General Pipe’s Model DRZ-PH with Variable Speed Power Cable Feed Knocks Out Small-Line Stoppages
The powerful, portable Model DRZ-PH power drain cleaner from General Pipe Cleaners lets rental customers quickly and cleanly clear clogged sink, tub, and laundry drains in 1-1/4-inch to 3-inch lines.
Weighing just 30 pounds, the lightweight, compact machine features a variable speed power cable feed for optimal control feeding and retrieving cable at up to 16 feet per minute. General’s 4-foot guide tube and pneumatic foot pedal substantially minimize rental customers’ contact with wet, spinning cable during drain cleaning, so hands and surroundings stay clean and safe.
Operate the Model DRZ-PH horizontally on kitchen counters – or vertically on the floor next to tubs. It’s stable both ways. The silent motor won’t disturb others, either. And the convenient carry handle atop the frame facilitates transport to and from jobs.
The rust resistant aluminum drum carries up to 50 feet of one quarter-inch or 5/16 inches, or 35 feet of 3/8-inch Flexicore wire rope center cable. General’s quick-change cartridge system lets operators switch to a different diameter cable without pulling old cable from the drum. And the Model DRZ-PH comes with the new Band-It splashguard to minimize excess water spray from the spinning drum.
Flexicore cable offers superior kink resistance and unequalled strength with the right amount of flexibility. It’s so tough that it carries a one-year warranty against breakage. For more information, contact the Drain Brains at General Pipe Cleaners at 800-245-6200 or 412-771-6300, or visit www.drainbrain.com.
General Pipe Cleaners, a division of General Wire Spring Co., is a leading manufacturer of high quality, American-made drain cleaning equipment. In business since 1930, the fourth-generation, family-owned company is celebrating nearly a century of service to drain cleaning professionals and plumbing contractors, as well as to facilities managers, the rental industry, and the hardware/DIY market.
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Michael Roth
Editor
Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.