Anybody seen one of these before?

[sanitairered]

I was browsing through craigslist, and I came across this. It is a two motor, two bagged sanitaire vacuum. I've never seen it before, is anyone familiar with it?

http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/bfs/2714561911.html

 

[lunchboxsean]

What the heck is that?

 

[sanitairered]

I'm not completely sure, it resembles a dual hoover conquest though!

 

[thevacuumman]

I don't know either but some one needs to go get it

 

[floor-a-matic]

I think its a rare Sanitaire industrial upright for large areas?

 

[lunchboxsean]

It would appear to be two sanitaires literally bolted together complete with separate bags, handles, etc. It is missing the steel bottom plates though, but otherwise just looks like two sanitaires bolted together.

 

[twocvbloke]

I've seen them before, they're made for large open offices to do more cleaning in less time, though of course they're not available new any more...

And yes, they're just two Sanitaires bolted together into one monster machine, fitted with a lawnmower-style handle (not visible in that picture), I'm sure they're pretty fun machines to use...

 

[tolivac]

Yes,seen vacuums like these before-Both Hoover and Eureka.I have a Powerflite 24" wide vacuum.Has one 10A motor and large metal fan.The fan is on one end of the motor-brushroll pulley on the other end.At one time the wide sweep Eurekas and Hoovers could be ordred thru Graingers.don't think either makes these anymore.NSS also makes wide sweep vacuums.

 

[scvacuumguy]

Most everyone has the right idea. It is simply two standard sanitaires with an odd ball hood and backing screwed (not bolted) onto two machines. The housings are connected at the base and it is just like pushing two machines at the same time.

 

[kirbysthebest]

Genes gone wrong

They are siamese twins.
Don't think they can be seperated, not sure you would want too.

 

[twocvbloke]

I've occasionally pondered the idea of taking two aftermarket-rebuilt Hoover Juniors (the ones with the really cheap, flimsy plastic hoods like my no-model Junior) and bolting them together to make a silly looking "commercial" machine, no real point to it, just one of them "cos I can" things...

 

[gsheen]

why not, when we owned our carpet cleaning company we had a few huge halls to clean , I bolted together 2 sebo  g1's I had loads and we had a time limit to clean the place. 

 

[kirbyvertibles]

That's just two f & g uprights fused together for large halls. Just push it forward like a push mower. I have not seen one of these in years and is rare. I would love to have one.

 

[twocvbloke]

Well, the Why not is pretty easy, I only have 2 Hoover Juniors, 1 a plastic base aftermarket-rebuilt Junior, the other's a mostly original Metal based 1334 I don't really want to drill holes into... :S

It's just one of them "thought projects", I think about it, but it never really happens...

 

[broomvac]

Feast you're eyes

Feast your eyes

 

[broomvac]

2

 

[broomvac]

And for comparison's sake, the Hoover Conquest:

 

[broomvac]

Whoops! Meant feast YOUR not YOU'RE!

 

[petek]

The ad has been there for awhile. Are you thinking of going to get it if it's still available? I was but I'm trying to downsize and secondly I'd probably be killed before it got into the house or shortly afterwards. Hard to hide a thing like that.

 

[vacu-finder]

two motor, two bagged sanitaire vacuum

Lol....................looks like a joke to me, besides who would buy such a creature...?

 

[twocvbloke]

"besides who would buy such a creature...?"

The person who has to clean an office this big perhaps?

 

[sanitairered]

broomvac- Thanks for the photos! I think everyone enjoyed them.

I don't think I'm going to get it, as much as I want to. It's just not a practical machine for me, and I wouldn't really have a good place to keep it. 13 amps is a lot of energy to use up for a vacuum cleaner too!

 

[broomvac]

You're welcome! Thats why I posted them!

I had a cool idea a while back when I first saw one of these Sanitaires. I thought about getting 2 Generation series Kirbys and removing their nozzles and making a bracket to bolt the nozzles together. Then just attach the two Kirbys of your choice to the double nozzle, and you have a very wide self-propelled double Kirby! If you didn't attach a mower-style handle, the machine could use a differential type steering, similar to that of a zero turn riding mower or a tank, just more primitive. In other words, put both vacs in drive and push both handles forward to go forward, pull the left handle back and push right forward for a left turn, etc. Pretty cool huh!

And that's not all, for once you no longer need a double wide Kirby, simply detach the two vacs from the double nozzle and give them each a standard nozzle! Easy as pie!

If I ever get 2 spare nozzles, I am totally building one.

 

[broomvac]

Oh, and for the cords, use something like this plus an extension cord.

 

[twocvbloke]

hehe, this dual-vac widetrack idea is spreading fast...

 

[broomvac]

It certainly is! But the idea is nothing new. I believe both the Sanitaire and Hoover vacs are from the 90's. (Correct me if necessary)

 

[kirbyvertibles]

well they go as far as the late 70's or early 80;s I think. The kent sould be about 1982?

 

[kirbyvertibles]

The Hoover is newer.

 

[broomvac]

@kirbyvertibles

Thanks! I figured the Hoover was fairly new considering it is black instead of the older red/orange.

Also, thanks for the info on the Kent. I didn't know it was that old.

PS For those who haven't noticed, the Kent is a re-badged Sanitaire. lol