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In the Trades
I don't have any particular preference among all stainless pumps. I find them to be competitive. My company has used Grundfos, Deming, Burks, Flint and Walling, Myers, and Goulds. I've pulled out plenty of others that have stood the test of time.
Supply and service from the distributors is really a more important factor to me than any brand name.
I've been using Goulds GS series pumps almost exclusively for a while now. I'm less trusting of the CentriPro Motors but I haven't actually had too many issue with them. Last year I had 3 1HP's fail under warranty from the same time frame, It doesn't inspire confidence but those have been the only failures so far.
In most regards my Goulds distributor has been good to deal with, I'm a top priority to them and I can get anything I need delivered on site in a few hours. One of the things that is bothering me at the moment is they've decided to charge for 'classes' Goulds sends out a rep to basically sell me on products, I don't find them particularly informative but they are pretty good for apprentices to see and hear something from someone besides me. I've expressed my displeasure and they are comping me for them but they seem to have the attitude I should pay them to teach my guys how to sell their product, I feel if they want me to sell their stuff classes should be free. They also tried to say I had to buy 3 pumps per Goulds certification in January a few years ago(I make sure I'm fully stocked at the end of the year) My response was I guess I'm a Grundfos company now, they quickly changed their minds. These things while minor are still making me think maybe a switch is in order.
I've been dealing with the Flint and Walling distributor since the beginning of time, I occasionally use their jet pumps for different applications, but geographically they aren't that close so I've never really given them to much business, I don't think that's a very big limitation but it's kinda been out of site out of mind. My grandfather used a lot of Flint and Wallings, It's not uncommon for me to be pulling ones up that are 40 years old. My grandfather stopped using them at some point, I have no idea why. During my fathers tenure it was mostly Burks and Goulds.
I got a new sales rep from the F&W distributor recently and he's rather hungry. They came back with really good pricing, I'm considering moving to them as a primary supplier. No one in my area is using F&W so I don't get much of a feel for how they are actually doing. The only ones I pull out are ancient. They've been making their own motors in the US for a little while now and being able to sell an all American pump again does have a certain allure. Anyone have any recent hands on experience with them?
Supply and service from the distributors is really a more important factor to me than any brand name.
I've been using Goulds GS series pumps almost exclusively for a while now. I'm less trusting of the CentriPro Motors but I haven't actually had too many issue with them. Last year I had 3 1HP's fail under warranty from the same time frame, It doesn't inspire confidence but those have been the only failures so far.
In most regards my Goulds distributor has been good to deal with, I'm a top priority to them and I can get anything I need delivered on site in a few hours. One of the things that is bothering me at the moment is they've decided to charge for 'classes' Goulds sends out a rep to basically sell me on products, I don't find them particularly informative but they are pretty good for apprentices to see and hear something from someone besides me. I've expressed my displeasure and they are comping me for them but they seem to have the attitude I should pay them to teach my guys how to sell their product, I feel if they want me to sell their stuff classes should be free. They also tried to say I had to buy 3 pumps per Goulds certification in January a few years ago(I make sure I'm fully stocked at the end of the year) My response was I guess I'm a Grundfos company now, they quickly changed their minds. These things while minor are still making me think maybe a switch is in order.
I've been dealing with the Flint and Walling distributor since the beginning of time, I occasionally use their jet pumps for different applications, but geographically they aren't that close so I've never really given them to much business, I don't think that's a very big limitation but it's kinda been out of site out of mind. My grandfather used a lot of Flint and Wallings, It's not uncommon for me to be pulling ones up that are 40 years old. My grandfather stopped using them at some point, I have no idea why. During my fathers tenure it was mostly Burks and Goulds.
I got a new sales rep from the F&W distributor recently and he's rather hungry. They came back with really good pricing, I'm considering moving to them as a primary supplier. No one in my area is using F&W so I don't get much of a feel for how they are actually doing. The only ones I pull out are ancient. They've been making their own motors in the US for a little while now and being able to sell an all American pump again does have a certain allure. Anyone have any recent hands on experience with them?