Teeco Solutions August 2017

The #1 Way To Avoid Competing On Price People wind up getting into the tent business for all kinds of different reasons, and from all sorts of different backgrounds. Zachry Veal got into the tent rental business through the hotel his family owned on Jekyll Island, Georgia. “We can do this,” says Zachry, after The Beachview Club rented a tent to handle a wedding reception. So the hotel invested in its own tent,and things took off from there.“We had a twenty four foot trailer that held everything we owned. We grew from that into a storage bay, and then two bays in a mini storage place, then the whole lane, and then we built a warehouse. We grew out of that, and now we’ve buying more and more stuff.” maintenance man. It varies by season, and now we have 50 to 60 full time employees. Some days we’ll have 40 or more laborers, working part time. It keeps us busy.” Beachview has staked out a position in the market as a

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source of quality and professionalism. “We do not compete on price,” says Zachry. “We compete more on quality and a diverse selection. We try to spend the money to put out a good quality product. We’re successful in higher-end markets. That’s our sweet spot.” Keeping tents clean keeps the Beachview staff busy. “We have three guys and all they do year ‘round is wash vinyl, in the busy season, seven days a week. Before we got

our Teeco machine, it was unbelievable. We wound up having so much dirty vinyl stacked up. We just could not keep up. “Now we can keep up with orders. Even in the peak season you can do a last minute order. You’ve got something you hope is clean. You just put it in there, hit the button, and let it do the washing.”

Now we can keep up with orders. Even in the peak season you can do a last minute order.

Zachry says three things have happened as the result of Beachview’s investment in the Teeco 3000 in late 2008. “Before, washing was my problem. Now drying’s my problem. I can wash more than I can dry.” The second beneÞt is the lower expense for labor. But where the Teeco really pays its way is when it comes to helping Beachview extend the life of its

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inventory. “It’s the biggest difference. Whenever we used to wash by hand, you could get the vinyl good and white, but not the webbing and the straps. Now that gets white too. Makes the whole top look clean. ItÕs extended the life in terms of keeping the whole product looking nice and clean. We have some old tops. Might be worn looking but they’re always nice and clean.” Zachry Veal to measure. “Absolutely, it’s been a good investment. I don’t know how we’d keep up without it.” Installing the Teeco washer? “It was quick and easy. Run a water pipe and a gas line, a little bit of electrical, we set it in place with a forklift and it was done.” And as far as maintenance, “We rarely have trouble outside just the preventive stuff. I’ve never had anything go wrong that’s catastrophic.”

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