went to see John the Truckmount Guru (RIP John you were a great man) and he dissected it and rebuilt it for us for very little and it's ran ever since. But then something happened. Letters- from all over the country, came pouring in saying they had similar problems- tales of faulty equipment, bankruptcy, abuse from those who held the reigns of this industry. It really got us thinking: What can we do??
My son has always been gifted with computer technology. I asked him if he could build a "better" forum, a place where cleaners could share ideas at, talk about issues they are having- a place where we could all just have a community of support. With all of his effort, he created TruckMountForums- and it has developed and grown into what it is today. We are the largest free cleaning industry "free speech" forum on the planet. One that has not been bought and controlled by the big guys.
Having such a thing doesn’t come without a price though, this is where the 85/15% rule comes into play that "famous" people run into. There will be 85% of people who love it, and then there will be 15% of those who want to tear it down. NO good deed goes unpunished by bad people- you could create the cure for cancer and there would still be that one person who asks you "why it took so long". You could be helping feed poor in Africa and some would say "feed your own country first". As the old adage goes, if everybody likes you then your probably doing it wrong. So we must be doing something right.
Regardless, this hasn’t stopped me from wanting to continue to help. To date, we have risen over 5k to help with water damage and equipment that had been stolen- When van and machines failed we raised over 10,000.00 on GoFundMe accounts to help cleaners nationwide, we have given out 25 new wands to those who needed them. We helped 5 local cleaners start their own company at no charge. We have supplied over 10k in chemicals, parts and tools to struggling cleaners nationwide. We have raised thousands for those who suffered in natural disasters.
We call and email cleaners who need help to this very day. We have challenged manufacturers and suppliers who sold duds and wouldn’t honor their warranties. In addition to the forum, our exclusive free app, Cleaner Designs and Clean Informer magazine, the largest FB presence and we have also supplied over 300 free instructional videos to help raise the industry bar. To top it off we recently just built a complete "hands on" training facility like none other in the industry.
We really love this industry. But we want to do more.
We are looking for your input. What can we do? Who needs help? Our mission is to take care of those who need it the most- that is where true success and happiness comes from, and it is what we seek. If you have ideas, post them. If you or someone you know is really struggling, message me privately and I will get the ball rolling to getting you back on your feet.
And I'd be remiss to think we did this alone. Without the likes of Kipp, Todd, Mike, Damon, Jose, Shane, Deron, Matt, Jason, Rob, Frank, Marlon, Ed, Grant, John, Danny, David, Larry, Kevin, Tiffany, Jeff and so many many more. I thank you!
Rob Allen
Truckmountforums
PS: Don't take our word for it. TMF has over 5000 testimonials from cleaners all over the planet. So rather than blow our own horn or try to convince some who feel TMF has not made a difference to this day, here are 300 of the "testimonials". And if you would like to add a testimonial please feel free to do so. Lets keep this locomotive going and I'll continue to drive it like a bulldozer right through this industry turning it into an industry we can all be proud of. One that we can pass on top our lineage and they too say they are proud to be a cleaner!
Testimonial page link;
https://www.truckmountforums.com/pages/Testimonials/
There was nobody there to help or care. Finally, we went to see John the Truckmount Guru (RIP John you were a great man) and he dissected it and rebuilt it for us for very little and it's ran ever since. But then something happened. Letters- from all over the country, came pouring in saying they had similar problems- tales of faulty equipment, bankruptcy, abuse from those who held the reigns of this industry. It really got us thinking: What can we do??
My son has always been gifted with computer technology. I asked him if he could build a "better" forum, a place where cleaners could share ideas at, talk about issues they are having- a place where we could all just have a community of support. With all of his effort, he created TruckMountForums- and it has developed and grown into what it is today. We are the largest free cleaning industry "free speech" forum on the planet. One that has not been bought and controlled by the big guys.
Having such a thing doesn’t come without a price though, this is where the 85/15% rule comes into play that "famous" people run into. There will be 85% of people who love it, and then there will be 15% of those who want to tear it down. NO good deed goes unpunished by bad people- you could create the cure for cancer and there would still be that one person who asks you "why it took so long". You could be helping feed poor in Africa and some would say "feed your own country first". As the old adage goes, if everybody likes you then your probably doing it wrong. So we must be doing something right.
Regardless, this hasn’t stopped me from wanting to continue to help. To date, we have risen over 5k to help with water damage and equipment that had been stolen- When van and machines failed we raised over 10,000.00 on GoFundMe accounts to help cleaners nationwide, we have given out 25 new wands to those who needed them. We helped 5 local cleaners start their own company at no charge. We have supplied over 10k in chemicals, parts and tools to struggling cleaners nationwide. We have raised thousands for those who suffered in natural disasters.
We call and email cleaners who need help to this very day. We have challenged manufacturers and suppliers who sold duds and wouldn’t honor their warranties. In addition to the forum, our exclusive free app, Cleaner Designs and Clean Informer magazine, the largest FB presence and we have also supplied over 300 free instructional videos to help raise the industry bar. To top it off we recently just built a complete "hands on" training facility like none other in the industry.
We really love this industry. But we want to do more.
We are looking for your input. What can we do? Who needs help? Our mission is to take care of those who need it the most- that is where true success and happiness comes from, and it is what we seek. If you have ideas, post them. If you or someone you know is really struggling, message me privately and I will get the ball rolling to getting you back on your feet.
And I'd be remiss to think we did this alone. Without the likes of Kipp, Todd, Mike, Damon, Jose, Shane, Deron, Matt, Jason, Rob, Frank, Marlon, Ed, Grant, John, Danny, David, Larry, Kevin, Tiffany, Jeff and so many many more. I thank you!
Rob Allen
Truckmountforums
PS: Don't take our word for it. TMF has over 5000 testimonials from cleaners all over the planet. So rather than blow our own horn or try to convince some who feel TMF has not made a difference to this day, here are 300 of the "testimonials". And if you would like to add a testimonial please feel free to do so. Lets keep this locomotive going and I'll continue to drive it like a bulldozer right through this industry turning it into an industry we can all be proud of. One that we can pass on top our lineage and they too say they are proud to be a cleaner!
Testimonial page link;
https://www.truckmountforums.com/pages/Testimonials/
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