Window shopping . . .

[venson]

@countryguy . . .

How very right you are! I actually bought one while I lived in New York -- it never got used. It was just to darned big. Shame I left it behind though, now that I have a yard I could have used it to pot a good sized plant.

Nonetheless, I've communicated in past with a very ambitious -- and brave -- person who claimed to have used this big a tank while running a cleaning service. Go figure . . .

Venson

 

[briankirbyclass]

The trade school (Barber/Cosmetology School) i went to in the late 1970s had a Rainbow D2, with the Eureka style PN,,and the 5 gallon water pan/tank on wheels.
I have not seen one since, until now. How cool!! (We also had the 4 quart pan for regular vacuuming, and thats what we normally used.)

It was the job of the Junior (new) students to do the vacuuming sweeping and moping of the place after hours,,you can imagine with over 30 students cutting hair in the same area, there was ALOT of hair clippings and dirt that had to be removed. If you've ever spent time in a Barber or Beauty Shop, you know that cut hair flies EVERYWHERE,,and is a TERRIBLE MESS to clean up. Especially in a school where there are MANY people working.

The 5 gallon water pan/tank was mainly used for water PICK UP,,not so much for ordinary vacuuming. If a shampoo bowl hose or drain pipe should break, which did happen often (with over 30 shampoo bowls being in use) we HAD to have something to pick up water in a hurry.

You could NOT pull the Rainbow by the hose, when the 5 gallon tank was attached.
Someone had to push it along for you, or you had to stop and go back and pull the Rainbow around if you were the user.
There was also a seperate longer than standard hose and set of wands with a squeegee (sp?) type of head that was used for water pick up with the 5 gallon tank.
Yes, dumping the 5 gallon tank was a pain,,,you had to just up-end it outside, or down a drain, there was no opening at the bottom of the tank to drain the water.
I can tell you first hand that tank was a BEAST to lift,,,especially with 5 gallons of dirty water and WET HAIR in it!